Target racks up royal sales

Target Entertainment has unveiled a raft of sales for its latest line-up of factual and entertainment titles including Scarlet TV's Diana's Last Day.

Target Entertainment has unveiled a raft of sales for its latest line-up of factual and entertainment titles, including Scarlet TV's Diana's Last Day.

The 1 x 60-minute ITV1 special looks at the last 24 hours in the life of the Princess of Wales.

It has been sold to broadcasters in a dozen countries, including US cable network E! Entertainment, La Sexta in Spain, M6 in France, RTP in Portugal, TV4 in Sweden and Australia's Nine Network.

The deals follow on the back of Target acquiring fellow distributor Minotaur International

Al so from the Scarlet stable, 1 x 60-minute special What's Eating Victoria Beckham?has racked up sales to 17 territories, including US cable channels BBC America and WE, VT4 in Belgium, Foxtel in Australia, Chum in Canada, TVNZ in New Zealand and TV3 in Ireland.

On the entertainment front Target's growing slate of US reality series continue to attract buyers, with MTV Germany and MTV3 and SubTV in Finland picking up 51 Minds' hit VH1 series I Love NY. MTV3 and SubTV have also fallen for series two of 51 Minds' Flavor of Love, while NRJ12 in France has taken Charm School: Flavor of Love Girls.

Other strong sellers from the US include Lighthearted Entertainment's dating show Next, which has been sold to MTV Spain & Portugal (series one and two) and MTV Russia (series two to four).

Evolution's Tape & Film's reality shows The Mansionand He's a Ladyhave been sold to The Home Channel in South Africa and NRJ12 respectively.

Rounding out the list of deals, Target's in-house production Test Drive My Girlfriendhas gone to Filles TV in France, while Discovery France has picked up series three of Ricochet's How Not to Decorateand Maverick Television's 10 Years Younger.

The latter has also been sold to KBC Channel 2 in Kenya and TVNZ, while Showtime in the Middle East has taken series three and four of the UK version and 95 x 30-minute episodes of the US version.