Quintus Studios launches digital-first doc series Pirate Coasts

Quintus Studios’ Pirate Coasts

NEWS BRIEF: Berlin-based channel owner and factual content specialist Quintus Studios, has commissioned a new digital-first documentary series examining piracy and maritime crime in South-East Asia.

Pirate Coasts (1×60’) is the latest Quintus Original to premiere on the company’s AVoD channel, Free Documentary which has over 5.4m subscribers. The pilot episode Terror on the Asian Seas has secured German free-to-air broadcaster Welt as a pre-sale partner. Produced in-house by development and production executive Frederick Gillingham, head of sales and coproductions Anouk van Dijk brokered the agreement with Welt and will be handling international distribution.