World news on animated TV series and streaming

Based in Canada / Madrid Pink Parrot Medium has secured an agreement with one of the leading European entertainment companies Sky to bring animated comedy-adventure Snowsnap (26 x 11 ′) to the young British audience. The series premiered on Sky Kids and NOW TV on January 15, in the wake of its November launch on Disney Junior US (a deal also secured by Pink Parrot). The preschool series is a spin-off of the hit film Snow time, and is created by Marie-Claude Beauchamp and produced by Montreal's Carpediem Film & TV in collaboration with animation studio Singing Frog.

Snowsnap features adorable first-grade best friends Violet and Tomas, often joined by Sami and Kiki who love to play outdoors and come up with insanely fun and silly games in the snow. Their invented games are imaginative and fun, full of twists and surprises! In collaboration with music publisher Blu Dog Media, the original score includes six compositions by emerging Canadian group Cool Kids.

Other broadcast partners include: Canal + (France), YLE (Finland), E-Junior (United Arab Emirates), Minika (Turkey), RTV Slovenia and S3 (Spain). KIKA (Germany) and ERR (Estonia) have also released additional runs as part of their winter 2020 programming. The series is supported by eight recently published books (Canada) which are available for licensing worldwide and a website with 360 virtual clips at www.snowsnaps.ca.

Produttore-distributore leader in Europa di animazione Mondo TV ha annunciato la vendita della sua nuova popolare serie di commedie d’avventura per bambini a tema ambientale MeteoHeroes alle principali emittenti e partner in Francia e nei paesi di lingua francese, insieme a Turchia, Paesi baltici ed ex Jugoslavia.

Mondo TV ha firmato un accordo con l’emittente televisiva a pagamento di lingua francese di proprietà del gruppo Vivendi CANAL + trasmettere MeteoHeroes sul suo canale per bambini Piwi + sia in Francia che nei territori francofoni, escluso il Canada, a partire dalle vacanze di Pasqua del 2021. MeteoHeroes dovrebbe anche essere lanciato in Turchia nel maggio 2021 Minika Çoçuk, un canale per bambini in chiaro che fa parte del Turkuvaz Media Group. Rivolto a un pubblico di età compresa tra tre e otto anni, Minika Çoçuk è uno dei canali più popolari tra i bambini e le famiglie turche.

Questi si uniscono a un gran numero di partner già assicurati, tra cui RSI La 1 (Svizzera italiana), TV3 (Stati baltici), Menart (distribuzione dei media, ex Jugoslavia) e Branding Streams (diritti dei media, Nord America). La serie è co-creata da Mondo TV e dal gruppo italiano di previsioni meteorologiche Meteo-Expert.

T&B Media Global announced that its latest animated TV series, Tasty Tales of the Food Truckers will be available to stream on Netflix in ASEAN countries on January 19. The show is aimed at children between the ages of 6 and 9, with the production led by T&B, an animation studio Shellhut Entertainment and showrunner Dan Clark, with special effects from Bang Zoom Studios and distribution by Boat Rocker Media.

Tasty Tales of the Food Truckers is an adventure-filled series about three crazy friends who travel the world in their "rigged" sentient food truck in search of rare ingredients to turn into exotic dishes. Sonny, the fearless bear / cook who aspires to become a chef; Andi, the brilliant red panda who solves problems; and Tong, the savvy social media influencer, visit countless food destinations in their friendly green food truck, Julia, to tackle culinary challenges. The show makes food fun and cooking doable for young children, while teaching them about friendship, cultural differences, and useful English vocabularies about food, cooking techniques and geography.

Animacord e Amazon Prime Video have started a new collaboration with the studio's famous animated friends. The streamer has been launched Masha and the Bear Seasons 1-2 in multiple languages ​​in Europe, including Spain, Italy and France, on 11 December. Masha and the Bear S1-3 and spinoff Masha's Tales were launched with local dubbing in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on 26 November. The spinoff Masha's scary stories (Masha's Spooky Stories) it was also made available in GAS on 20 December Masha's tales (Masha's Tales) it will soon arrive in France, Italy and Spain.

Masha and the Bear consumer products are widely represented on Amazon. The brand's first official store launched in the US, UK, Germany and India starting in 2018, selling themed t-shirts, hoodies, pop outlets and other items. To date, there are branded stores in eight countries: the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the US, Mexico and India.

Russia  Red Carpet Studio launched two of its out-of-this-world children's series on international platforms. Distribution company Janson Media e Joy Media Beijing have bought the license rights for the first and second seasons of Blinky & Knobby e Space Doctor Cat. This holiday season, Space Doctor Cat debuted Amazon Prime Video in the US and UK and is expected to expand via other digital platforms around the world. S2 of Space Doctor Cat will premiere on digital platforms in China in February 2021. The first seasons of both series have been available on China's largest digital platforms since last year.

Global gaming / entertainment company ZeptoLab announced an agreement with 1905 (Beijing) Network Technology Co., Ltd. for the distribution of Om Nom Stories animation series, as well as the development of a licensing program and brand promotion in the region. The series has already successfully aired in the country on CCTV-14, as well as all major VOD, Digital and IPTV platforms including Encent, iQIYI, Youku, Xiaomi, Migu TV, Mango TV, Huawei, Wasu TV and others. . To date, Om Nom has 630k followers on the Douyin social platform.

Om Nom Stories are a series of short animated episodes (3/5 min.) That follow the adventures of the famous green monster of the Cut the rope game app, which celebrated its 2020th anniversary in XNUMX. Om Nom Stories to date it boasts 16 seasons with more in production and plans. The series has been viewed more than 20 billion times around the world since 2012, with 1/5 attributed to Chinese audiences. The 7 hours of original content and 24 hours of additional content are available on 70 platforms in 8 regions, including 86 YouTube channels, 12 TV and 40 VOD channels.

Tribes Media, una startup multimediale olandese fondata da Roberto Soto focalizzata sullo sviluppo di esperienze di brand SVOD uniche per contenuti di nicchia, ha annunciato il lancio di tre piattaforme altamente curate che diventeranno i primi servizi di streaming in abbonamento al mondo che combinano più media tra cui film, serie, cortometraggi, podcast e audiolibri.

Inoltre Myst (per gli appassionati di mistero, suspense, crime, horror e fantascienza) e Selego (per “menti indipendenti che hanno un’opinione su ciò che sta accadendo nella nostra società”), Tribes sta offrendo Glitch, incentrato sulla narrazione animata, che “aspira ad essere sia una comunità globale appassionata che un ecosistema che celebra l’immaginazione e la creatività”. Tutti e tre i punti vendita sono ora disponibili per web, Android e iOS in 40 paesi in tutta l’America Latina e in Europa.