TAFFY ENTERTAINMENT SECURES NEW HOMES WORLDWIDE FOR ‘COSMIC QUANTUM RAY,’ ‘AVA RIKO TEO,’ ‘TODDWORLD,’ ‘THE FANTASTIC FOUR,’ ‘GROWING UP CREEPIE’ AND MORE
May 9th, 2008 Leave a comment Visited 70 times, 1 so far today
Taffy Entertainment, the worldwide distribution, brand management and entertainment company, announced today a slew of new sales with broadcasters across five continents for many of its popular animated series, including Cosmic Quantum Ray, Ava Riko Teo (aka Lamimila), The Fantastic Four, I Got a Rocket!, ToddWorld and more.
Cosmic Quantum Ray (26 x 22’), the new comedy-action-adventure series, has been picked up by Disney Channel Latin America and DeAgostini Neo Network in Italy.
Growing Up Creepie (52 x 11’) has been picked up by ATV in Hong Kong; Code Lyoko (97 x 26’) seasons 3 & 4 will go to Cartoon Network Australia and MTV3 in Finland after the success of seasons 1 & 2; and The Fantastic Four (26×26’) will now be coming to China (ERG Media), The Philippines (ABS-CBN) and Indonesia on home video (PT Unggul Cipta Piranti).
The multi-territory JimJam kids’ television channel has also secured the rights to ToddWorld (78 x 11’) and the new Ava Riko Teo (65 x7’) preschool series. Ava Riko Teo will appear on JimJam in the Middle East, while ToddWorld will be seen in Italy, Central & Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
Taffy Entertainment also completed package deals with Brightspark in the UK, for video rights on the ToddWorld, SamSam (52 x 7’), Pet Alien (104 x 11’) and Mix Master (39 x 22’) series, and with Sun TV in India for Code Lyoko, SamSam, Bobby’s World (81 x 22’), Babaloos (130 x 5’) and Flight Squad (26 x 26’).
“These deals, representing a diverse number of territories, are further testimony to the universal success of our animated properties,” said Lionel Marty, President Worldwide Distribution at Taffy Entertainment. “Demand for high-quality, engaging programming for kids continues to grow, and we’re glad that broadcasters worldwide are responding to the quality of our shows.”
About Taffy Entertainment
Part of The MoonScoop Group, Taffy Entertainment (www.TaffyEntertainment.com) is a leading worldwide distribution, brand management and entertainment company representing brands from some of the largest animation producers across the globe. This includes the prolific Mike Young Productions; MoonScoop Productions, the top producer of animation in Europe; and select properties from third parties. Taffy’s library for distribution and/or consumer products includes the Emmy® Award-nominated series “ToddWorld,” “Dive Olly Dive!” and “Growing Up Creepie,” as well as “Pet Alien,” “Titeuf” (TooTuff), “Mix Master,” “The Fantastic Four,” “Code Lyoko” and “Casper,” among many others. With offices in Paris, Los Angeles and Shanghai, the company has fully-integrated production, distribution, licensing, merchandising and marketing facilities. It also has a library that includes over 3,000 half hours of animation, encompassing some of the most recognizable worldwide brands and best-loved animated creations in the global television market. The company also distributes to leading broadcasters in 160 countries around the world.
Media Contact:
Marc D. Grossmann
Sr. Director, Worldwide Corporate Communications
Taffy Entertainment
21300 Oxnard St. – Ste. 100
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
818-227-8966 direct
818-999-0062 main
818-203-5698 cell
818-719-8697 fax
Skype: TaffyMarc
PR {at} taffyentertainment(.)com
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