EXCLUSIVE: TF1 Group’s Histoire TV network has boarded European science co-production Scanning History. Under terms of the agreement with New York- and Paris-based producer-distributor Big Media , the channel lands exclusive TV rights in France and French-speaking Africa. It will also join Germany’s ZDF, AMC Networks in Spain and Prime TV in Czechia on shaping the six-part program’s editorial direction.
Europe’s broadcasters have long bandied together on science and history series that can be expensive but lend themselves to collaboration. Furthermore, Histoire’s multi-layered deal with Big Media will see the French-language network license finished series Spycraft and Secret Vatican Files: The Pope & the Devil . Related Stories News Elon Musk Forecasts A "10%-20% Chance" Of AI-Related Global Disaster -- Cannes Lions News La Clef Cinema: Historic Paris Venue Saved From Closure After "Major" Cash Donation From Quentin Tarantino Scanning History is a six-part series that explores how technological revolution has shaped modern archaeology.
Where archaeologists once used spades, oral text and maps to guide them, modern techniques involve detailed satellite photography, digital imaging, 3D technology, isotope analysis, tomography, and mass spectrometry. The series will use on-the-ground case studies and access to archaeologists at the forefront of the change. “As always, we strive to bring Histoire TV viewers the highest-quality entertainment and information series,”.