Articles Tagged ‘CITV’
Thunderbirds are Go! again
TVNearly 50 years since it first blasted onto TV screens, the iconic Thunderbirds property is back thanks to UK broadcaster ITV Studios’ and New Zealand’s Pukeko Pictures’ newly re-invented animated/live-action TV series, Thunderbirds are Go! (working title).
Third season of Fort Boyard greenlit
TVZodiak Media production and distribution arm Zodiak Kids has signed a deal with CiTV and Disney to produce a new 10 x 60-minute season of the kids adventure game show Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge.
Third cycle of This is… and Canadian Bookaboo series in the works
BROADCASTER / BROADCASTING / TVAs Canadian broadcasters continue banking on preschool TV series to build audiences, Corus Entertainment’s Treehouse has ordered a third cycle of the This is… franchise from co-producers Sinking Ship Entertainment and marblemedia, while the CBC has commissioned a new local version of the popular British preschool series Bookaboo (pictured).
ITV Studios inks deals for Babar, Matt Hatter
BROADCASTER / CONSUMER PRODUCTS / TVITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has signed deals to represent rights for preschool brand Babar and the 3D/CGI-animated series Matt Hatter Chronicles.
New international sales for Redakai
TVA number of international broadcaster have picked up Zodiak Kids/Marathon Media’s and Spin Master’s boy-skewing, martial arts series Redakai, Conquer the Kairu (52 x 30-minute).
Cake named distributor for Fleabag Monkeyface
TVTween boy-targeted gross-out animated series Fleabag Monkeyface has a worldwide distributor in London, UK-based family entertainment specialist Cake Entertainment.
Rocket gets Olly into books
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / RETAILCGI-animated preschool series Olly The Little White Van (52 x five minutes) is shifting gears into the publishing space thanks to a new multi-year deal by London, England-based Rocket Licensing and Autumn Publishing, a division of Bonnier Publishing.
CITV lands Coolabi’s Poppy Cat
TVUK-based producer and rights management company Coolabi has inked a digital terrestrial broadcast deal with CiTV for its preschool animated property Poppy Cat (52 x 11-minute).
Almost Naked Animals gets third season
TVToronto, Canada-based 9 Story Entertainment has announced that its boy-skewing series Almost Naked Animals (52 x 22 minutes) has been picked up by YTV (Canada) and Cartoon Network (US) for a third season of 12 new episodes.
Chloe’s Closet opens for toys
CONSUMER PRODUCTS / RETAIL / TVParis-based Moonscoop has named UK manufacturer Golden Bear as the master toy licensee for the girl-skewing preschool property Chloe’s Closet.
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