Tricon Seals Lifestyle & Factual Sales Pre-MIPTV

  Toronto-based Tricon Films & Television has sold a number of feature documentaries and series to broadcasters across the EMEA.

Travel Channel EMEA & Asia has picked up travel adventure series Life’s A Trip (13 x 30 minutes), while VMMA  Belgium has bought The Story of Furious Pete (1 x 60 minutes), the documentary on a man who went from anorexic to food eating contest champ.

Yes DBS Israel has picked up George Hickenlooper’s documentary on Mayor John Hickenlooper, Hick Town (8 x 30 minutes), while History Channel Spain has picked up feature length documentary on Canadian rock legends Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage (pictured).

Lastly, Tricon’s series have appeal in Russia and Turkey, with pop-culture series Ad Persuasion (26 x 30 minutes) being picked up by Studio U7 Russia and food series Fresh with Anna Olson (26 x 30 minutes) and DIY building and renovation series House of Bryan (13 x 30 minutes) selling to Digiturk, Turkey.

The Rush doc also took home the 2011 Juno Award for Music DVD of the Year this past weekend.