DocuBay Inks Acquisition Deals with France’s Kwanza and UK’s Journeyman Pictures Includes Several Award-winning Titles

(30^th May, 2019 – Mumbai, India): DocuBay, the premium international documentary VOD streaming service by IN10 Media Group, announced two significant acquisition deals -- one signed with France’s Kwanza and the other with UK’s Journeyman Pictures. The acquisition deals with both distributors include award-winning and award-nominated features which will be available for worldwide streaming on DocuBay when the service officially launches globally in later this year. All the films will be available with English subtitles.

Notable titles acquired from Kwanza- an independent producer and distributor based in France- include award winning features like Himalayan Gold Rush, directed by Oscar-nominated Eric Valli, about Nepalese villagers embarking on a dangerous trek through the Himalayas in search of a fungus that’s worth its weight in gold; andDeeper, that follows the story of Pascal Bernabe on his record-breaking deep ocean dive of 1080 feet. 

Other titles acquired from Kwanza include Touring Talkies, Chadar: The Ice Trail, Hitler’s Last Secrets, Travelling with the Jinju, and Jack London: An American Adventure.

Notable titles acquired from Journeyman Pictures, a UK-based global distributor and sales agent, include award winning titles PlayMe Burlesque, a feature about the resurgence of the art of Burlesque in NYC; Moonwalk One, a feature about the Apollo 11 moon landing, digitally remastered from the 1970 original, and Sealers: One Last Hunt,an award nominated feature that follows a motley crew of seal hunters who aim to keep an ancient, but increasingly controversial Norwegian tradition alive.

Additional titles acquired from Journeyman Pictures include Angkor Awakens, The Billion Dollar Bust, I Love My Muslim, Every Other Couple, Unbounded, and Guardians of the Strait.

Akul Tripathi (COO, DocuBay) stated: “We are eager for DocuBay to launch in Q2, and to share our passion for rich, compelling human stories that unite us as One Tribe. Our mission of delivering a vertical, premium service that features excellent documentary films to consumers globally is furthered through our partnerships with exceptional international content distributors like Kwanza, and Journeyman Pictures.”

About DOCUBAY

Headquartered in Mumbai, India, DocuBay is a global, subscription-based VOD streaming service and OTT platform exclusively designed to stream premium international documentary films. Specializing as a niche video service, DocuBay features content from all corners of the globe in a variety of categories. The official international consumer launch is scheduled for summer 2019 and will be available on the App Store and Google Play, with additional platforms to be announced at its launch.www.docubay.com

About KWANZA

Kwanza is a leading independent TV distributor and producer specialized in high-profile documentaries. With its unique catalogue of HD and 4K titles, Kwanza is a key player in the world of factual content. Its carefully-selected programs are highly rated by viewers and the industry, and they regularly win major festival awards. Since its creation in 2006, the company has emerged as a trusted partner for a wide range of broadcasters and producers. As a producer and distributor, Kwanza is involved in the whole life-cycle of documentary projects: from production, finance-raising and pre-sales to international distribution.www.kwanza.fr

About JOURNEYMAN PICTURES

Journeyman Pictures is a global distributor and sales agent of documentaries, covering all markets worldwide. For over 25 years the company has represented top, award-winning factual productions from the world's biggest broadcasters and independent filmmakers. www.journeyman.tv 

DocuBay- A New Documentary Streaming Platform Previews at Cannes, France

India Part Of Global Consumer Launch Later This Summer

April 8^th, 2019- Mumbai, India: IN10 Media showcased an exclusive first look of DocuBay - its new, global, subscription-based streaming service and VOD platform featuring premium international documentaries at MIPDOC to a select international community of documentary creators and distributors.

Along with this early preview for MIPDOC (April 6-7) and MIPTV (April 8-11) attendees, DocuBay also partnered with MIPDOC to present The Pitch, a blitz kreig documentary pitching session that acknowledges the most promising documentaries in the making for the year. Amongst, if not the most anticipated documentary event in the documentary fraternity, the judges for the pitches included Chris Hoelzl from Smithsonian Channel, Axel Arno from SVT, Bernadette McDaid from National Geographic and Akul Tripathi, COO, DocuBay.

Congratulating Fairouz El-Baz; winner of the pitch for the Science and Technology category, and Zed Films; winner of the pitch for the Current Affairs & Investigation category, Akul Tripathi (COO, DocuBay) stated, “We are thrilled to introduce DocuBay to the global content community attending MIP, and to share our great passion for documentary films with audiences around the world. Humankind, as a race, has always had the uncontrollable desire to tell their tale. To save it for posterity. Etched in stone, sketched on rock, sung through the ages, engraved, embossed, stitched, typed, recorded, photographed and now filmed – documentaries are just the latest in a long series of the preferred repository of human experience. These cumulative/many experiences unite us as One Tribe, which is at the core of DocuBay philosophy.”

DocuBay will be available in India with a distinctive global catalogue for Indian audiences, and several titles exclusive to the country. The global consumer premiere is scheduled for the summer of 2019 and will include India in it’s first phase.

Making discovery easy through affinity-based categories like Nature, Action, Travel, Culture, and Science, DocuBay intends to further refine its ‘bays’ by analyzing watch habits and consumer surveys of the early adopters to DocuBay.

Reiterating DocuBay’s commitment to the importance of discovery in the future of the digital content marketplace, Aditya Pittie (Managing Director, IN10 Media) stated, “IN10 Media’s goal has always been to deliver excellent content across genres and platforms, and we are proud to add DocuBay to our stellar class of brands. With consumers worldwide having more content choices than ever, DocuBay’s constantly expanding library of international documentary films will create its own niche through its focus on discovery and distribution. We are delighted to share this first look at MIP.”

DocuBay will continue it’s exclusive first look at MIP TV from April 8 - April 11.

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IN10 Media is a network with diverse offerings in the media and entertainment sector. With deeply entrenched roots in the creative community and a long association with premium content, the brands in its folds—including EPIC, DocuBay, and Showbox cover every aspect of the content life-cycle across platforms. Led by entrepreneur, Aditya Pittie, IN10 Media has its efforts focused on building world-class brands. www.in10media.com