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Cookie Jar named licensing agent/distributor for Scan2Go
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / RETAIL / TVTokyo-based animation producer and distributor d-rights and Dubai, UAE-based toyco NewBoy have appointed Cookie Jar Group as the exclusive TV distributor for North and South America and licensing agent for North America for its hit space adventure, car-racing animated series Scan2Go (52 x 30 minutes).
Discovery Kids Latin America makes Pocoyo renewal/pick up
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / INTERACTIVE / RETAIL / TVThe third season of Zinkia Entertainment’s s hit animated preschool series Pocoyo, titled Let’s Go Pocoyo, has been acquired by Discovery Kids Latin America for its pan regional cable platform, and the kids cablenet also renewed Pocoyo seasons one and two.
Ratings Watch Global
TVThis week, EurodataTV has provided us with the ratings for the top-five program broadcasts with kids two to 11 in the US between March 5 and April 1, 2012.
JimJam acquires two new series from HIT
TVChello Zone’s global preschool channel JimJam has picked up two new series from HIT Entertainment, Monkey See, Monkey Do (season one) and MuMuHug (seasons five to eight).
VIMN extends partnership with Televisa
TVViacom International Media Networks has strengthened its partnership with Televisa by signing a five-year programming deal with the Mexican broadcaster.
Nickelodeon Latin America orders new tween novela
TVNickelodeon Latin America’s fourth original telenovela, the tween-targeting, Spanish language 11 11, En Mi Cuadra Nada Cuadra (75 x 60 minutes), and second fully produced by the kidsnet is headed for production in Miami.
BBC 1, BBC 2 to drop kids programming
BROADCASTING / INTERACTIVE / TVAs part of the BBC’s digital switchover strategy and plan to cut 20% of its costs by 2017, the pubcaster’s BBC 1 and BBC2 channels will drop their children’s programming blocks. All kids content will migrate to digital channels CBBC and CBeebies.
Cyber Group kids series to air in Brazil
TVParis-based producer/distributor Cyber Group Studios has sold its wolf-themed animated kids series Tales of Tatonka (51 x 13 minutes) and animated series Animalia (40 x 24 minutes) to Brazilian public channel TV Brasil, and secured a global distribution deal with Synapse.
Animasia series headed to Toon Goggles
INTERACTIVE / TVFree online kids animation channel Toon Goggles has inked a deal with Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia-based Animasia Studios to bring a number of its kids series to its web portal.
Imira closes raft of broadcasting deals for LatAm
TVSpanish production and distribution company Imira Entertainment has inked new deals for Latin America and Hispanic US networks covering a number of series from its library of third-party content.
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