iproductneWs AMERICAN Greetings’ Strawberry Shortcake made her TV debut on The Hub Network in the US, and a further 13 episodes are in production. The second series welcomes new character, Cherry Jam, who brings her musical talents to Berry Bitty City. The Hub Network also debuted a CGI relaunch series of Care Bares this year, 30 years after their introduction.
TV PINGUIM
VODKA CAPITAL
TV PINGUIM has devised a new format for its animated 104 x 30 minutes series that follows secret agent Fishtronaut. The new series mixes live action with animation and includes real children interviewing park animals and helping Marina and Zeek complete their missions, tell jokes and discuss the episode they’ve just watched with Fishtronaut. The company also brings pre-school series Earth To Luna! (26 x 11 mins) featuring little girl who is keen to learn about science.
BUGSTED, is an app-based property aimed at tweens. The app comprises 100 levels for iPhone, iPad and Android, combined with a 13 x 1-minute 3D animated series for TV, web and mobile. In 1969 a little bug was accidentally trapped on the Apollo 11 capsule and escaped on the moon where it mutated. In 2012, a lunar expedition accidentally scooped up a mutated bug and brought it back to earth. The mission is to get it back to the moon. © 2012 Vodka Capital
AMERICAN GREETINGS PROPERTIES
Bugsted (Vodka Capital)
V&S ENTERTAINMENT
Fishtronaut (TV PinGuim)
THE NEW, fourth series of Everything’s Rosie (26 x 11 mins) is due to air on the UK’s CBeebies next year, bringing the total number of episodes to 104. The series once again features Rosie, Raggles and friends as positive and inspiring role models offering laughter and discovery to pre-schoolers.
GURU STUDIO
V&S Entertainment
GURU has three new shows in development. Wish Come True follows the adventures of True and her friends, the magical Wishes. Working together, and with the help of children at home, they always save the day. Nemesis, in association with Teletoon, follows two former best friends who both want to rule the school. Comedy show Spaceface features the worst summer camp ever. The company is also working on a second season of Justin Time. Strawberry Shortcake (American Greetings Properties)
Everything’s Rosie (V&S Entertainment)
COOKIE Jar, in association with FremantleMedia Enterprises, brings Ella The Elephant to the international market at MIPCOM. Straight from Elephant Island, this CGI-animated, pre-school show aims to make you laugh and touch your heart simultaneously. Now in production, Ella The Elephant is due to broadcast on Disney Junior (US) and TVO (Canada) in the third quarter of 2013.
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GLAZ ZODIAK KIDS
HAUNTED Tales For Wicked Kids (14 x 11 mins) features Pepe, a lazy kid who works as delivery boy in Grandma’s witchcraft store. Monsters and other strange things, which appear when Pepe messes about with the items in the shop, will invade his town. Pepe has to send the creatures back to where they came from. Glaz/BTV
COOKIE JAR ENTERTAINMENT
Haunted Tales For Wicked Kids (Glaz)
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ZODIAK Kids returns to MIPCOM with two series of Waybuloo, the animation series featuring characters called Piplings who live in a magical land called Nara. Following the success of the series in Australia, ABC has picked up the 50 x 11-minute spin-off version, as has Zappelin in the Netherlands. RAI (Italy) has licensed another 50 episodes of the original 19-minute episode series. Waybuloo currently airs in over 80 other countries worldwide.
Waybuloo (Zodiak Kids)