BBC Studios, the business arm of the broadcaster, has acquired Spanish producer Brutal Media.

Based in 2009, Brutal Media’s credit embody the just lately introduced authentic miniseries for Netflix, “Asalto Al Banco Central,” “The Academy” (Sony Photos Tv), “Classic” (3cat), movie “Killer E-book Membership” (Netflix), sequence “Welcome to Eden” (Netflix) and “The Hockey Ladies” (Netflix, 3Cat), documentaries “The Finish of the Storm” (Sky TV, Liverpool FC) and “Homicide by the Coast” (Netflix) and romantic comedy “I Love You Silly” (Netflix).

Brutal Media’s portfolio additionally contains codecs “That is Opera” and “That is Artwork” and it has produced primetime household oriented factual exhibits “El Paisano” and “El Foraster.”

Beneath the settlement, Brutal Media will proceed to develop and market its slate of authentic IP in Spain in addition to producing native diversifications of the unscripted and scripted codecs within the BBC Studios catalogue. BBC Studios will distribute and produce Brutal Media codecs outdoors of Spain. Founders Raimon Masllorens and Nèlida Sanchez will proceed to guide the native crew.

BBC Studios international leisure manufacturing community has bases within the U.Ok., Australia, France, Germany, India, South Africa, the Nordics and the U.S.

Jacob de Boer, government VP, international leisure at BBC Studios, stated: “This settlement with Brutal Media is the pure subsequent step for BBC Studios to broaden our presence within the Spanish market. With their native experience, robust native community and thrilling growth slate, Brutal Media is the proper associate to supply the high-quality Spanish language content material that we all know native and international audiences are searching for.”

Masllorens and Sanchez added: “We’re proud to affix the esteemed BBC Studios group, which served as a prestigious function mannequin for us through the years with its famend excellent productions. Their catalogue provides us new and thrilling alternatives, in each scripted and non-scripted content material. The imaginative and prescient and values of BBC Studios are completely aligned with these upheld at Brutal Media.”

Matt Forde, managing director, international leisure, BBC Studios Productions, stated: “Along with the announcement earlier this week about Werner Movie Productions in Australia, bringing Brutal Media into our award-winning manufacturing community is testomony to our dedication to supporting the world’s greatest native inventive expertise, figuring out complementary experience in a few of the world’s most dynamic media markets and showcasing it to our companions and audiences on a world stage.”