A round of rights deals will bring Jim Henson Co.’s Dinosaur Train to air all over the world.
The production company has announced TV rights deals that include terrestrial television rights to France 5 in France, SVT in Sweden, YLE in Finland and TG4 in Ireland; and basic television rights have been licensed to Canal + in Poland for their MiniMini Channel. Cable and satellite rights have been licensed across Eastern Europe to Chello TV.
In Italy, all TV and DVD rights have been licensed to Dall’Angelo Pictures; in Portugal, all television rights to Atxilipu; and in Scandinavia, home entertainment rights to AB Svensk Filmindustri for Sweden, Finland and Norway.
Outside of Europe, pay cable and satellite rights have been licensed to E-Vision for the United Arab Emirates; basic cable rights to HOP! in Israel; broadcast rights to On Digital Media in South Africa; and home entertainment rights to Beyond Home Entertainment.
Dinosaur Train launched in May on Discovery Kids Latin America, and has been licensed to additional previously announced partners TVO and TFO in Canada, Knowledge in British Columbia, NRK in Norway, Selecta Vision in Spain, Al Jazeera for the United Arab Emirates and Nick Jr. in Australia’who will debut the series this year.
