Posts Tagged ‘YTV’
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KI.KA Secures Broadcasting Deal for New Babar Series
Monday, August 30th, 2010
German broadcaster KI.KA has purchased the first 26 episodes of Nelvana Enterprises‘ new animated series, Babar and the Adventures of Badou. The series will launch on the channel in spring 2011. Babar and the Adventures of Badou is an updated version of the classic Babar series and introduces King Babar’s 8-year-old grandson, Badou. In the CGI series, Badou and his friends Chiku the monkey, Zawadi the zebra, and others explore the exotic world of Celestville. The show, for kids ages 4 to 7, is a co-production by Nelvana Studio and TeamTO, in association with The Clifford Ross Company.
The series will premiere on YTV in Canada this November and is set to air on TFI in France, Playhouse Disney Japan, Disney Channel in Italy and Spain, ABC TV in Australia, TV2 in Norway, YLE 2 in Finland, DR TV in Denmark, Thai PBS, SRC for French Canada, and M-Net in South Africa, among others.
Tags: Babar, Babar and the Adventures of Badou, KI.KA, Nelvana Enterprises, Nelvana Studio, TeamTO, The Clifford Ross Company, YTV
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
New Beyblade Series and Toy Line to Launch in Canada
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
On May 15, Beyblade: Metal Fusion, a spin-off of Beyblade, will premiere on Canada’s YTV. From Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana and Japan’s d-rights, the new series will kick off with a four-episode stunt event at 12 p.m. that day.
Beyblade: Metal Fusion features a new cast of characters as they follow Gingka and battle the rising dangerous group, The Dark Nebula. Following the stunt event, the series will air every Saturday on YTV at 12 p.m. ET/PT.
Tags: Beyblade, Beyblade: Metal Fusion, Corus Entertainment, d-rights, Hasbro, Nelvana, YTV
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