An Originals studio for factual television.
Four formats of our own. 112.5 hours on air. 45+ territories shot, distributed globally since 2011.
SD Media, LLC was founded in 2011 on a simple idea: make factual programming with a point of view, and own it.
Since then our work has been commissioned, licensed or funded by Discovery, RTL Germany, HBO Max, InsightTV, Asian Food Network, Hearst, National Geographic People, Samsung TV+ and Maersk. We produce across four categories — travel, food, adventure and industrial factual — and we develop, own and license our own formats alongside the work we make for others.
We operate as a small senior team that scales through trusted local crews, working from operational bases in India and the Philippines. That structure is why we can mobilise a broadcast-standard shoot into Tangier, Tokyo or the Maldives inside a fortnight — from the region rather than from Europe — with the access a five-person unit gets and a full crew never does.
Originate & own
SD Media Originals — four in-house factual formats built to renew, with rights retained and actively exploited.
Produce & deliver
Commissioned series for international broadcasters, and field production for co-producing partners.
Fund & distribute
Brand- and destination-funded programming built to broadcast spec — and placed with a distributor. Rights are exploited across every window we hold, including the footage library.
The block you can forward.
- Founded
- 2011
- Entity
- SD Media, LLC — incorporated in Georgia, USA
- Hours delivered
- 112.5
- Distribution
- Global, continuously since 2011
- Territories shot
- 45+
- Operational bases
- India · Philippines — for global crew mobilisation
- SD Media Originals
- 112.5 hours across 4 owned formats — Maximum Foodie · Road Less Traveled · LUXE Travels · Food Unknown
- Licensed by
- HBO Max · Discovery · Amazon Prime Video · InsightTV · Samsung TV+ · Asian Food Network
- Delivery
- 4K / HDR, full broadcast specification
- Cameras
- Blackmagic PYXIS 12K · Sony α7R VI · Panasonic LUMIX
- Glass
- Full cine prime suite, plus high-end zooms
- Aerial
- DJI Mavic 4 Pro · long-range FPV · CineFlight heavy-lift for custom camera builds
- Post
- Graded in HDR throughout — Dolby Vision certified HDR masters on delivery
- Typical crew
- 5–6, scalable
- Production partners
- WildBear Entertainment · Quintus Studios · Off the Fence · InsightTV
- Markets
- MIPCOM · MIPTV · Realscreen · ATF
Camera, glass and aerial packages are built per project — the above is what we own and operate. Specialist bodies, lenses and rigs are sourced to the brief.
45+ territories on the ground.
Bases in India and the Philippines put crew within regional reach of most of it. A selection:
Where our work has gone to air.
We make shows for other people.
And shows of our own.
Tell us what you're trying to make.
Development, co-production or brand-funded — start with a conversation, not a brief.