Bell Media signs deal to take ‘The Launch’ global
Posted February 22, 2018 12:34 pm.
Last Updated February 22, 2018 1:00 pm.
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Bell Media says the inaugural season of its music reality series “The Launch” will be distributed internationally in a deal with Sony Pictures Television.
The deal will also see the show’s format adapted for new foreign markets, with a U.K. production company already signed on.
The series, which wrapped its first season on CTV on Wednesday night, saw unsigned artists audition for a panel of celebrity mentors in the hopes of getting a chance to record a new song that would distributed to radio and music outlets at the end of each episode.
The show, based on a concept by Scott Borchetta of Big Machine Label Group, featured the likes of Shania Twain, Boy George, and Fergie as mentors.
