Warner Bros. Renews Deal With Vision Independent

Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP )has signed a new three-year deal to acquire the international distribution rights to upcoming television formats from Ireland’s Vision Independent Productions (VIP).

WBITVP has renewed its existing deal with VIP to have an exclusive first right to sell the format rights to VIP’s newly commissioned product for a further three years. The original deal dates back to 2011.

Formats from VIP which have been locally adapted internationally through commissions secured by WBITVP include The Hit, Operation Transformation and The Secret Chef.

WBITVP continues to establish or acquire operating production companies around the world with the mandate to create locally produced versions of programs owned by the studio and to develop original local programming on a market by market basis. Local versions of VIP’s programs will be developed by companies owned by Warner Bros. in selected countries and licensed to broadcasters and independent producers to create local versions in countries where WBITVP does not yet operate.