Tag "Pet Pals"

TV Bytes: Tickety Toc, Pet Pals & Dukes of Broxstonia

April 15, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

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

January 31, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

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 [...]

Al Jazeera Clicks with Gruppo Alcuni’s ‘SLASH://’

April 20, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

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

April 2, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

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 [...]

Gruppo Alcuni’s ‘Pet Pals’ Trot to Turkey

December 16, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

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

September 6, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

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 [...]