12 Jan 2012 07:00
Embargoed: 12 January 2012
DCD Media plc
("DCD" or the "Group")
New Commission
DCD Media plc, the independent TV production and distribution group, is pleased to announce that it has won over US$6m worth of U.S. business, with the income expected to be recognised across 2011 and 2012, after a new order from American cable network WE tv to September Films, the Group's transatlantic reality, factual entertainment and formats producer.
WE tv has commissioned Season 9 of the iconic reality wedding series Bridezillas, the network's all-time, highest-rated series. The 23 x 60-minute episodes bring the franchise up to a total of 174 hours to be sold internationally by DCD Rights, the Group's wholly owned distributor. All previous seasons of the popular series have consistently been one of DCD Rights' top selling shows with acquisitions in over 50 territories, making Bridezillas DCD's biggest selling international brand.
Bridezillas creator, David Green, CEO of DCD Media commented: "We are delighted with the ongoing success of this primetime returning franchise, a typical example of the kind of programming that delivers maximum benefits across the Group; firstly it provides valuable IP for our distribution divisions to exploit internationally; and secondly it confirms the Group's presence in the non-fiction arena at a time when DCD is exclusively refocusing its production output onto this leading television genre on both sides of the Atlantic".
Bridezillas was launched in 2002 and has grown in popularity to become the flagship show for the Women's Entertainment channel in America. Each episode follows brides-to-be who turn into matrimonial monsters, going from sweet to certifiable while planning the wedding of their dreams. Season 9 will be produced out of September Films' LA office in Hollywood.
12 Jan 2012
For further information please contact:
David Green, Chief Executive
DCD Media plc
Tel. 020 8 563 6976
Jeremy Ellis
Evolution Securities
Tel. 020 7071 4300
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About DCD Media plc
DCD Media is one of the UK's 'super-indies', a large group of production and distribution companies making and delivering high quality content for Television, DVD and new media worldwide.
The group's production arm comprises a number of high profile content producers active in all non fiction programming genres in the UK and US, including:
- September Films, a leading international producer of reality television, entertainment and formats based in Los Angeles and London
- DCD Factual, which includes established factual producers Prospect Pictures, Prospect Cymru in Wales and West Park Pictures
- Other factual companies include Matchlight, a Joint Venture with some of Scotland's leading programme makers and Rize USA the new transatlantic production company led by Creative Director Sheldon Lazarus
The group's intellectual property arm comprises a number of distribution companies including:
- International TV distributor DCD Rights; publishing, licensing and merchandising division DCD Publishing; and DVD label Digital Classics
For further details see www.dcdmedia.co.uk