Distributor and channel owner Quintus Studios and Canadian distributor Syndicado have struck a deal on a new documentary series exploring the extreme world of Kenyan truckers...

October 10, 2024

Syndicado has secured the North American rights to Veit Helmer's "Gondola", and the Italian world distributor has now sold the film to J&J Films in the Benelux countries. As "Screendaily" reports, deals had already been made for France, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Spain, South Korea, Brazil, India and Denmark....

October 8, 2024

Toronto-based distributor Syndicado has signed an acquisition agreement with the U.K.’s West One International to distribute up to 50 hours of TV programming in North America.  The programs include Britain’s Secret Islands (Redfern Natural History Productions)...

January 31, 2024

Toronto-based Lone Eagle Entertainment has reached a deal with North American company Syndicado for the worldwide distribution rights (excluding Canada and the U.S.) to its feature-length documentary Offside: The Harold Ballard Story (pictured), about the infamous owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs...

October 27, 2023

Canadian distributor Syndicado has acquired global rights to filmmaker Rita Leistner’s documentary Forest For The Trees. Produced by Leistner Pictures, the doc follows the filmmaker from 2016 to 2019, during which time she was embedded within a community of over 100 planters, traversing treacherous terrain to chronicle their work...

November 16, 2021

Toronto-headquartered film and television distribution company Syndicado has acquired global rights to The Curve, director Adam Benzine’s investigative documentary regarding the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S....

November 2, 2021

EXCLUSIVE: Distributor Syndicado has acquired worldwide rights to the acclaimed Covid-themed documentary The Curve: 90 Days That Changed America directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Adam Benzine...

November 1, 2021

North American distributor Syndicado has acquired global rights to COVID-19 documentary thriller “The Curve” and will launch sales this week at the American Film Market (AFM). Directed and produced by Oscar nominated filmmaker Adam Benzine (“Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah”)...

October 31, 2021

Following a sensational festival run, the documentary on the charismatic US attorney Ken Feinberg, the man responsible for handling the financial compensation packages for some of the great tragedies in American history, including 9/11, sees it slated for a release across major VOD platforms across North America via digital distributor Syndicado...

September 7, 2021

Frantic Films’ Still Standing will have its U.S. premiere on Pluto TV this June following a deal with digital distributor Syndicado...

May 26, 2021

Syndicado, an international film and television distribution company, has unleashed a trio of horror flicks ahead of Halloween now available on all major VOD platforms including Amazon, Google Play and Vimeo...

October 22, 2020

Digital distributor Syndicado has struck a volume deal with Cineflix Rights to take a raft of documentary and factual entertainment titles into the U.S.Syndicado, which recently acquired the rights to long-lost Leonard Cohen documentary Bird on a Wire, will represent around 100 hours of content from the Canadian company and sell it to digital platforms including Netflix, Amazon and Apple.

June 7, 2018

Toronto-based digital distributor Syndicado has picked up the rights to over 250 hours of content, including a number of Buck Productions’ properties. Among those recent pickups are 97 episodes of Buck’s Rich Bride, Poor Bride and the show Keys to the VIP, which airs on Comedy Network and Fuse TV...

March 23, 2012

Toronto’s Syndicado has signed a U.S. digital distribution rights deal with Quebec-based Filmoption International for 30 hours of factual content. Syndicado has picked up the one-hour doc American Tiger, which explores the relationship between human and beast in the context of the 21st century wild tiger crisis, as well as Avoiding Apocalypse (6 x 60 minutes), which details how scientists are developing technology to deal with catastrophic environmental issues...

March 13, 2018

Documentary-focused SVOD platform CuriosityStream is prepping a technology-focused docuseries featuring narration from Sigourney Weaver...

March 13, 2018

Long-lost Leonard Cohen documentary Bird on a Wire and The World of Peter Sellers, which was banned by the BBC in 1971, are set to see the light of day in the U.S. after North American distributor Synicado acquired U.S. rights...

March 8, 2018

In the over-the-top media space, which is changing every day, experts expressed the importance of building relationships. That was a key takeaway from a panel session that took place Monday (Jan. 29) at the Realscreen Summit, moderated by Greg Rubidge, president of Syndicado, a Toronto-based film and television digital company...

January 30, 2018

Toronto-based digital sales house Syndicado has secured distribution deals with three European companies to acquire more than 100 hours of factual content for the U.S. and abroad...

