Guess with Jess, a new preschool series co-produced by Classic Media and Nelvana Studios, has debuted in a daily timeslot on Canada’s Treehouse channel.
The series, which launched in November on BBC’s CBeebies, follows the tales of a fluffy black-and-white cat named Jess who explores the world with his barnyard friends.
‘We’re very excited to introduce Guess with Jess to children in Canada,’ said Doug Schwalbe, executive VP of production for Classic Media. ‘We loved working with the entire Corus Kids team, and hope this leads to many future endeavors.’
The series has already been sold to international broadcasting partners ABC (Australia), France 5, Disney (France, Spain, Italy and Latin America), TV12 (Singapore), Kids 1 (South Korea), MNET (South Africa), Cartoon Network (India and Pan Asia), CYBC (Cyprus), Canal + (Poland), POP TV (Slovenia), MBC, E Vision & Al Jazeera (Middle East), YLE (Finland), NRK (Norway), Lativi (Indonesia), Cartoon Gang & True Vision (Thailand), VBC (Vietnam), TV3 (Malaysia), RTE (Ireland) and RTB (Brunei), Hop TV (Israel) and Canal Panda (Portugal). T’l’-Qu’bec (Canada) is also set to begin airing Guess with Jess in summer 2010.
So where does Woodland Animation/Entertainment Rights fit in? They own the character as this is a “Postman Pat” spin-off.