London, July 29, 2021: Night Train Media has secured a majority stake in London-based nonscripted distribution company BossaNova.

The acquisition aligns with NTM’s strategy to seek synergies between its documentary and drama businesses, and to diversify its expanding portfolio. Under the terms of the deal, BossaNova will have access to an acquisition fund to fulfill its mission to co create and co fund projects by matching the right producer and the most relevant platform or broadcaster.

Focusing on the creation, funding and distribution of English-language factual programming, BossaNova was founded in late 2020 by TCB founder Paul Heaney and Dina Subhani. With a number of titles already signed to its slate this year, BossaNova is actively working to bring together buyers and sellers across the international marketplace to fast-track the creation of factual projects.

Herbert Kloiber, CEO of Night Train Media commented: “As NTM continues to diversify and dive into the factual space, we are thrilled to have found BossaNova. Paul’s track record building distribution assets, his market standing and vision are second to none. We are hugely excited to be working together and to mark this exciting chapter in NTM’s expansion with the BossaNova team.”

Paul Heaney said: ‘We feel we have met the perfect commercial and creative partners for BossaNova in NTM- with its Serafin backing it has the necessary financial stability and integrity to assure we can grow BossaNova across the long term not just the short and get projects off the ground and on screen coupled with a dedication to creating excellent content. Herbert and his team are tv people first and foremost with the necessary business acumen to ensure resources are available, it’s a partnership that promises great things.’

Earlier this year, as part of its inaugural BossaNova Development Day, BossaNova connected with more than 50 buyers and commissioners from 35 channels and platforms with 30 producers, who pitched over 75 new projects. The company has also recently made its first volume catalogue collaboration in the form of the acquisition of 650+ hours of Australia’s and New Zealand’s largest independently owned factual producers, CJZ and Greenstone.

BossaNova was advised by Dane Phillips of GothamStreet on its acquisition by Night Train Media.

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About Night Train Media (NTM)

Night Train Media (NTM) was founded in February 2020 by Herbert L. Kloiber, former managing director of Tele München Group. Based in Munich, NTM is active on a global scale. Utilising a vast network of international producers to develop and source projects, NTM’s core segments include development, licensing, co-production and co-financing of premium English and local language scripted content. NTM is a content partner of NENT, the Nordic region’s leading entertainment provider.

In September 2020, NTM announced a significant, long-term investment from Serafin Group to provide complete funding of NTM’s current and future projects, as well as future company growth. NTM also appointed Olivia Pahl as Head of Development and Co-Production, overseeing the company's expanding slate of global film, premium network television and streaming projects.

About BossaNova

London-based BossaNova is a content creation, funding and distribution specialist that provides the buyers and sellers of TV entertainment with an integrated hub in which to meet, create and do business. The company was launched in late 2020 by Paul Heaney and Dina Subhani, who previously founded TCB Media Rights, now one of the UK’s most successful independent factual and factual-entertainment distributors. Leveraging their global network of relationships built up over 35 years in the factual distribution business, Heaney and Subhani have already expanded BossaNova’s slate to include a full slate of English-language series and specials. In March 2021, the company closed a volume acquisition agreement with two major Australian/New Zealand producers, CJZ and Greenstone. The deal added 600-plus hours to BossaNova’s rapidly growing catalogue, including the globally successful Patrol franchise: Border Patrol, Motorway Patrol, Highway Patrol and Dog Patrol. BossaNova’s headline shows include Stampede Productions’ Borderforce USA, Content Kings’ Britain’s Tiger Kings with Ross Kemp and Stuck in the Suez by the Factual Factory. Key broadcaster clients include Discovery Plus, Netflix, Fox, ProSieben Channel Nine Australia, Channel Seven Australia, National Geographic, Planete, RMC, SBS Australia, TVNZ, TV4 Sweden and UKTV.