• Veria to unveil four shows at Mipcom

    Submitted by ITV Production on Aug 11
    indiantelevision.com Team

    MUMBAI: Veria Living Wordwide, which produces television content on lifestyle and wellness, has said it will be unveiling four original series during the television trade event Mipcom which takes place in Cannes, France in October.

    Veria will unveil Myth Defying with Dr. Holly, What Would Julienna Do?, Kitchen Cures with Peggy K, and Yoga Sutra Now with Jai Sugrim at Mipcom.

    Veria Living Worldwide senior VP / head of programme sales Raymond Donahue said, ?For Mipcom we?re excited to offer an expanded line-up of new, original programming that exemplifies Veria Living brand?s standard of high quality wellness programming. Veria Living Worldwide is now in the position of being able to offer broadcasters ?viewer-tested? programming in topic-centric blocks ranging from fitness to healthy cooking to help them enhance their key dayparts.?

    The company, which offers broadcasters services such as creation of programming blocks to fill day part and custom channel IDs, will also offer programming blocks featuring 200-plus hours of fitness shows and 150 hours of cooking shows.

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    Raymond Donahue
  • Veria Living sells 2 shows to South Africa?s Saffron TV at Mipcom

    Submitted by ITV Production on Oct 05
    indiantelevision.com Team

    MUMBAI: Veria Living Network, the US-based media company devoted to showcasing wellness programming and related content, has sold two of its popular series - Feng Shui Living and Under The Sun - to South African network Saffron TV.

    Veria Living finalised the sale at Mipcom, the company said. Financial terms were not disclosed.

    Veria Living head of programme sales Raymond Donahue said, "The healthy ?lifestyle? and wellness category transcends cultural barriers. We?re excited to be entering into a partnership with Saffron TV for two of our most-watched series, and we look forward to the opportunity of offering their consumers additional programming from our extensive catalogue in the future."

    At Mipcom, Donahue is selling the network?s English-speaking wellness catalogue of original programming with more than 1,000 HD episodes available for license.

    "We are delighted to introduce these new shows from Veria Living to our viewers," said Ochre Moving Pictures CEO Stan Joseph.

    Ochre Moving Pictures produces Saffron TV. "Feng Shui Living is a lifestyle trend that will be of interest to our Indian and non-Indian viewers while Under the Sun is a fresh take on travel programming that will once again attract a broad audience," Joseph added.

    Launched in September 2008, Saffron TV offers viewers a mix of lifestyle programming including food shows, holistic wellness and travel from the Indian continent that appeals to both Indian and general audiences. The channel is broadcast on the South African pay television platform DSTV.
     

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    Mipcom
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