Toronto-based reality production company Proper TV is working on a content triple play, as Discovery Channel Canada has given the green light to three titles on the company's development and production slate.
Production for The Real Superhumans, Quest for the Future Fantastic and Inventions That Shook The World will begin soon, and the series will be showcased for international distribution outside of North America at MIPTV this month as part of Proper Television's programming deal with ITV Worldwide.
All three shows will be supported with online/mobile or extensive Web support.
"We are thrilled to continue to work with this amazing broadcasting partner. Discovery Channel Canada has supported us from the get-go and our first flush of success with Canada's Worst Driver and Canada's Worst Handyman," commented Guy O'Sullivan, President and Executive Producer at Proper TV Inc.
Inventions That Shook the World is a 10-part documentary series of one hour episodes that examine the inventions of the 20th century which have shaped how we travel, communicate, live, work and play. From the internet to kitty litter, tasers to the disposable razor, the series highlights remarkable designs great and small that have forever changed our world.
Following the award-winning feature documentary The Real Superhumans and the Quest for the Future Fantastic, Proper's first foray into HD Feature documentary territory, a four-part documentary series follow-up is heading into production.
A company spokesperson told Mediacaster Magazine that the company is in early development for online/portable media content for The Real Superhumans and the Quest for the Future Fantastic, as well, and that plans for significant Web support for Inventions That Shook The World are in the works.
Launched in January 2005 by former BBC producer Guy O'Sullivan, Proper TV has established itself as a production powerhouse and leader in factual entertainment. Discovery Channel recently commissioned the sixth season of Canada's Worst Driver following the success of a record-breaking season finale audience of over one million viewers. The Real Superhumans and the Quest for the Future Fantastic, Proper's first foray into HD Feature documentary territory, scooped the award for Best Canadian Program at the 29th Annual Banff World Television Awards in June 2008. Proper TV's original television series are finding loyal audiences both here in Canada and across the world - Junk Raiders is airing in France, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Australia and the US; Newly Wed, Nearly Dead has been sold across14 countries including the US and Pan Latin America.