Autentic, OneGate Media launch Adventure Earth
November 21, 2022
Autentic and OneGate Media have partnered to launch new FAST channel Adventure Earth, a home for nature and wildlife documentaries. Adventure Earth has initially launched on Samsung TV Plus in the UK and negotiations with contract partners in other territories are already underway. The new channel will curate educational nature and animal documentaries including Masai Mara, The Animal Within, and The Wild Andes. Alpine Lakes, The Incredible Five – A Cheetah’s Tale (pictured) and Wild Sardinia will also be part of Adventure Earth’s offering, alongside reportage series such as Wildlife Nannies and Zoo Babies. Munich-based Autentic specialises in documentaries and factual series for the international market. OneGate Media is a g German distribution and production company for film and television and belongs to the Studio Hamburg Group and the ARD network. Autentic and OneGate Media together will supply the channel with their wildlife and nature catalogues. OneGate Media will manage the tech platform while Autentic will handle the distribution and programming of Adventure Earth. Tania Reichert-Facilides, Managing Director OneGate Media, said: “We welcome Adventure Earth to our channel family and are delighted to be working with Patrick and his team at Autentic, who have years of experience in the channel business and in marketing pay TV channels. We bring our strong VoD expertise to the collaboration. We successfully operate more than 30 national and international channels from OneGate Media, and this FAST channel is the successful start of our new cooperation.” Patrick Hörl, Managing Director Autentic, added: “Captivating stories about sustainability and biodiversity in nature and wildlife are more popular than ever before. Viewers have never been more aware of how many wonders and surprises our vulnerable planet has to offer. Autentic has always been first and foremost about top-notch and relevant content, so partnering with OneGate Media to launch Adventure Earth is only a logical step for us. We look forward to the collaboration and to bringing the world an unprecedented wealth of content in the most popular documentary genre.”