FremantleMedia’s Tiny Riot to Produce 5 Pilots with BroadbandTV

FremantleMedia North America’s recently launched digital content studio Tiny Riot has inked a multi-year original programming deal with BroadbandTV.

Initially, the companies will co-create 5 pilot shows spanning gaming and entertainment categories, ahead of fully co-producing ongoing series. The pilots are currently in development. Both companies will distribute the content through their own online networks and platforms.

This is the second partnership between FMNA and Vancouver-based tech and media company BroadbandTV. In April, it was announced BroadbandTV would source and claim revenues from fan-uploaded content where the rights belong to FMNA-produced TV shows like Got Talent and The X Factor.

“FremantleMedia is YouTube’s biggest independent TV production partner and this partnership will combine our joint expertise, resources and reach to create, market and distribute compelling original content for the millennial audience with a focus on genres such as entertainment and gaming,” said Shahrzad Rafati, founder & CEO of BroadbandTV, in a statement.

“We’re very impressed with the growth, distribution and viewership numbers they have generated in a very short period of time,” said Gayle Gilman, EVP, Digital Content, FremantleMedia North America and GM of Tiny Riot, about BroadbandTV’s MCN business.

In June 2013, European entertainment network RTL Group acquired a majority stake in BBTV with an initial investment of $36 million.

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