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Studio 100 and Thunderbird Create Buzz for ‘Maya the Bee’
Flemish studio Studio 100 has tapped Indie distributor Thunderbird Films to distribute its new, 3D animated adventure series Maya the Bee into Canada and to help the producer with U.S. sales of the 78 x 13-minute episodes produced in high definition. The property, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year, is [...]
Imira’s ‘Lucky Fred’ Lands in New Countries
Barcelona-based Imira Entertainment has found a few new homes for its new animated series Lucky Fred: RTM in Malaysia, e-Vision in UAE, TG4 in Ireland and Kidz in Turkey have joined TF1 for France; Disney Channel in Spain, France, Italy, Germany, India, Israel & Australia and Nickelodeon in Benelux, Scandinavia, [...]
HIT Scores Big Deals for ‘Mike the Knight’
HIT Entertainment reports 10 new TV sales and three licensing agent deals for its CG-animated preschool property Mike the Knight. The series has been sold to Super RTL in Germany, and the broadcaster has also been appointed as the property’s licensing agent in the territory. The other nine deals that [...]
Télé Images’ ‘Secret Ranch’ Rassles New Sales
Paris-based animation studio Télé Images Productions (part of Zodiak Kids) has secured presale deals for its new animated series Secret Ranch with TF1, Teletoon and Equidia (France), public channels ARD and KI.KA (Germany), and DeA Kids (Italy). The 26 x 22-minute show focuses on the adventures of four horse-loving teens, [...]
A Royal Celebration: Babar Turns 80
Babar, king of the elephants and beloved star of children’s animation, is celebrating his 80th anniversary this year, and Nelvana Enterprises and The Clifford Ross Company have planned a regal slate of festivities to celebrate! For TV audiences, a second season of 26 half-hour episodes of the CG series Babar [...]
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 [...]
Studio100 Wins Deals for Re-Mastered Classics
Studio100 Media, a subsidiary of Belgium’s leading family entertainment group Studio100, has entered into an agreement with French/Swiss broadcaster RTS for several of its library series. The agreement gives RTS exclusive FreeTV rights for the newly re-mastered 3D animation series Maya the Bee (78 x 11), Vicky the Viking (78 [...]
Marathon’s ‘Rekkit Rabbit’ Hops to Third Season
Zodiak Kids-owned Marathon Media has announced that it will produce the third season of its popular Rekkit Rabbit series for TF1 and Disney XD Europe. This will bring the total show package to 104 episodes of 13-minutes. The animated series premiered on TFI earlier this year. Produced by Marathon Media’s [...]
TFOU and Alphanim Hatch Plans for ‘Calimero’
Calimero, Pagot’s famous black chicken, has found a new home on TF1’s youth programming block TFOU. Alphanim and TFOU announced today that the new 104 x 11’ CG-animated Calimero, which is based on the popular character created by Pagot in 1963, will be part of the network’s programming in 2013, [...]
Zodiak Kids Sneaks ‘Mistral Ranch’ at Cartoon Forum
Paris-based Zodiak Kids’ production outfit Tele Images Productions is screening the pilot of Mistral Ranch, its new animated series (26 half-hours) in development for TF1 at this month’s Cartoon Forum in Poland (Sept. 13-16). The 2D series follows the adventures of four teenagers who have set up a ranch in [...]
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