Media IM extends Sunny Bunnies pact with AVoD outfit WildBrain Spark

Sunny Bunnies Sing-Along will debut on the Sunny Bunnies YouTube channel

Media IM, the London-based distributor of preschool toon Sunny Bunnies, has extended its partnership on the show with transatlantic AVoD specialist WildBrain Spark for five years.

WildBrain is coproduction partner on the series as well as its YouTube channel manager and has worked with Poland’s Animation Café on upcoming spin-off Sunny Bunnies Sing-Along (26×2.5’).

Animation Café, which which took over the production and rights to Sunny Bunnies from Belarus-based Digital Light Studio earlier this year, aims to produce two new episodes for Sunny Bunnies Sing-Along per month from mid-August.

The new series will launch initially on the official Sunny Bunnies YouTube channel, which Wildbrain will continue to manage on Media IM’s behalf following the new long-term alliance.

Launched in 2015 on YouTube, Sunny Bunnies was picked up in 2016 by Disney in the US. It now airs in more than 160 countries around the world.