Dabl bags ITV, All3 titles

Reality series Kitchen Nightmares USA

NATPE: CBS Television Distribution (CTD) has bagged more than 400 hours of content from UK-based distributors ITV Studios and All3Media International for its multiplatform, advertiser-supported lifestyle network Dabl.

Titles include reality series Kitchen Nightmares USA, featuring British chef and TV personality Gordon Ramsay, as well as Nanny 911, 60 Minute Makeover and The Instant Gardener from ITV Studios, plus Ramsay’s The F Word from All3Media.

Kitchen Nightmares USA, Nanny 911 and The F Word previously aired in the US on Fox, while 60 Minute Makeover and The Instant Gardener aired on the UK’s ITV and BBC1 respectively. The shows will join Dabl’s line-up of feel-good lifestyle content centring on cooking, design, DIY, pets and travel, including programming from lifestyle gurus Martha Stewart, Emeril Lagasse, Bob Vila and Jamie Oliver.

Dabl launched across the US in September, using the digital spectrum of TV stations nationwide, and is now cleared in 90% of the US. It is aired by all of the top 25 markets and on CBS Television Stations in major markets. Dabl also recently added cable distribution after a deal with Altice.

“We are thrilled with the growth we have seen in Dabl in just four months,” said Steve LoCascio, chief operating officer at CTD. “It’s been a value-add to our station partners, giving them quality content for their digital channels, and has been embraced by the advertising community as a way to reach viewers interested in lifestyle content.”

In related news, CTD is here at Natpe Miami with new first-run syndicated daytime talkshow The Drew Barrymore Show. CBS Television Stations, which covers 38% of the US market, has signed up to anchor the launch, including on WCBS in New York and KCBS in LA.