Cartoonito, RTE buy Pip Ahoy!

Cartoonito in the UK and Ireland and Irish pubcaster RTE have acquired rights to Channel 5’s animated series Pip Ahoy!.

RTE’s deal gives it free TV rights in Ireland.

The show comes from Ireland’s Monster Entertainment, and is about an eager young pup and his best friend, a cat, in a seaside resort.

Monster is launching the show at MIPCOM. CHF Entertainment ­­– the new incarnation of Cosgrove Hall (Danger Mouse, Wind in the Willows) produced the series.