Broadcasters get Bing Bunny bounce

Broadcasters in Australia and Europe have acquired children’s series Bing Bunny. ABC in Australia, S4C in Wales, Ireland’s RTÉ, Sweden’s SVT, DR in Denmark, Minimax in eastern Europe and VRT in Belgium have all bought the BBC preschool show, which is based on books from author and illustrator Ted Dewan. The deals announced this morning comes as producer Acamar Films revealed a distribution deal with Aardman Animation’s rights division. Acamar will continue to cover territories covered by existing coproduction agreements, as well as the US and Japan, with Aardman taking on the rest of the world.