A new documentary on Australia's first Olympic breakdancing team, featuring Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn, is among a slate of more than 400 hours of content that Fred Media/Radar will launch for sale at this month's MIPCOM in France.
Radar general manager Derek Dyson has been promoted to chief commercial officer at WTFN, with the business integrating its Fred Media (content distribution) and Radar (digital) teams.
Independent distributor Fred Media has announced a reshuffle of its leadership team, promoting sales manager Jimmy Elkington to head of sales and general manager Roger Vanderspikken to head of acquisitions across Fred Media and sister company Radar MCN.
An expansion into crime drama via WTFN and four new series from Auckland production house Stripe Studios headline Fred Media's slate for next month's MIPCOM, with the distributor adding nearly 140 hours of content to its catalogue.
Despite focusing on Australian news events, distributor Fred Media has secured a series of international sales for parent company WTFN's 'Code 1: Minute by Minute', including to Warner Bros. Discovery in the UK.
Distributor Fred Media has fielded further European interest for factual entertainment series Space Invaders, with More4 in the UK and 6ter (a Groupe M6 FTA channel) in France acquiring both seasons of the Nine Network program.
ITV Studios Australia documentary series' Inside Central Station: Australia’s Busiest Railway and Australia Behind Bars will be represented by Fred Media as part of a new partnership between the two companies.
Stephen Peters has been appointed head of development at WTFN after working with the company for nearly a year as a contracted consultant.