Broadcast deals for Classic Media
Classic Media has announced several major international distribution deals for its new global pre-school brands Guess with Jess and Tinga Tinga Tales.
Chloe van den Berg, EVP, International, Classic Media, commented: “The reaction from our international broadcast partners to both Guess with Jess and Tinga Tinga Tales has been
fantastic and the team have been busy securing deals on key platforms across the globe.”
"Both brands have launched successfully in the UK on CBeebies, Guess with Jess has since launched in Australia (ABC), France (France 5) and Canada (Treehouse) and Tinga Tinga Tales is set for its US debut on Playhouse Disney in Spring 2011. We look forward to seeing our brands rolled out into further key international territories in the fourth quarter of 2010 and the first quarter of 2011."
Animated series Tinga Tinga Tales (52x11), a co-production with Tiger Aspect Productions in association with HomeBoyz, was created for a global audience of three to six year olds and inspired by traditional African folktales and the Tingatinga art of Tanzania. Key new international deals include; ABC (Australia), Rai (Italy), Mini Mini (Poland), YLE (Finland), ViaSat 1, Can Family (Ghana), True Visions (Thailand), RTE (Ireland), NRK (Norway), SVT (Sweden), TVB (Hong Kong), Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (Middle East), Canal Panda (Portugal), France TV (France).
Guess with Jess (52x10) is a co-production with Nelvana, with new international broadcast distribution deals for; Cartoon Network (Asia Pacific), RTB (Brunei), Emirates Cable TV (E-Vision) (Middle East), Hop TV (Israel), YLE (Finland), TV3 (Malaysia), Canal Panda (Portugal), Vietnamese Broadcasting Corporation (Vietnam), ANTV (Indonesia), Mediacorp (Singapore), Difusion S.A (Argentina), CYBC (Cyprus), NRK (Norway) and EBS (South Korea).
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