Canada/Madrid-based Pink Parrot Media has secured a take care of main European leisure firm Sky to convey the animated comedy-adventure Snowsnaps (26 x 11′) to younger U.Okay. audiences. The sequence premiered on Sky Youngsters and NOW TV on January 15, on the heels of its November launch on Disney Junior U.S. (a deal additionally secured by Pink Parrot). The preschool sequence is a derivative of the profitable characteristic Snowtime, and is created by Marie-Claude Beauchamp and produced by Montreal’s Carpediem Movie & TV in collaboration with animation studio Singing Frog.
Snowsnaps options the lovable first grade finest pals Violet and Tomas typically joined by Sami and Kiki who like to play exterior and invent wildly humorous and foolish video games within the snow. Their made-up-as-they-go video games are ingenious and playful with filled with twists and surprises! In partnership with music writer Blu Canine Media, the unique soundtrack consists of six compositions by rising Canadian group Cool Youngsters.
Further broadcast companions embrace: Canal + (France), YLE (Finland), E-Junior (U.A.E.), Minika (Turkey), RTV Slovenia, and S3 (Spain). KIKA (Germany) and ERR (Estonia) additionally launched extra runs as a part of their 2020 winter programming. The sequence is supported by eight newly printed books (Canada) which can be found for worldwide licensing, and web site that includes 360 digital clips at www.snowsnaps.ca.
MeteoHeroes
Main European animation producer-distributor Mondo TV has introduced the sale of its standard new environmentally themed children’ adventure-comedy sequence MeteoHeroes to main broadcasters and companions in France and French-speaking nations, together with Turkey, the Baltics and the previous Yugoslavia.
Mondo TV has signed an settlement with the Vivendi group-owned, French-speaking pay TV broadcaster CANAL+ to broadcast MeteoHeroes on its children’ channel Piwi+ in each France and French-speaking territories, excluding Canada, ranging from the 2021 Easter holidays. MeteoHeroes can also be attributable to launch in Turkey in Could 2021 on Minika Çoçuk, a free-to-air youngsters’s channel that’s a part of Turkuvaz Media Group. Aimed toward a three-to-eight-year-old viewers, Minika Çoçuk is likely one of the hottest channels with Turkish youngsters and households.
These be a part of numerous already secured companions, together with RSI La 1 (Italian-speaking Switzerland), TV3 (Baltic States), Menart (media distribution, Former Yugoslavia) and Branding Streams (media rights, North America). The sequence is co-created by Mondo TV and Italian climate forecasting group Meteo-Professional.
Tasty Tales of the Meals Truckers
T&B Media World has introduced that its newest animated TV sequence, Tasty Tales of the Meals Truckers will likely be out there for streaming on Netflix in ASEAN nations January 19. The present targets children ages 6-9, with manufacturing led by T&B, animation studio Shellhut Leisure and showrunner Dan Clark, with particular results by Bang Zoom Studios and distribution by Boat Rocker Media.
Tasty Tales of the Meals Truckers is an adventure-packed sequence about three loopy pals who journey the world of their “souped-up” sentient meals truck searching for out uncommon elements to show into unique dishes. Sonny, the fearless bear / cook dinner who aspires to be a chef; Andi, the genius problem-solving crimson panda; and Tong, the social media savvy monkey influencer, go to numerous meals locations of their pleasant inexperienced meals truck, Julia, to tackle culinary challenges. The present makes meals enjoyable and cooking doable for younger youngsters, whereas educating them about friendship, cultural variations and helpful English vocabularies about meals gadgets, cooking methods and geography.
Masha and the Bear
Animaccord and Amazon Prime Video have powered up a brand new collaboration with the studio’s standard animated buddies. The streamer launched Masha and the Bear Seasons 1-2 in a number of languages throughout Europe, together with in Spain, Italy and France, on December 11. Masha and the Bear S1-3 and spinoff Masha’s Tales have been launched with native dubbing to Germany, Austria and Switzerland on November 26. The spinoff Masha’s Spooky Tales was additionally made out there in GAS on December 20. And Masha’s Tales will quickly arrive in France, Italy and Spain.
Masha and the Bear shopper merchandise are broadly represented on Amazon. The primary official model retailer was launched throughout the U.S., U.Okay., Germany and India beginning in 2018, promoting themed T-shirts, hoodies, pop sockets and different gadgets. As of at the moment, there are model shops in eight nations: the U.Okay., Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the U.S., Mexico and India.
Janson Media
Russia’s Purple Carpet Studio has launched two of its out-of-this-world children’ sequence onto worldwide platforms. Distribution firms Janson Media and Pleasure Media Beijing have bought licensing rights for the primary and the second seasons of Blinky & Knobby and House Physician Cat. This vacation season, House Physician Cat premiered on Amazon Prime Video within the U.S. and U.Okay., and are anticipated to increase through different digital platforms all world wide. S2 of House Physician Cat is scheduled to premiere dubbed on digital platforms in China in February 2021. The primary seasons of each sequence have been out there on China’s largest digital platforms since final 12 months.
Om Nom
World gaming/leisure firm ZeptoLab introduced a take care of 1905 (Beijing) Community Know-how Co., Ltd. for the distribution of the Om Nom Tales animation sequence in addition to the event of a licensing program and model promotion within the area. The sequence is already efficiently airing within the nation on CCTV-14, in addition to all main VOD, Digital and IPTV platforms together with encent, iQIYI, Youku, Xiaomi, Migu TV, Mango TV, Huawei, Wasu TV and others. To this point, Om Nom has 630k followers on social platform Douyin.
Om Nom Tales are a sequence of brief (3/5 min.) animation episodes following the adventures of the well-known inexperienced monster from the Minimize the Rope sport app, who celebrated his tenth anniversary in 2020. Om Nom Tales so far boasts 16 seasons with extra in manufacturing and plans. The sequence has been watched greater than 20 billion occasions worldwide since 2012, with 1/5 attributed to the Chinese language viewers. The 7 hours of authentic content material and 24 hours of extra content material can be found on 70 platforms in 8 areas, together with 86 YouTube channels, 12 TV and 40 VOD channels.
Tribes
Tribes Media, a Dutch media startup based by Roberto Soto targeted on creating distinctive SVOD model experiences for area of interest content material, has introduced the launch of three extremely curated platforms that can change into the world’s first subscription streaming companies combining a number of media together with films, sequence, shorts, podcasts and audiobooks.
Along with Myst (for followers of thriller, suspense, crime, horror & sci-fi) and Selego (for “unbiased minds who’ve an opinion about what’s going on in our society”), Tribes is providing Glitch, targeted on animated storytelling, which “aspires to be each a passionate world neighborhood and an ecosystem that celebrates creativeness and creativity.” All three retailers can be found now for internet, Android and iOS in 40 nations all through Latin America and Europe.
