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TV Bytes: Tickety Toc, Pet Pals & Dukes of Broxstonia
Sticky’s Dukes of Bröxstônia Premieres On ABC3: Sticky Pictures acclaimed animated series the Dukes of Bröxstônia will kick off its third season on Australia’s ABC3. The seven-minute, dialog-free series centers on a crazy band from Bröxstônia —singer Arj, drummer Barj and guitarist Larj. The new format in the third season is [...]
Gruppo Alcuni Signs Global Deals for Key Props
Italy’s Gruppo Alcuni has announced three new deals which will take key TV properties Pet Pals and Symo & Rose as well as their feature length toon Pet Pals: Marco Polo’s Code to all new territories around the world. Alcuni’s hit series Pet Pals will now be available on AMEBA, the [...]
MIPCOM Preview: Trendwatching with Toon Toppers
We caught up with some of our favorite small-screen animation business execs prior to the MIPCOM market to get their take on the TV climate and the forces that are changing the toon landscape this year: Mary Bredin – VP, Development & Acquisitions – Guru Studios How is 2013 [...]
Alcuni Offers ‘Pet Pals’ App for Samsung
Italian toon house Gruppo Alcuni has unveiled its latest Pet App for Samsung Galaxy S III mobiles via developer Melazeta. The app is a tie-in with the animated characters hit European movie Marco Polo’s Code. The app, which is completely redesigned for Android, allows children and parents to have fun [...]
Al Jazeera Clicks with Gruppo Alcuni’s ‘SLASH://’
Italian animation shop Gruppo Alcuni, the studio behind toons such as Pet Pals, Symo and Rose and Leonardo, has found a new home for its action adventure toon SLASH:// on Al Jazeera’s Children’s Channel. The 26 X 20 series has also been sold to RTP, Canal Panda, Klub 100 and [...]
La Dolce Vita Animata
Indie animation producers in Italy continue to deliver the goods despite tough financial challenges and the slow growth of revenue from multimedia projects. A lot has happened and evolved in the Italian animation business since the heydays of Bruno Bozzetto’s Allegro Non Troppo in the mid-1970s. While the state-funded RAI [...]
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 [...]
Gruppo Alcuni’s ‘Pet Pals’ Trot to Turkey
Treviso, Italy-based animation house Gruppo Alcuni has finalized a package deal with Digiturk’s JOJO channel. The Turkish broadcaster has picked up Seasons 3 and 4 of the popular animate series Pet Pals (in 3-D) as well as the spin-off movie Pet Pals: Marco Polo’s Code. Aimed at 4 to 7-year-old [...]
‘Pet Pals’ Movie Wins Special Prize at Venice Festival
It makes sense that an animated movie set in Venice would get a special prize at the Venice Film Festival, right? As it turns out, Gruppo Alcuni’s Pet Pals: Marco Polo’s Code was awarded the special Kineo Prize Diamanti al Cinema honor on Sunday (Sept. 4). The 3-D CG-animated spin-off [...]
250 Buyers to Attend Cartoon Forum in Poland
If you have an animated project in the works, it might be a good idea to check out this year’s edition of Cartoon Forum, which takes place in Sopot, Poland, September 13-16. According to event organizer, 250 buyers and 700 participants will be attending the program, which allows animation producers [...]
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