Distribution360

A slew of global broadcasters have acquired a range of kids programming, following deals with Distribution360 (D360).

UPtv in the US, ABC in Australia and TVNZ in New Zealand have acquired the Marblemedia-produced live action comedy series The Parker Andersons / Amelia Parker (20 x 30-minutes).

Future Today in the US has taken live-action kids’ culinary series Tastebuds (33 x 30-minutes), also produced by Marblemedia, and natural history title AnimalFanPedia (26 x 11-minutes) from Mobius.Lab Kids. Other buyers picking up AnimalFanpedia include Knowledge Kids in Canada and DuoMedia in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

DuoMedia has also picked up two edutainment series from GAPC Entertainment, ScienceXplosion (45 x 3.5-minutes) and MathXplosion (50 x 3-minutes) and seasons 1-4 of Marblemedia’s All-Round Champion (44 x 60-minutes).

Also buying All-Round Champion is Akili in Kenya, which has acquired all four seasons and RTM in Malaysia which has taken seasons 1 and 2 (22 x 60-minutes) along with Skyship Entertainment’s pre-school title Caitie’s Classroom (26 x 22-minutes).

D360 has secured further sales for Skyship Entertainment properties including a deal with Mini Me Videos for a package of popular pre-school title Super Simple Songs (75 x 1-4-minutes) in Spanish for Latin America, while Asiana Licensing in South Korea has taken a package featuring Super Simple Songs (220+ x 1-4-minutes), Super Simple Draw (58 x 3-minutes) and Super Simple ABCs – Phonics Fun (52 x 1-2-minutes). Elsewhere in Asia, PCCW has renewed its license for Marblemedia’s Super Mighty Makers (26 x 11-minutes) and MathXplosion (50 x 3-minutes) in Hong Kong and Macau.

Meanwhile, beIN Media Group has picked up the second season of Yaya & Zouk (68 x 5-minutes), produced by ToonDraw Productions, as well as GAPC’s ScienceXplosion (45 x 3.5-minutes) for the Middle East.

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D360 has always been known for its catalogue of factual titles and kids’ series from both marblemedia and a series of talented third-party producers. In the past year, "we doubled down on our original development adding significant resources and expanding my sales role to include development and executive producer responsibilities, working ever-more closely with the team at marblemedia," she commented. "We now have a thriving slate that includes scripted originals, kids and family comedies and a variety of exciting new competition formats with a wide range of partners," she added.

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Producers in Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, New Zealand, and the UK & Ireland have optioned the rights to create local versions of marblemedia’s competition format Race Against The Tide.

Diane Rankin, Distribution360’s SVP rights and executive producer commented: “Race Against the Tide really captured a lot of attention when it was launched at MIPCOM, and we are thrilled to head into MIPTV with the momentum of such prominent production companies signed up to develop this series in their own territory.

“Creatives immediately saw the opportunity for this environmentally friendly competition series to have a uniquely localised look and feel that showcases their own coastal backdrops and beaches.”

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