ABC Commercial completes deal with new SVOD platform Topic
• All ABC content included will be available to stream on Topic starting at its launch on November 21st.
ABC Commercial has reached a new distribution agreement with North America’s new SVOD service, Topic, for a collection of ABC Commercial’s comedy and documentary titles for their US and Canadian audience.
The agreement lists locally produced titles including Hannah Gadsby in her documentaries Hannah Gadsby’s Nakedy Nudes and Hannah Gadsby’s Oz, comedy series, F**cking Adelaide and award-winning short form series Goober.
“We’re thrilled to be working with Topic to bring these ground-breaking Australian programs to US and Canadian audiences” said Jessica Ellis, head of ABC content, sales and distribution “These shows are excellent examples of the high-quality, original productions that sits within our robust portfolio of award-winning television content.”
“Topic is dedicated to acquiring and producing compelling content that sits at the forefront of culture. We’re very excited to work with ABC Commercial to add this collection of hit Australian programming to the Topic platform for our subscribers” said Topic senior director, acquisitions, Jennifer Liang.
Ryan Chanatry, general manager of Topic stated, “We’re excited to include this incredible selection of critically acclaimed programming from ABC Commercial and can’t wait to share these stories with our North American audience.”
All ABC content included will be available to stream on Topic starting at its launch on November 21st.
