The deal includes 107 episodes, 30 minutes each, across six seasons as well as the 90 minute Corner Gas: The Movie.
FilmRise, the New York City-based film and television studio, has acquired exclusive AVOD and FAST rights to the iconic Canadian comedy series Corner Gas from Prairie Pants Distribution (Vérité Films and 335 Productions). The agreement took place during the start of the Miptv market in Cannes, France.
FilmRise will have sub-distribution rights to all six seasons of the smash hit Bell Media original sitcom as well as Corner Gas: The Movie in the US, UK, New Zealand and Australia. The announcement was made jointly today by Max Einhorn, SVP Acquisitions and Co-Productions at FilmRise and Virginia Thompson of Prairie Pants Distribution.
Einhorn states, “FilmRise provides Canadian producers and distributors with additional revenue streams for their programming, reducing their reliance solely on SVOD platforms. We effectively monetize content through our AVOD and FAST platform partnerships. Given our history with Canadian programming in recent years, we are confident that the super-successful, witty comedy, Corner Gas will exceed all expectations.”
Virginia Thompson from Prairie Pants Distribution comments, “FilmRise is a leader and innovator in the FAST and streaming industry with a proven track record of success. They consistently reach vast audiences worldwide, providing high-quality content and exceptional brands to consumers for free. We’re excited to work with FilmRise to maximize Corner Gas’s global reach in the FAST and AVOD space.”
The deal includes 107 episodes, 30 minutes each, across six seasons as well as the 90 minute Corner Gas: The Movie.
Forty kilometers from nowhere and way beyond normal is Corner Gas, an ensemble comedy series about a bunch of nobodies who get up to a whole lot of nothing in the fictional prairie town of Dog River, Saskatchewan. Each episode delivers a half-hour of comedic voyeurism in a place where everyone knows everyone else’s business. Dog River is a nice town, but far from the quaint and idyllic little burgs we’re used to seeing on TV.
