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Monster & Monster Join Forces for Distribution
Monster Animation has announced it has appointed Monster Entertainment to distribute its hit animated series Fluffy Gardens (80 x7), and Punky (20 x 7) which debuted at MIP Junior last year. The shows were formerly with Target Entertainment until the company entered Administration last month and the rights reverted to [...]
Nick India Is Hungry for ‘Chuck Chicken’
The Neptuno Films/Animasia/Agogo co-production Chuck Chicken (formerly known as Kung Fu Chicken) has been picked up by Nickelodeon India. The 2D-animated show about an accident-prone chicken with superpowers who fights sinister master of the dark arts known as Dr. Mingo, first debuted at the MIPCOM market in October. Animasia’s managing [...]
Moonscoop’s ‘Chloe’s Closet’ Gets a Second Season Order
Global entertainment house Moonscoop has greenlit a second season of its preschool show Chloe’s Closet. Moonscoop will co-produce a further 52×11’ episodes of the series with German children’s broadcaster KI.KA and Kids Workout Factory (KWOF) in Benelux and Ireland’s Telegael. Delivery is scheduled for mid 2013 with a first episode [...]
Canada’s 108 Media to Distribute Korean Toon ‘Leafie’
Toronto-based 108 Media Group has picked up distribution rights for the Korean hit animated feature Leafie: A Hen Into the Wild for Canada, U.S., Australia, U.K. and New Zealand from Finecut. Leafie also sold to German-speaking territories through Ascot Elit and Brazil’s Conquest Filmes. It has so far secured deals for [...]
Disney Jr. Doffs ‘Cat in the Hat’ Season 2, Special
On the heels of the MIPCOM market in France, Portfolio International has announced the sale of the second season and holiday special of their hit preschool series The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! To Disney Junior’s Australia and Italy channels. Along with Treehouse (Canada), PBS (U.S.) [...]
DQ Entertainment Announces Post-MIPCOM Deals
India’s animation powerhouse DQ Entertainment has announced its impressive list of post-MIPCOM market co-pro and distribution deals. JCCTV and Nickelodeon India have acquired the broadcasting rights for its new 3-D CG-animated children’s series 5 and It. The 52 x 11 series will be co-produced by ZDF Enterprises, Germany, Canada’s Yowza Digital [...]
Keeping Toons Alive in Old Blighty
Although many U.K. TV animation producers are disheartened about the bleak economic climate and lack of government support, they continue to follow the country’s much-admired tradition of excellence. To the casual observer of the TV animation scene in the U.K., the climate may seem quite healthy. With beautifully produced series [...]
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 [...]
MIPCOM Attendance Figure Up From Last Year
The attendance figures of this week’s MIPCOM were announced by Laurine Garaude, director of the TV division at the French conference. Over 12,500 people—including 4,360 buyers attended the content market this year, up from 12,400 attendees who were at the 2010 edition. Garaude noted that the exhibition space at MIPCOM [...]
August Media & Malaysia’s Funcel Seal Co-Pro Deal
Singapore-based media group, August Media Holdings signed a deal to co-produce three animated series with Malaysian studio Funcel at MIPCOM this week. August Media Holdings will be responsible for development, finance, executive production and distribution of the properties while Funcel will handle the animation. The project will receive an investment [...]
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