Producer/distributor PorchLight Ent.’s computer-animated preschool series, Jay Jay The Jet Plane, has set a course for Hungama TV, India’s 24-hour premium pay channel targeting kids and teens. The network acquired broadcast rights to all 40 Jay Jay episodes and will begin airing them 4 times a week starting August 15.
Created by Deborah and David Michel, Jay Jay The Jet Plane follows the adventures of a perky and curious six-year old jet plane and his airplane friends who live and play at Tarrytown Airport. The show has aired on PBS KIDS in the U.S. for the past three years and is seen in more than 60 countries.
Jay Jay The Jet Plane is produced by PorchLight Ent. and Modern Cartoons, with PorchLight holding exclusive worldwide distribution rights. PorchLight has also produced the Emmy award-winning animated series Tutenstein for Discovery Kids and Jetix Europe, the PBS KIDS animated show Adventures from The Book of Virtues and the animated long-form movies The Night Before Christmas: A Mouse Tale, The Haunted Pumpkin of Sleepy Hollow and Christmas Dinosaur.
Porchlight is now in production on Four Eyes for France 3, Nickelodeon Asia, Nickelodeon Australia and Disney Channel Italy, as well as a series of direct-to-videos for Leapfrog. More information on the company can be found at www.porchlight.com.
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