Tag "Telegael"

‘The DaVincibles’ Pops Up on Kabillion

March 20, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Free On-Demand TV network Kabillion will premiere the original kids’ animated series The DaVincibles on Thursday, April 4. Season One of The DaVincibles includes 26 half-hour episodes which will also debut throughout Kabillion’s on-line network. Concurrent with the launch of these shows on Kabillion’s Free On Demand TV Network, the [...]

Calon & Telegael Co-produce 2nd Season of ‘Igam Ogam’

February 20, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Irish company Telegael has set up a brand new stop motion studio, Beochan, in Casla in Connemara to create the second series of the prehistoric pre-school animation Igam Ogam for Five, S4C, TG4 and ZDF Enterprises. Preproduction is taking place at Welsh independent Calon’s Cardiff studio while animation and postproduction are [...]

Planet Nemo Scores Sales for ‘Groove High’

October 31, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

French animation studio Planet Nemo has sealed a few sales deals for its upcoming animated/live-action mix-media series Groove High. The 26 x 30 hybrid comedy has been picked up by Disney Channels EMEA for U.K., France, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, India, Portugal and Spain. Co-produced with Telegael and Nexus, the [...]

Home Plate Ent. Launches New Distribution Shingle

October 10, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

L.A.-based Home Plate Entertainment has formed a new distribution division, under the Home Plate Entertainment Distribution Alliance, announced studio CEO Bill Schultz at the MIPCOM market today. Schultz, a four-time Emmy Award winning-producer, says the new division won’t be just a traditional distribution division and won’t seek third party content, but it [...]

Dyrdek’s ‘Wild Grinders’ to Roll on NickToons

April 13, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

Nicktoons will debut Wild Grinders, the new animated series from skateboarding icon Rob Dyrdek (MTV’s Rob & Big, Fantasy Factory) on Friday, April 27 at 7 p.m. Inspired by Dyrdek’s real-life experiences, each original half-hour episode follows the adventures of a group of friends bonded by their love of skateboarding. The [...]

Thunderbird, Flux, Telegael Team on ‘Wiki the Kiwi’

April 3, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Vancouver’s Thunderbird Films is joining forces with New Zealand’s Flux Animation Studios and Ireland’s Telegael on a new CGI preschool series called Wiki The Kiwi. The companies will produce 78 seven-minute episodes. The announcement was made today by Michael Shepard, president of Thunderbird Films; Paul Cummins, CEO of Telegael; and [...]

10 Shows to Write Home About

April 2, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The beginning of April may signal the arrival of spring in the natural world, but for TV execs and animation producers, it only means one thing: Yup, it’s time to fight the crowds and sell your goods at the MIPTV content market (April 1-4) in Cannes. Here are some of [...]

Telegael and SupperTime Develop ‘Impossimals’ Show

March 9, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

L.A.-based SupperTime Entertainment (ToddWorld) and Ireland’s Telegael (Teenage Fairytale Dropouts, Chloe’s Closet) are developing a new preschool animated series based on Peter and Jayne Smith’s popular characters Impossimals. Created by Smith and his wife, the colorful, rotund and striped characters have sold over 1.6 million art prints and 2 million [...]

Moonscoop’s ‘Chloe’s Closet’ Gets a Second Season Order

January 10, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

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 [...]

Oz’s Seven Network Picks Up ‘Teenage Fairytale Dropouts’

November 3, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

The international animated co-production Teenage Fairytale Dropouts has found a home in Australia, where it’s been picked up by the Seven Network. The 52 x 11 minute series is a co-production between Anima Estudios, SLR Productions, Home Plate Entertainment and Telegael. It tells the story of Jeremiah, Fury and Trafalgar, [...]