MEDIA RELEASE: Cineflix Rights closes multi-title deal with CBC

CBC, Canada’s public broadcaster, has picked up six titles from Cineflix Rights’ factual catalogue for the CBC Gem streaming service and documentary Channel.

Warrior Women with Lupita Nyong’o (1×60’, Sandstone Global Productions for Channel 4, UK) follows Oscar®-winner Lupita Nyong’oas she journeys to the heart of West Africa to uncover the remarkable truth behind the ‘Agoji’ warrior women who helped to inspire the Dora Milaje of Marvel’s Black Panther.

My Big Family Farm (Season 1, 4×60’, Renegade Pictures/Motion Content Group for Channel 5, UK) chronicles the remarkable adventures of hill shepherds Amanda and Clive Owen as they raise their nine children—and more than a thousand sheep—on one of the most remote and spectacular farms in Britain.

Legends of the Deep (3×60’, Cineflix Productions/INE Entertainment for Discovery Science, US) features Céline and Fabien Cousteau as they dive deep to explore some of the greatest ocean mysteries of all time.

My Family and the Galapagos (Season 2, 7×60’, Seadog Productions/Motion Content Group for Channel 4, UK) follows award-winning TV host, marine biologist, and conservationist Monty Halls as he returns to his ‘favourite place on Earth’—the Galapagos Islands.

Homicide: Hours to Kill (Season 1, 26×60’, Cineflix Productions for A+E Networks UK) follows determined investigators as they piece together events during the final 24 hours of a victim’s life to solve a crime.

The Queen’s Green Planet (1×60’, ITN Productions for ITV, UK), with exclusive access to the Royal Family and featuring Angelina Jolie and Sir David Attenborough, is a landmark special following Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s ambitious initiative to build a global network of protected forests.

Lucinda Gergley-Garner, SVP, Sales, North America and German Speaking Territories, Cineflix Rights, said: “I’m delighted to be continuing our longstanding relationship with CBC with these latest sales. These titles represent some of the recent highlights from our factual line-up of programming and I’m confident they will appeal to Canadian audiences.” 

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For more information, contact Mark Ogle at OH Communications (for Cineflix Rights): mark@ohcommunications.co.uk / +44 (0) 7789 981561

About Cineflix Rights
Cineflix Rights is the UK’s largest independent TV content distributor, providing premium programming from leading international producers to more than 500 broadcasters and platforms worldwide. Our diverse catalogue spans the full range of factual genres, as well as scripted series and formats. Established in 2002, Cineflix Rights is based in London and part of the Cineflix Media group of companies.