Rive Gauche sells series into Russia

The independent distributor has sold six series accounting for more than 200 hours of programming to 2x2 Russia and MTV Russia.

March 13, 2012

California-based independent distributor Rive Gauche Television has sold more than 200 hours of programming to two Russian cable networks, 2×2 Russia and MTV Russia.

The deals account for six series, including Whacked Out Sports (104 x 30 minutes), Video Zonkers (104 x 30 minutes), Scare Tactics (83 x 30 minutes), Stupid Suspects (13 x 30 minutes), Sports Crash (33 x 60 minutes) and Wild Weddings (16 x 60 minutes).

The news follows last month’s announcement of sales for My Strange Addiction, Scare Tactics and Operation Repo to broadcasters in the Netherlands, the UK, Asia and Canada.

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2x2 Russia, MTV Russia, Rive Gauche Television, Russia

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Barry Walsh is editor and content director for realscreen, and has served as editor of the publication since 2009. With a career in entertainment media that spans two decades, prior to realscreen, he held the associate editor post for now defunct sister publication Boards, which focused on the advertising and commercial production industries. Before Boards, he served as editor of Canadian Music Network, a weekly music industry trade, and as music editor for HMV.com. As content director, he also oversees the development of content for the brand's market-leading events, the Realscreen Summit and Realscreen West, as well as new content initiatives.

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