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Disney acquires Belarussian toon

Disney channels around the world have acquired a 52×3.5mins non-dialogue toon hailing from the little-known animation sector in Belarus. Disney Junior in the US is highest profile network to take Sunny Bunnies, which is from Belarus-based Digital Light Studio and sold internationally by London-based eastern Europe content specialist Media I.M. Disney CEEMEA (central and eastern […]

Disney takes non-verbal toon for Asia-Pac

Disney Channels Australia & New Zealand and Portugal’s Canal Panda have bought non-dialogue animated series Sunny Bunnies from distributor I.M Media. Disney Junior Australia, New Zealand and southeast Asia will all get the series, launching in 16 territories in August. Cable channel Canal Panda has licensed the show for Portugal and the PALOP territories (Portuguese-speaking […]

France Télévisions, Clan make Doozers play

France Télévisions and Spain’s TVE Clan are among buyers of The Jim Henson Company cartoon Doozers. Dreamia in Portugal and another Spanish network, AMC Networks International-owned Canal Panda, have also bought show in Europe, while the Okto channel in Singapore and TVNZ in New Zealand have also acquired it. In Israel, kids channel Hop! has […]

Playmobil series Super 4 sales stack up

A range of broadcasters from Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Canada have acquired the Playmobil-inspired kids animated series Super 4. Neox Kidz, which is part Spain’s Atresmedia; TV3 in Catalonia, Canal Panda in Portugal; RTBF in Belgium; RTS in Switzerland; RTL téléKids in Netherlands and Luxembourg; MTV3 in Finland; Canal+ in Poland; Noga in […]

News brief: Discovery Asia picks up kids series The Fixies

The Asian feed of Discovery Kids has acquired animated series The Fixies. The pan-regional deal means the series will go out across the continent. The 104x6mins series follows a group of kids who repair various devices and objects. It is produced by Aeroplane Productions and sold internationally by Atlantyca Entertainment. Broadcasters including Minimax in Eastern […]

Matt Hatter travels to Italy, Turkey

Platinum Films has sealed new deals for its boy-skewed action series Matt Hatter Chronicles. Italian pubcaster RAI has picked it up in Italy and OFLAZ Media Group has taken Turkish rights. In Italy the show will go out on RAI’s kids channel RAI Gulp. The Italian broadcaster has taken seasons one and two of the […]

PGS sells Robin Hood to raft of b’casters

PGS Entertainment has shopped its new Robin Hood animated series to a raft of broadcasters. The France-based distributor sells 52x11mins Robin Hood: Mischief in Sherwood, which is produced by Method Animation, DQ Entertainment, ZDF Enterprises and Fabrique D’Images. In Europe it has been bought by Spain’s RTVE and its public broadcast counterpart in Belgium VRT. […]

MIPTV News: Geronimo Stilton finds Portuguese broadcast home

Portugal’s Canal Panda has acquired European toon Geronimo Stilton from Atlantyca Entertainment and Moonscoop ahead of MIPTV. The Portuguese channel has acquired seasons one, two and three, the latter of which is currently in production. Turkey’s TV D-Smart has also bought season two. The show is a coproduction between Italy’s Atlantyca and Moonscoop, which has […]

New broadcast deals for Pac-Man toon

Spain’s RTVE has picked up free-to-air rights to new animated series Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures. It will air on the Spanish public broadcaster’s Clan TV kids channel, starting next January. The series featuring the iconic Namco Bandai video games character is made by 41 Entertainment, Allen Bohbot’s production and distribution firm. It has also […]

News brief: Al Jazeera Children’s Channel and V&S coproducing more Everything’s Rosie

V&S Entertainment and Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC) are coproducing a third season of preschool animated series Everything’s Rosie. The Middle Eastern kids channel and UK producer have teamed for earlier series and confirmed they will make season three together. The show  airs on JCC’s preschool channel Baraem. Internationally, V&S has shopped the series to […]