Echo Bridge Entertainment has signed a deal to acquire Alliance Atlantis International Distribution from Goldman Sachs.
The deal gives Echo Bridge distribution rights to approximately 7,500 titles and 5,500 hours of first-run and catalog programming from Alliance Atlantis. The worldwide distribution rights extend to all countries except Canada, where Alliance Atlantis is based.
Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.
The acquired content includes dramas “Due South” and “Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict,” teen show “Degrassi: The Next Generation” and the award-winning miniseries “Nuremberg.”
“This agreement marks a significant step in our aggressive campaign to further expand the company’s distribution infrastructure and library of assets,” said Michael Rosenblatt, president of Echo Bridge. “By adding this impressive roster of programming to our existing stable of product, we will greatly diversify our catalog and position the company as a leading worldwide content provider.”
Echo Bridge is an independent distribution company that acquires and distributes movies and television programming as well as video-on-demand content around the world.