Sierra/Engine Television Plans MIPCOM Debut

Partnership between Sierra/Affinity and Engine Entertainment will bring major network dramas to the market

By George Winslow -- Broadcasting & Cable, 9/27/2012 7:19:52 PM

Sierra/Affinity and Engine Entertainment are partnering in the launch of Sierra/Engine Television, which that will make its debut at MIPCOM with a number of new projects for international distribution.

These include Georgeville Television's Crossbones, a drama that has a 10 episode order for NBC and Hunters (a.k.a. Epidemic), which has a 13 episode order for ABC and is from J. Michael Straczynski and Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment.

Sierra/Engine Television, which is headed by Engine CEO Chris Philip, will produce and distribute its own content as well as represent that of third party providers, including Georgeville Television which is behind Crossbones (NBC), Hunters (ABC), and Blake's Seven (Syfy).