WTFN
Group’s Fred Media will introduce more than 450 hours of programming in Cannes
next month – representing the company’s most extensive slate ever for MIPCOM.
The fresh catalogue spans popular genres including reality, factual, food,
travel, and kids, with a special emphasis this year on home/renovation and
design productions.
Roger Vanderspikken, Head of Operations & Acquisitions at Fred Media & Radar, noted: “Through its comprehensive distribution strategy, Fred Media, together with its sister label Radar, provides producers with a highly attractive offer. We are pleased that so many trust us to maximize their content and IP across all platforms, from traditional broadcasters to FAST and YouTube. Having originated from a production background, we truly understand creators, and our boutique scale allows us to remain agile, adaptable, and relationship-driven. It is particularly exciting to showcase so many new titles this year in areas where Fred Media has consistently excelled—such as home renovation and design. Our specialization in these genres gives us an immediate sense of where the strongest opportunities lie, allowing us to move quickly to seize them. We are eager to head to MIPCOM and share this outstanding lineup with our partners.”
New
Production Partners
Holiday Home Makeover with Rachel and Ryan (6x60’), from Rachel and Ryan
Productions with Nine Network, follows the inventive husband-and-wife duo from The
Block 2022 as they transform a rundown, sprawling property into their dream
vacation retreat. Budget
Battlers (6x60’),
created by TV personality Jess Eva and produced for Nine Network, mobilizes
communities to completely renovate the homes of deserving families. From Luxury
Escapes Travel comes three seasons (36x30’) of Luxury Escapes, featuring
some of Australia’s best-known personalities on curated five-star adventures
worldwide. Washed
Away (1x90’),
produced by Free Flow Films, tells the powerful true story of the Northern
Rivers floods—one of Australia’s most devastating natural
disasters—highlighting the destruction and the resilience of the local
community. The Lion
Queen (12x60’),
from Magnetic Pictures and Rockpool Media, follows lion specialist Andi Rive as
she establishes a new orphanage and sanctuary in South Africa, despite daunting
challenges. Art
Adventures with Fred and Pete (30x14’) and Fred and Pete’s Treasure Tales (30x14’), from
Screen Glue for BBC’s CBeebies, are respectively a lively art competition
series and an adventurous treasure hunt, led by a dynamic comedic pair. From
1440 Productions comes three seasons of The Yes Experiment (35x30’), a
unique show where families are tested as parents must say “yes” to every
request from their kids for a full day.
Returning
Production Partners
MWC Media returns with a new series, Offline Travel (6x30’). It is also
adding its entire ByDesign portfolio (35 series and 200+ episodes for
CBS in the U.S. and Ten in Australia), which includes nine newer titles such as
America ByDesign, Hotels ByDesign, New York ByDesign, and ByDesign
Heroes.
Existing
partner North Light Productions is entrusting Fred Media with the global
representation (outside the Americas) of its full library. This includes
brand-new series such as Energy Matters (8x30’); food program Local
Menu with Shannon Bennett (6x60’); and renovation titles Beyond the
Build (5x60’), Cherie Barber’s Tiny Home Reno (1x60’), and Epic
Build – The 90 Day Challenge (8x60’). Also new is a 10x30’ season of Open
Homes, bringing the total to 106x30’ episodes, along with earlier series
like Ready Set Reno (20x30’), Renovate or Rebuild (16x60’), and Australia’s
Best Pools (10x60’ + 20x30’) – all joining Fred Media’s catalogue for
MIPCOM.
From Nine
Network come three seasons of Antiques DownUnder (38x30’), following
dealer Gregory Bickford and collector Claudia Chan Shaw as they uncover
fascinating stories behind rare treasures and unusual collectibles, as well as
200x30’ episodes of kids’ improv comedy Theatre Dome.
Finally,
Fred Media also brings back returning unscripted hits with new seasons: Space
Invaders S6 (8x60’), Paramedics S7 (10x60’), and Emergency S6
(10x60’), all produced by WTFN, alongside AFN’s The Fishing Show S11
(12x60’).
