Toronto, Canada – 9 Story Media Group is pleased to announce that it has licensed the hit children’s series Wild Kratts Season 5 to Discovery Kids Latin America. Discovery Kids Latin America, the leading preschool network pan-regionally among kids 4-11 and the #1 pay TV kids network in Brasil, also airs 9 Story’s Nature Cat and Peg + Cat. The fifth season includes 20 episodes, taking the total episode count to 138. Wild Kratts also airs on PBS KIDS in the U.S. and TVO and Knowledge … [Read more...] about 9 Story licenses Wild Kratts to Discovery Kids Latin America
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Xilam secures three new agents for Oggy & the Cockroaches
Xilam, the award-winning French animation production company, has appointed three new licensing agents to represent its flagship global children’s brand Oggy & the Cockroaches across multiple territories. IMC Licensing will represent the brand across Latin America, excluding Mexico. Seasons 3,4 and 5 of Oggy & the Cockroaches have all been sold to Cartoon Network in Latin America, with season 5 set to air at the end of the year. Meanwhile, Active Licensing will represent the Oggy … [Read more...] about Xilam secures three new agents for Oggy & the Cockroaches
Discovery Kids as broadcast partner for The ZhuZhus
Toronto, Canada – Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana, a world-leading international producer and distributor of children’s animated and live-action content, has partnered with Discovery Kids to bring 26 hilarious episodes of its hit animated series, The ZhuZhus, to kids and families throughout Latin America and the Caribbean beginning this May. In addition, Nelvana has completed a broadcast extension deal with Discovery Kids for Backyardigans, ensuring that the CGI-animated series’ 80 episodes remain … [Read more...] about Discovery Kids as broadcast partner for The ZhuZhus
Discovery Kids, India acquires Nils Holgersson
Munich – Studio 100 Media announced that it has sold the CGI animated series Nils Holgersson to Discovery Kids, India – Discovery Communications’ kids’ network. Discovery Kids has acquired the new series based on the successful book by Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf, the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Currently, in production, the first episodes of the adventure series are already available to buyers. This agreement gives Discovery exclusive TV … [Read more...] about Discovery Kids, India acquires Nils Holgersson
Floogals goes down under
Zodiak Kids announces further sales for its ground breaking preschool show Floogals into Australia, Italy and Scottish speaking UK. The series launched on Sprout, NBC Universal Cable Entertainment’s 24 hour preschool network, earlier this year. In Kids age 2-5, Floogals ranks #1 among all Sprout trackages. Following the new sales, the Floogals will soon be available for viewers to watch on ABC in Australia, and Cartoonito and DeAJunior in Italy and BBC Alba for Gaelic speaking UK. NCircle has … [Read more...] about Floogals goes down under
Discovery commissions 13 new projects
Singapore - Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific today announced 13 new local productions commissioned out of Asia-Pacific for the network’s various brands including flagship Discovery Channel, leading travel and lifestyle channel TLC, and Discovery Kids. The shows are produced with local production companies and crews, and/or feature local talent, bringing a truly local flavour to programmes that are made for an international audience. The slate of local productions further reinforces … [Read more...] about Discovery commissions 13 new projects
