Fifth Season & Roku Extend Distribution Pact For ‘Morimoto’s Sushi Master’ And More Into Lat Am & Canada
deadline.comFifth Season and Roku are extending their international unscripted pact. The pair have agreed a deal that will see Fifth Season selling Roku originals in Latin American and Canadian distribution rights.
Fifth Season has also picked up rights to new seasons of Roku shows. Corus becomes the first Canadian network to benefit, acquiring unnamed shows from the Roku library.
When they first struck the unscripted distribution pact in November last year, the U.S., Canada and Latin America were excluded.
Programs included at that time were, among others, Jessica Alba and Lizzy Mathis’ Honest Renovations, survivalist competition Fight to Survive, Morimoto’s Sushi Master, the Sofia Vergara-exec produced Celebrity Family Food Battle, Jay Brewer’s Reptile Royalty and The Cupcake Guys, which features football stars turned bakers Brian “Rak” Orakpo and Michael “Griff” Griffin.
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