Weesp,
The Netherlands (17 July, 2009) - BIG BOCCA Productions is proud to announce
the TV broadcast of its action-adventure property, Huntik: Secrets &
Seekers on CITV in the UK.
The
series Huntik: Secrets & Seekers (52X1/2hr), is an original action adventure property, created by
Iginio Straffi, the author of the Winx Club, and developed through a
partnership between Big Bocca Productions, leading animation studio Rainbow
S.p.A., and production company m4e AG.
CITV
will launch the series as of July 20th every day Monday to Friday at
9:25AM. A Huntik mini online game will also extend the brand experience and is now
available on CITV website as of this week. (please visit www.citv.co.uk).
A
teasing campaign with original TV spots will be announcing the series release
throughout the month of July on the channel.
Huntik
will then come back on CITV in the Fall for a re-run.
Besides,
Upper Deck has launched the Huntik trading cards game in March in the UK. A new
collection "Huntik Legendary Saga" has been released in June and is sold to
more than 2500 stores.
Huntik
toy line developed by Upper Deck will be launched in the Fall in the UK.
Magic,
mystery, mythology and adventure come together in Huntik: Secrets & Seekers, a fantastic new adventure property for kids aged
6-12. In the series, young Lok Lambert and Dante Vale travel the globe with
their group of amazing Seekers, exploring exotic locations from the pyramids of
Egypt to the jungles of the Amazon, seeking to unlock the ancient secrets of
each locale.
Lok
and his friends search for powerful spirit-warriors called Titans to use in
battle against the evil Organization. Dante, Lok and the Seekers battle the
Organization and its sinister mastermind, The Professor, for the fate of the
world.
Huntik:
Secrets & Seekers has also debut
in 2009 in the US on CW4Kids, Italy on Rai 2, RTL2 in Germany, Jetix Benelux,
Antena3 Neox in Spain, ZAZ in Spanish Speaking Latin America and many more
territories.
In addition to serving as co-creator/producers for the property, Big Bocca Productions manages all marketing,
promotional and licensing initiatives for Huntik: Secrets & Seekers in North America, Latin America, Canada, the United
Kingdom, Japan, China, Korea, Israel, Africa, Middle-East and Oceania. Rainbow
is managing Huntik property in Europe (excl. GAS), South East Asia (excl. Sth
Korea, China, Japan) and India. M4E is in charge of the German Speaking
territories.
About
BIG BOCCA Productions
Big
Bocca, a newly created entertainment company, specializes in the development,
distribution and licensing of kid's intellectual properties. The first
production is ''Huntik Secrets and Seekers'' which has been co-produced by the
renowned Italian producer Rainbow in collaboration with m4e Germany.
Please
visit www.big-bocca.com
About CITV
CITV offers the very best in fun and entertainment for
children of all ages and a wide mix of award winning programmes in pre-school,
animation, entertainment, drama, comedy and factual - everyday from 6am to 6pm
on Freeview, Freesat, Sky and Virgin Media.
Launched on 11th March 2006, it was the
first dedicated commercial kids channel to launch on Freeview and is part of
the UK's most successful portfolio of digital channels.
The channel ranks as top performing commercial
children's channel (4th best performing Kids channel in multi
channel homes) against all competitors with an average 4.6% share across the
year to date, reaching on average 1.5m children each week.
The CITV channel is uniquely targeted at two core age
groups; a pre-school audience and a school age audience of 4-9 year olds.
The schedule adapts to reflect viewing patterns based on a child's day, either
in blocks of programming dedicated to their age-range, or in programmes
deliberately scheduled to be watched together.
For pre school children, learning through laughter
they can enjoy award winning Pocoyo, Bookaboo and Miffy and
for the older kids favourite shows like Horrid Henry, My Parents Are Aliens,
Art Attack, My Goldfish is Evil and Atomic
Betty. Whatever their age, CITV
has something for all children.
About
Rainbow
Rainbow was founded in 1995
and quickly became a successful player in the sector of animated television
series. Today the Rainbow Group is one of the leading independent cartoon
production houses in Europe, for both the cinema and TV with highly successful
and widely known properties such as Winx Club, Monster Allergy, Pixies. Rainbow
is one of the few studios in Italy that can handle all the stages of cartoon
production in house.
About the Upper Deck Company
Upper
Deck is a premier sports and entertainment publishing company, delivering a
portfolio of relevant, innovative and multi-dimensional product experiences to
collectors, and sports and entertainment enthusiasts. For more information on
Upper Deck and its products please visit www.UpperDeck.com.
About m4e AG
m4e AG is a brand
management- and media company that is according to its company credo „made for
entertainment" specialized on the development and utilization of high-value
brands and intellectual property rights (IP-rights).
m4e's business
areas are TV-production, licensing, home entertainment, merchandising,
publishing, interactive & new media as well as the production of textiles
and accessories through the subsidiary company Tex-Ass GmbH.
