4Kids Strikes Viva Piñata Deals

Tuesday, October 30, 2007
By: Ryan Ball

4Kids Ent.’s animated series Viva Piñata is extending its global reach via
new broadcast licensing agreements with several major broadcasters, including Mexico’s Televisa. New episodes of the colorful kids’ series are also set to air on TV3 in New Zealand, Animax in South Korea, Momo Kids TV in Taiwan and Kids Central in Singapore.

Available as a series of 52 half-hour episodes or 104 11-minute installments, Viva Piñata features a cast of piñata friends who embark on wild adventures with mysteries to solve and parties to be had on Piñata Island. The ensemble cast of candy-filled paper mache characters include Hudson Horstachio, Fergy Fudgehog, Paulie Pretztail and Franklin Fizzlybear, with more piñatas being discovered on a regular basis.

Viva Piñata airs weekly in the U.S. on 4Kids TV, and can also be seen on YTV in Canada, France 3 Television and Canal J Pay Satellite TV in France, RTL2 in Germany, NRK in Norway, SIC in Portugal, MediaCorp TV12's Kid Central in Singapore, Children’s Channel in Israel and Nickelodeon in the U.K., the Netherlands, Spain, Australia and New Zealand. In addition, fans can catch the hit series on the 4Kids TV VOD Channel on Comcast and Cox ON DEMAND, and go interactive with a new social party game available this week for Xbox 360.

Viva Piñata is a co-production of 4Kids Ent. and YTV of Canada. The animation is produced in high-definition by Vancouver-based Bardel Ent. For more information on the series, go to www.VivaPinata.com and www.4Kids.TV.

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