Fireman Sam returns to Wales and Cartoonito
HIT Entertainment announced that it has pre-sold the new CG-animated series of Fireman Sam to Turner Broadcasting, on its pre-school channel Cartoonito, and S4C.
Both broadcasters have acquired 26 x 10-minute episodes of the pre-school programme, due to be delivered in Spring 2012. 
Fireman Sam already enjoys strong ratings on both S4C and Cartoonito where it is consistently a top-rating show.
The new eighth series will be produced by China based digital animation company Xing Xing, who also collaborated on the highly successful series’ six and seven.
Commenting on the latest acquisitions Alison Homewood, EVP of Worldwide Programming HIT Entertainment, commented: “We are thrilled that both Cartoonito and S4C remain committed to Fireman Sam and have acquired the new CG-animated series eight. We are confident that their viewers will be gripped by these new episodes which introduce some new faces and locations, along with lots more excitement and adventure."
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