January 29, 2018

Lars Mikkelsen’s kidnap drama Lost in Africa is heading for a U.S. release after North American distributor Syndicado acquired rights to a raft of Nordic and Russian feature films...

December 4, 2017

Toronto-headquartered distribution firm Syndicado has launched a film sales division in Europe. Syndicado Film Sales will be led by Aleksandar Govedarica as co-founder and will specialize in theatrical, digital and broadcast representation for documentary projects as co-managing director...

November 13, 2017

U.S. streaming platform Popcornflix has acquired 40 hours of scripted and unscripted content from Toronto-based digital distributor Syndicado. The deal, inked between Syndicado and Popcornflix’ parent company, New York-based Screen Media Ventures, includes the Comedy Network’s original series Keys to the VIP (13 x 22 minutes), which ran for three seasons between 2006 and 2009, as well as a number of cooking, lifestyle and paranormal series...

November 1, 2017

Toronto-based digital distribution company Syndicado has secured a deal with Screen Media Ventures, the parent company of digital streaming site Popcornflix, that sees Popcornflix debuting over 40 hours of content on its American platform...

November 1, 2017

International film and TV distributor Syndicado is expanding its operation into theatrical distribution, Variety has learned. Toronto-based Syndicado founder and CEO Greg Rubidge announced that comedian Mark Phinney’s feature debut, “Fat,” starring Mel Rodriguez, will be the first title released under the expansion. The film, which was received warmly at it world premiere at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, is scheduled for a U.S. release on Dec. 1, followed by a North American VOD release on Dec. 15...

October 19, 2015

An bona fide bastard, Ronnie is a heartless, violent debt collector who, after getting a taste of his own medicine during a near-death experience, begins to question the meaning of his life—all while retaining his blood-thirst for revenge.

April 6, 2015

In our fifth and final edition of Focus 2015, we speak with Greg Rubidge of Syndicado, a digitally focused distributor. Launched in 2009, Syndicado started out as a VOD aggregator but as the digital distribution landscape continues to shift rapidly, the company is evolving its strategy. Here, Syndicado president and founder Rubidge discusses how his company is meeting the challenges of an over-saturated film landscape and narrowed windows...

January 16, 2015

Digital distributor Syndicado has acquired a slate of new films at TIFF, including writer/director Robert Minervini’s three indies Stop the Pounding Heart, Low Tide and The Passage. The deal includes all rights in Canada for Minervini’s films, plus digital for other English-speaking territories outside the U.S. Although the U.S. is a major market for Syndicado, Big World Pictures bought all the rights in that market as a package, explains president Greg Rubidge...

September 12, 2014

Syndicado, a digital-content aggregator and distributor, has acquired ZoomerMedia’s talk series IdeaCity and is making it available on Hulu and Hulu Plus in the U.S....

June 19, 2014

In a joint press release issued today, Syndicado and Variance Films announced they will be co-handling the release of “Elena.” The film will open at the IFC Center in New York City on May 30th and subsequently expand to the Laemmle Royal in Los Angeles. Although the press release mentions that the film will play in additional theaters around the United States and Canada, the specific venues have yet to be confirmed. The digital and home video release is planned to launch in September...

April 20, 2014

Toronto-based VOD aggregator and distributor Syndicado has formed distribution partnership deals with Winnipeg’s Frantic Films, L.A.’s Level 33 Entertainment and Zurich, Switzerland’s First Hand Films. Syndicado digitally distributes film and TV content through its internet and cable VOD partners, which include iTunes, Microsoft, vudu, Hulu, Amazon, Google, inDemand, Dish and Netflix.

September 30, 2013

Toronto-based digital aggregator and distributor Syndicado has partnered with Toronto-based Travesty Productions to bring several of the prodco’s titles to Syndicado’s library.

September 4, 2012

Toronto-based digital distributor Syndicado has expanded its partnership with U.S.-based DVD distributor and international sales agent Lifesize Entertainment. The latest expansion sees Syndicado add a slew of narrative films and international doc features to its catalog, which is available to both traditional and digital distribution partners...

July 16, 2012

Digital distributor Syndicado has signed a content distribution agreement with Austrian distributor Autlook, in a deal that will bring the latter’s library of feature documentaries to digital service providers in North America. Autlook titles that will be made available via Syndicado’s library include Accordion Tribe, Every Seventh Person, Zoro’s Bar Mitzvah, The Beast Within, Children of the Prophet, and Vienna’s Lost Daughters...

August 20, 2011