Zeke's Pad draws a deal with Cartoon Network Latin America

VANCOUVER - Bardel Distribution has secured a broadcast deal for its newest CG series, Zeke's Pad with Cartoon Network Latin America.  "We're thrilled to be expanding to a truly international audience for Zeke's Pad", says CEO, Delna Bhesania.  "Teenagers trying to take control of their destiny and the world around them is an appealing theme for kids anywhere.  With Zeke and the power of his pad, it definitely takes it to the next level, allowing hilarity to ensue!"  Zeke's Pad will premiere on Cartoon Network Latin America in early 2010.

 

Zeke's Pad was produced as an official co-production between Bardel Entertainment Inc., Leaping Lizard Productions Inc., and Avrill Stark Entertainment PTY Ltd.  The animated series features 14-year-old Zeke Palmer, skateboarder and artist extraordinaire, who has an electronic drawing pad that is totally WIRED.  Mysteriously wired.  Somehow, it makes Zeke's drawings come to life.  So extreme things can happen, but for every action, there is a reaction, and things just never turn out the way Zeke had imagined.... Ever.

 

The program has been pre-sold in English Canada to YTV and to Channel 7 in Australia and ZDF in Germany.  It has also been sold to Radio-Canada in French Canada and Canal+ Family in France.  The series is distributed through Bardel Distribution Inc. in North and South America, the UK and Eire, and through Studio 100 Media in the rest of the world.  The program was funded through the Canadian Television Fund, The Shaw Rocket Fund, and the Independent Production Fund, and development for the project was funded through the Canadian Television Fund, Telefilm Canada, the COGECO Program Development Fund, and British Columbia Film.  Additional information on the program can be found on its website, www.zekespadinfo.com.