Iran net wild for nature content

An Iranian broadcaster has acquired a package of wildlife programming from UK producer and distributor Power, which has also secured sales in Thailand, China and Europe.

The Kalahari Meerkats

IRIB in Iran has picked up 30 hours of content, including The Animal Communicator (1×60′), Chameleons of the World (3×30′) and The Search for the Knysna Elephants (1×60′).

Elsewhere, Next Step in Thailand has picked up 54 hours of nature programming, including The Great Penguin Rescue (6×30′), Endangered (13×30′), Keepers of the Cape (13×30′), The Baboon Mob (6×30′) and the second season of The Kalahari Meerkats (6×30′).

The latter follows a family of meerkats struggling to survive in Africa’s Kalahari Desert, battling against snakes and birds of prey.

HuBu Media Group in China, meanwhile, has licensed four of Power’s one-hour documentaries, including Into the Dragons Lair and Paseka: The Easter Elephant.

In Europe, FTV Prima in the Czech Republic has picked four seasons of The Cheetah Diaries, among other wildlife programming; TV2 in Denmark has acquired Paseka: The Easter Elephant; and Discovery has taken When Sharks Meet Crocs for Animal Planet in the UK.