German kids get Bushwhacked!

Adventure documentary series Bushwhacked! has been sold by the ACTF to Germany's commercial television network for kids, Super RTL. The sale was made official on Tuesday 9 April at the 2013 MIPTV television industry market in Cannes.

Bushwhacked! is a 13-part series hosted by Brandon Walters and Kayne Tremills as they set off on the adventure of a lifetime to remote corners of Australia, meeting the country’s weird and wonderful wildlife, and learning about Indigenous rites and rituals.Super RTL is a Cologne based German television network operated by RTL Disney Fernsehen GmbH & Co. It was launched in 1995 and is a joint venture between the RTL Group and The Walt Disney Company...

MaveriX now available for linear TV worldwide

The ACTF international sales team is pleased to announce that the high adrenaline live-action series MaveriX is now available for acquisition by linear broadcasters worldwide. … Until recently, all international rights for MaveriX were held exclusively by Netflix, but with the expiry of their holdback, the linear TV rights are now available. … MaveriX is the exhilarating story of a group of te …

July 16th 2024

Coming soon – a sneak peek at what’s on the way for the ACTF

A landmark book adaptation from an Oscar-winning team will soon be added to the ACTF catalogue, while a brand-new season of a beloved preschool animation is now available for presale. … A television adaptation of Shaun Tan’s bestselling illustrated anthology Tales from Outer Suburbia is currently in production, thanks to major production support from the Australian Children’s Television Foundat …

July 16th 2024

New to the ACTF and available now

A heartwarming live-action family film and an animated preschool series about friendship and kindness are now available to acquire from the growing ACTF catalogue. … Windcatcher … Windcatcher follows the unlikely friendship between Percy Boy, newcomer Keithy Cobb and the spirited Daisy Hawkins, as they band together to take the local school sports day title from a group of grade five bullies i …

July 16th 2024

ACTF shows to excite audiences across the world

It’s been a busy first half of the year for the sales team with the ACTF catalogue of new and award-winning programs in high demand. … BYU TV (USA) picked up Gristmill’s award-winning, live-action comedy favourites Little Lunch and The InBestigators, securing US Free TV rights for both hugely popular series. … RTE (Ireland) is the first international broadcaster to acquire Windcatcher, the hea …

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Netflix acquires Hardball

Australia’s favourite handball team is now serving audiences on Netflix, with the streaming service acquiring both seasons of the live-action comedy Hardball.