HBO updates Fraggle Rock

NEWS BRIEF: HBO in the US is set to air a digitally remastered version of classic children’s series Fraggle Rock, more than 30 years after it premiered The Jim Henson Company’s (TJHC) puppet show.

The HD version of Fraggle Rock will air on the premium US cablenet at the end of this year, while the distribution arm of TJHC will be shopping the 96 episodes at the Mipcom market in Cannes next week. It first aired in 1983.