Pocoyo racks up new territories

NEWS BRIEF: Pocoyo (52×7′), the preschool show produced by Spanish animation house Zinkia, has inked a number of new broadcast licences via distributor Granada International.

New TV deals have been inked with Treehouse TV in Canada and Disney Channel for pan-Asia, as well as with TVNZ New Zealand, CYBC Cyprus, Gulf DTH/Showtime and MBC Kids in the Middle East, IBC Iceland, EBS (Miracle) Korea, Alter Channel Greece, RTFBH Bosnia, RTV Slovenia and Baby TV in Israel.

Australia’s ABC has already picked up the series and further deals are currently being negotiated in Germany, Japan, Finland, Sweden, France and Hong Kong.