News round-up: WBD, Youku & Netflix ink Xilam deals; Televisión Canaria draws up ’The Hit List’

Karate Sheep (Source: Xilam)

WBD, Youku & Netflix ink Xilam deals

Warner Bros. Discovery, Youku and Netflix are among broadcasters to ink deals with French animation studio Xilam Animation for its shows Zig & Sharko and Karate Sheep.

K+ Vietnam and Media Prima Malaysia are now on board for the first season of Zig & Sharko alongside renewals by Netflix, Warner Bros Discovery (Africa & Italy), Viacom 18 (India), ERT (Greece), and RTL (Hungary).

Following pre-sales to VRT Belgium, Warner Bros Discovery (Italy), DeAgostini (Italy) and Viacom 18 (India), season 4 has also been sold to Warner Bros. Discovery (France, Africa), DR (Denmark), NRK Super (Norway), Markiza (Slovakia), and ERT (Greece).

Xilam has also brought on new for comedy series Karate Sheep, with Warner Bros. Discovery (Italy), Sony (India), Youku (China), Nova (Czech Republic), and Etisalat (United Arab Emirates) boarding the series.

Televisión Canaria draws up ’The Hit List’

Televisión Canaria, the Canary Islands’ free-to-air television network, has commissioned a Spanish-language adaptation of Tuesday’s Child Televisions’ music quiz show The Hit List.

Keshet International licensed the format to Madrid-based Topanga Crea, which will co-produce the the 26 x 60-minute series alongside Canarian production company Doble Diez.

The format was created and produced by Tuesday’s Child for BBC One in the UK  – where it has recently been re-commissioned for a seventh series for primetime Saturday nights – and successfully licensed by KI in Finland, the Netherlands and France.

The show sees three pairs of contestants competing to be the first to guess the name and artist of well-known songs. The Canarian version will be presented by Iván Torres, the lead singer and guitarist of the Spanish rock band Efecto Pasillo, alongside comedy actress Mariam Hernández (En Otra Clave).