Youku says ‘Eh oh!’ to Teletubbies

WildBrain’s new Teletubbies

NEWS BRIEF: The recently reimagined live-action Teletubbies series, narrated by actor Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) and produced by WildBrain, has been sold to Chinese streamer Youku.

The 26×12’ series will launch on the Chinese streamer on June 1 for an exclusive six-month window, then on Senyu and Bilibili later this year. The new CG-animated show Teletubbies Let’s Go! (52×5’), which was produced by WildBrain Spark’s digital studio and launched last fall on the official Teletubbies YouTube channel, has been picked up by Senyu (China), Bilibili (China) and ITV (UK).