Ninja Turtles break free

Free-to-air (FTA) broadcasters in Latin America, Australia and Europe have picked up Nickelodeon’s recent revamp of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Telenica in Nicaragua and Teledoce in Uruguay will air the first season of the toon, along with Australia’s Network Ten, MBC3 in the Middle East, ABS-CBN in the Philippines, Okto in Singapore, LNK in Lithuania and POP TV’s Kanal A in Slovenia.

Nickelodeon has picked up the series for a second season, while Paramount Pictures has plans for a movie to premiere in May 2014.

Meanwhile, Chile’s FTA broadcaster Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso has closed a two-year branded block animation package with Viacom.

This includes preschool shows Team Umizoomi, Bubble Guppies and Dora The Explorer, while El Salvador’s Canal 12 has closed a three year branded block deal including SpongeBob SquarePants.