Canada’s 9 Story Media Group has sold a trio of its preschool properties, Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Nerds and Monsters (pictured) and Numb Chucks, to broadcasters in the UK.
Season two of Slap Happy Cartoons’ Nerds and Monsters (40 x 11 minutes) was acquired by diginet CiTV, Turner-owned Cartoonito has snapped up Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood (52 x 11 minutes), while Sony Pictures Television’s Kix channel has licensed the first season of Numb Chucks (52 x 11 minutes).
In May 2014, CiTV acquired the first season of Nerds, which had been previously sold to ABC TV Australia, TVE (Spain), Canal+ Family (France and Africa), E-Junior (UAE), Noga (Isreal) and MBC Kids (Middle East).
Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, a co-pro from The Fred Rogers Company, 9 Story and New York-based Out of the Blue, was greenlit for a third season in July 2015.
The second season of Numb Chucks, also produced by 9 Story, was licensed to Disney Channels Asia in November 2015.
From Playback.