TAFFY ENTERTAINMENT SIGNS HOME VIDEO DEAL FOR DIVE OLLY DIVE!
September 26th, 2008 Leave a comment Visited 32 times, 1 so far today
3D-ANIMATED PRESCHOOL SERIES COMING TO DVD IN EUROPE, SOUTH AFRICA, BRAZIL AND MORE
Environmentally-Conscious Underwater Adventure Series To Be Released in 2009
LOS ANGELES, CA – September 25, 2008 –Dive Olly Dive!, the award-winning, environmentally-conscious preschool series from Taffy Entertainment and Mike Young Productions, will be released on DVD in the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Portugal, South Africa, Brazil and other selected territories by Universal Pictures International Entertainment in 2009, it was announced today by Lionel Marty, president of worldwide sales for Taffy Entertainment.
Dive Olly Dive! follows the fun-filled underwater escapades of Olly and Beth, two young research submarines-in-training. The two live in a deep-sea research center known as SURF – the Special Underwater Research Facility, where they experience the joys and challenges of life in their underwater world, much in the same way that preschoolers experience life in their world. Created using the latest advances in high-definition 3D CGI animation, the series features an incredibly lifelike underwater world, along with storylines that educate children on the delicate nature of the ecosystems that exist beneath the oceans.
The show is a winner of the 2008 Parents’ Choice Award and Hugo Television Award (Certificate of Merit), in addition to being nominated for an Emmy® Award, Prix Jeunesse and Best Animated Series at the 2008 Annecy International Festival of Animated Film.
“Dive Olly Dive! has been a tremendous performer on television stations worldwide,” said Marty. “Now, thanks to Universal Pictures International Entertainment, kids across the globe will have an opportunity to watch all of the fantastic underwater adventures of these lovable characters.”
Dive Olly Dive! is a co-production of Mike Young Productions Limited (MYP), Flying Bark Productions of Australia, KI.KA, ARD of Germany, Telegael of Ireland and GDC. Created by Andrew and Ian Ross, it is produced with the support of the MEDIA Plus Programme of the European Community.
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
ARD, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, DIVE OLLY DIVE, Flying Bark Productions, Germany, Ireland, Italy, KI.KA, Lionel Marty, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Mike Young Productions, Mike Young Productions Limited, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taffy Entertainment, Telegael, UK, Universal Pictures International Entertainment
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