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Deal Roundup: ‘Koala Bros.,’ ‘Leonardo,’ ‘Rekkit Rabbit’
Here’s the latest sales and pickup deals from around the globe: • Spellbound Entertainment secured an ongoing commitment from CBeebies for the popular preschool series, The Koala Brothers. Under the deal, the BBC will re-license The Koala Brothers series 1-3 as well as a 46 minute Christmas special, The Koala [...]
The Animated Life Aquatic
Octonauts, the hit animated U.K. preschool show, finds a new home across the pond on Disney Junior this month. Sometimes you can tell a lot by the imaginative names of the recurring characters on a show. How can you resist a toon that offers names like Captain Barnacles Bear, Lieutenant [...]
CBeebies Launches New Children’s Short Series
BBC Worldwide has signed deals with children’s publishers Barefoot Books and Ladybird Books to commission a series of short films based on eight popular fables and read by CBeebies presenters in Africa, Asia, Australia, Latin America and Poland. The shorts will appear as additions to the Story Time sections of [...]
‘Sarah & Duck’ Flaps to CBeebies
London-based Karrot Animation has announced that their first original production, Sarah & Duck, has been picked up by the U.K.’s CBeebies channel. The 40 x 7 preschool series is set to premiere in 2013, and Karrot has also secured a distribution/licensing deal for the property with BBC Worldwide, ensuring international [...]
CN’s ‘Gumball,’ Disney’s ‘Fish Hooks’ Win BAFTAs
Cartoon Network’s freshman show The Amazing World of Gumball (Best Animation) Disney Channel’s Fish Hooks (Best International Show) and U.K. Children’s channel CBeebies (Best Channel) were three of the big winners of Sunday’s Children’s BAFTA Awards in London. Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 won the [...]
CBeebies Cries for Second Season of ‘Baby Jake’
Darrall Macqueen’s wonderful preschool series Baby Jake has been picked up for a second season by CBeebies in the U.K. The new season of the 26 x11” series will continue to focus on the magical adventures of Baby Jake and his animal friends Pengy Quin, Sydney the Monkey, Nibbles the [...]
Target Nabs ‘Abadas’ Rights
U.K.-based Target Entertainment has struck a deal Dinamo as sole global agent for their new preschool show Abadas. Target will be responsible for global licensing, television sales and DVD, with the brand set to launch officially at Brand Licensing Europe this fall, where a preview clip will be available for [...]
Must-Sees at the MIPCOM Market
Each October, thousands of TV programming execs, buyers, animation producers and children’s entertainment pros gather at the MIPCOM market in France (Oct. 3-6) to buy and sell programming for the never-ending global appetite for content. We surveyed some of the new shows and developments and put together a brief wrap [...]
DHX’s ‘Rastamouse’ Will Come Home via Universal
DHX Media, has appointed Universal Pictures UK as home entertainment partner for its popular stop-motion animated series Rastamouse, which has been a ratings winner on CBeebies and the BBC iPlayer. Universal will release the first Rastamouse DVD on October 3rd in the U.K. It will feature six episodes including Da [...]
Hoho Bundles ‘Cloudbabies’ for CBeebies
London-based Hoho Entertainment has announced it is begging pre-production on Cloudbabies, a CGI 52 x 10’ preschool series set to air on CBeebies in 2012. The project is the first animated preschool series undertaken by Hoho, which was founded by Oliver Ellis and Helen Howells in January of this year. [...]
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