Asian channels including Hong Kong’s TVB have acquired content from The Jim Henson Company. Among the deals, TVB has acquired a multi-episode broadcast agreement for Doozers, Pajanimals and Sid the Science Kid. Also in Hong Kong, PCCW has bought Pajanimals. In Europe, Finland’s Nelonen has acquired Fraggle Rock and Labyrinth.
Children’s TV is something that binds and defines peer groups. With new versions of Thunderbirds, Noddy and various others in the works the commercial power of nostalgia is clearly intense, but when updating a classic respect and modern-day relevance are key, reports Jane Marlowe. Turner’s Cartoon Network was built with classic properties and senior VP […]
Pan-regional channel Discovery Kids Latin America has acquired Sid the Science Kid: The Movie and Fraggle Rock spin-off Doozers. The Sid movie is a spin-off the Sid the Science Kid series and follows the title character and his classmate on a visit to a new science museum as they encounter a wacky professor, voiced by Back to […]
Cartoonito has bought the animated Doozers series from The Jim Henson Company. The Turner preschool channel will transmit the series across the EMEA region from next autumn. Cartoonito is the first international channel to buy the 52x11mins CG series, which is a spin-off from iconic kids series Fraggle Rock. The show is a coproduction between […]
