CEE channels AMC, RiK and Nova pick up animated kids’ shows from WildBrain
RiK has acquired shows from the Strawberry Shortcake franchise
AMC in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), RiK in Slovakia and Nova in Slovakia and the Czech Republic have acquired children’s series from Canada’s WildBrain.
AMC has picked up a range of content from the Caillou franchise for its pan-European channel JimJam, including seasons one to four of Caillou’s New Adventures (120×5’), S1 of the new CG-animated Caillou series (52×11’) and all five of the new Caillou family specials (each 1×44’).
Also for JimJam, AMC has acquired S10-11 of Fireman Sam, as well as the special Fireman Sam: Norman Price & the Mystery in the Sky (1×60’).
AMC has also taken the first season of Pet Hotel (26×11’) and Pet Hotel shorts (100×2’) for its Minimax channel in Hungary, Romania, Moldova, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the Balkan countries.
RiK has licensed multiple iterations of the Strawberry Shortcake property, including the two latest seasons of Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City (80×9’), The Strawberry Shortcake Movie: Sky’s the Limit (1×70’) and all four Strawberry Shortcake CG-animated seasonal specials (each 1×44’).
RiK has also bought S2-3 of Caillou’s New Adventures (60×5’), all five Caillou specials, S7 of classic Polly Pocket (22×2’), S1 of Bob the Builder (26×30’) and S8 of Fireman Sam (26×15’).
In addition, it has taken the specials Fireman Sam: Norman Price & the Mystery in the Sky and Bob’s Broken Sleigh (1×60’), S2 of Twirlywoos (50×15’), the first seasons of Ray of Sunshine (26×7’), Endangered Species (13×30’) and Space Ranger Roger (13×30’) and Ghost Patrol (1×60′).
Finally, Nova has acquired the first seasons of both Polly Pocket (26×30’) and Endangered Species, as well as S10 of Fireman Sam (24×15’ and a 1×30’ two-part episode) and S18 of Bob the Builder (20×15’) for its platforms voyo.cz and voyo.sk.