Madrid-based brand management company Elastic Rights has picked up the animated preschool series Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs, a co-production of CCI Entertainment of Canada and Collingwood O’Hare in the U.K., in association with U.K.-based Silver fox Films. Elastic Rights will distribute the 52 x 12 show across all platforms in Spain, and all platforms except free in Portugal.
Based on the best-selling books by British author Ian Whybrow, Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs follows the adventures of five-year-old Harry and his toy dinosaur friends, which come to life when no one else is watching. The series debuted in August during the new Tickle U preschool block on Cartoon Network in the U.S., and has been picked up by Super RTL in Germany, France 5, RTP in Portugal and Disney Channel in the U.K.
Elastic Rights has already closed broadcast deals for the series with Playhouse Disney in Spain, which will air the show Monday-Friday starting at the end of December, 2005. In Portugal, the series is set launch in late January 2006 on RTP. Other animated properties being handled by Elastic Rights in Iberia include The Cookie Jar’s Caillou, Enoki’s Flash Kicker, Mike Young Prods.’ ToddWorld and Viz Media’s Mirmo! and MegaMan NT Warrior.
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