Digital rights film house Content Republic signs three year deal with The Works

Following a very busy European Film Market in Berlin, Content Republic is continuing to build its digital release slate for 2009 in a deal with The Works International. Content Republic has today announced that it has signed up to distribute Deepa Mehta’s THE REPUBLIC OF LOVE online for The Works in multiple European territories including Benelux, Germany, Italy and France.

Content Republic will be releasing THE REPUBLIC OF LOVE this spring as part of its recently announced deal with Babelgum, the Italian-owned independent web-TV service, as well as its other online partners.

The deal was negotiated between Teun Hilte, co-founder of Content Republic, and Joy Wong, of The Works International.

Commenting on the deal from FICCI Frames in India, Teun Hilte, co-founder of Content Republic, added: “This is a new departure for The Works and the industry as a whole, so we are honored that they have put their trust in us. We look forward to working on THE REPUBLIC OF LOVE, with the endorsement of both the producers and The Works.”

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