More than a week ago I told you RIGHT HERE about the new science fiction drama of Kiefer Sutherland called Touch that will be coming to South African viewers from the end of April 2012,. Then, last Friday I had your first look at the Touch trailer RIGHT HERE and more information.
Now I can reveal tht M-Net insiders told me last week that M-Net has the broadcasting rights to Touch and will try to show it at the same time from April 2012 as part of a global show that will try and make heavy use of social media.
One insider at M-Net early last week called Touch ''big'' and that ''M-Net always has all of the biggest shows,'' although not confirming that M-Net had the rights. Yet another source said '' Touch will be on M-Net and nowhere else [in South Africa] and show here very close to America''. Another source told me last week ''the new Kiefer Sutherland drama Touch will be an M-Net title,'' although according to this person the specific scheduling is not certain at this stage.
I also waited for an answer last week from Fox International Channels (FIC) since Touch could have gone to either TopTV's Fox Entertainment or Fox FX - or to M-Net as I've said previously. Thandi Davids, the regional director for Africa for Fox International Channels (FIC) was off ill last week and couldn't get back to me immediately. By Wednesday I did get a response from her, but by then TV with Thinus already knew that Touch was going to be on M-Net from multiple sources at the pay broadcaster.
''Wow! Word certainly gets out quickly!'' said Thandi Davids. ''We are thrilled to hear that news of a global launch has spread so quickly. We know the show lends itself to the notion of inter-connectivity, and while we're not yet able to comment on the home for the show in South Africa, we are looking forward to its successful premiere in the region,'' she said.
Because of the themes of interconnectedness, and global interconnectedness in the story, FIC plans to roll-out Touch at the same time worldwide in 2012.
The 13 episode Touch is about a man (Kiefer Sutherland) whose son never speaks, but sees the world through mathematical formulae. Then he discovers that his son may have the power to see the future. The mute 11 year old son possess the ability to see things that no one else can and the patterns that connect seemingly unrelated events.
''Mathematical patterns of in-design are hidden in plain sight, it's just tough to know where to look,'' says the trailer. ''There are those among us - mostly kids - whose sole purpose is to act as 'air-traffic controllers' for that interconnectivity. Your sons sees ... everything. The past, the present, the future. He sees how it's all interconnected...''
Tim Kring from Heroes is behind Touch, an almost-redo TV turn, trying to this time be responsive to viewers (but on a global scale at the same time) to give pay-offs in each episode to mysteries and questions, and of course to capitalize on the immediate buzz so that more viewers around the world watch the show instead of later when interest has possibly started to dim.
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