Heading into next week’s MIPTV television market in Cannes, France, international producer/distributor TV-Loonland has already announced a raft of deals signed with broadcast partners around the world. Productions getting picked up for air include the feature film Heidi and the television series Clifford and Fat Dog Mendoza.
TV-Loonland has sold the feature film Heidi to TSR Switzerland, Disney France and YLE Finland. In addition, Germany’s top children’s broadcaster, Super RTL, will begin airing the film early next year. A co-production between TV-Loonland, its subsidiary Telemagination and Canadian animation house Nelvana, Heidi has now been sold for broadcast in more than 80 countries worldwide. The movie was also recently included in a Loonland Christmas Specials DVD package deal signed with MRA Ent., an independent distributor serving the Australian and New Zealand markets. Other productions named in that deal include Lion of Oz and Donner.
Rights to the series Clifford (40×30) have been snatched up by Disney Spain, Disney Germany and Mini Mini in Poland. Produced by Scholastic Prods. and based on the beloved book series by Norman Bridwell, the half-hour toon follows the adventures of the big, red dog, his eight-year-old owner, Emily Elizabeth, and their pals on Birdwell Island.
Zig Zag in Poland has picked up broadcast rights to the TV-Loonland series Fat Dog Mendoza, a 26-episode, half-hour animated show about a boy and his dog learning to be heroes in a neighborhood where nothing is quite as it seems.
These deals are only the latest in a string of major pacts TV-Loonland has announced since recently overhauling its sales team and naming Justine Bannister head of distribution and acquisitions. Under the management of CEO Selma K’ppel, the team continues to aggressively pursue broadcast and home entertainment opportunities with distributors across Europe, Latin America and Australia.
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