APC Kids scores new international deals for ‘DinoCity’, including Discovery Italia

APC Kids, the children’s entertainment division of co-production and distribution group APC Studios, has secured a wave of international sales for its preschool series DinoCity, produced by Riki Group in partnership with Animax Production animation studio. The series began rolling out in Europe earlier this year and will premiere in Russia on Karusel TV this Friday 23 October.

The hit 2D animated series will be heading to Discovery Italia, which has picked up free TV rights for broadcast on its channel Frisbee, and All Media Latvia in the Baltics (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) which has secured non-exclusive SVOD rights. APC Kids has also licensed free TV rights to TG4 for the Republic of Ireland and Minika for Turkey.

These new partners join recent sales, which include: Piwi+ (Canal+ Group, France) taking pay TV rights, along with YLE (Finland), ERT (Greece), Ketnet (Flemish Belgium) and MBC (MENA) securing free TV rights. APC Kids also licensed the exclusive free TV rights and non-exclusive SVOD rights to Menart in the Balkans (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia). The series has already successfully debuted on DeA Junior (Italy) and Tiny Pop (UK).

Lionel Marty, Managing Director of APC Kids, says: “After receiving a hugely positive response to the show’s premiere, we’re delighted to be building on the success of DinoCity by announcing new global broadcast partners. DinoCity is not only fun and adventure-filled but focuses on important themes such as family and friendship which will resonate with new audiences across the world.”

Sandro Sgrulloni, Programming & Content Acquisition Senior Manager at Discovery Kids, says: “We’re very happy that DinoCity is landing on Frisbee. Frisbee is a colourful place where kids can be given full rein to their imagination and we’re sure the stories of this ordinary family – to which the audience can relate – and the everyday situations that turn into amazing adventures, will bring fun and excitement to our viewers.”

Anna Mysskaya, Riki Group Head of International Department, commented: “DinoCity was initially created to harness the demand for truly global animation and we are so excited to see how this story will find viewers all around the world. It rarely happens that the world premiere of a project takes place outside of its origin country and so we are delighted to follow in the success of DinoCity’s debut in Italy and the UK. These new partnerships with Discovery Italia, All Media Latvia and TG4 are testament to the show’s broad appeal and we’re looking forward to shortly debuting the series on Karusel TV channel. We’re sure local Russian viewers will have the same positive reaction as we’ve seen from international audiences so far.”

DinoCity is an original preschool series created by Riki Group, in partnership with Animax Production animation studio, which portrays a family of dinosaurs in a perfectly urban setting. Little Ricky and his elder sister Tyra manage to turn most everyday situations into something quite extraordinary. Their parents will often gladly join them in their playfulness and follow their crazy reasoning, in order to help them channel all that energy and imagination… and to make sure they do not turn the house upside down.

APC Kids co-invested in the production of the 52 x 5’ international version of the series and holds exclusive distribution rights in all territories excluding Russia, CIS and China.

 

Portfolio Entertainment finds a home for ‘Where Oliver Fits’ at Discovery Kids

Global sales secured across kids and family slate including Hero Elementary, Do You Know? and The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About That!

Leading media company Portfolio Entertainment has secured a host of international deals across its slate of acclaimed series including the first sale of its brand-new half hour family Christmas special Where Oliver Fits: A Christmas Eve Tale and series of shorts Where Oliver Fits (9 x 2.5’) to Discovery Kids Latin America.

Portfolio’s action-packed animated series Hero Elementary (40 x 30’) will be heading to SIC for Portugal and CTC for Russia. CTC has also renewed its commitment for seasons one, two and three of hit 2D animated series The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About That! (160 x 11’) and live action preschool series Do You Know? (50 x 15’) for season one and two as well as inking a new deal for season four (25 x 15’). Season five of the popular edutainment series Do You Know? (18 x 15’) has been secured for TVB for Hong Kong.

“We can’t wait for kids around the world to meet Oliver,” says Donnie MacIntyre, Portfolio’s VP of Sales & Business Development. “His adventurous spirit and can-do attitude as he searches for his place in the world will provide young audiences with all the excitement and entertainment they are looking for this holiday season.”

In partnership with the CMF/SRF Digital Animated Series Program and Corus Entertainment’s Treehouse TV, Portfolio Entertainment’s Where Oliver Fits: A Christmas Eve Tale, and accompanying series of shorts, is based on the hit Canadian children’s book Where Oliver Fits by Cale Atkinson. The heartfelt animated comedy special and series explore the challenges of not knowing where you fit in with your friends, and how to be yourself.

Hero Elementary is produced by Portfolio and Twin Cities PBS for PBS Kids and is a fun-filled education driven series aimed at kids aged 4–7 following the pupils of the titular institution – a place where youngsters with superpowers learn how to use their unique gifts.

Produced by Portfolio Entertainment and Collingwood O’Hare Productions, in association with Dr. Seuss Enterprises, Random House Children’s Entertainment, Treehouse, and PBS Kids, The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About That! is based on Random House’s best-selling Beginner Book collection, “The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library.” The award-winning series has been sold to broadcasters and digital platforms in over 170 markets worldwide.

Do You Know? is produced by 7 Wonder and features YouTube sensation and technology vlogger Maddie Moate as she makes the leap from the Internet to TV. The fresh, high-energy series aimed at ages 4–7 answers some of the world’s most pressing questions and explores everyday objects and familiar places in a kid-friendly way, while parents also pick up some intriguing watercooler facts.