The Spanish production, distribution and service studio company Motion Pictures, which co-produces the series with Piranha Bar in Ireland, has also licensed the first two seasons (104 x 5’30’) to RTP in Portugal, where its set to launch in Q1 2020, and by ETB for launch in the Basque region of Spain next April. The show was also acquired by Discovery Kids in MENA, where the first season started airing in September 2019.
The latest round of deals follows deals with RTEjr (Ireland), Club Super 3 (TV Catalunya), Clan (Spain) and TVNZ (New Zealand). The series also debuted on YLE’s TV2 in Finland in May 2019 where the first 13 episodes received an average share of 81 per cent among kids aged four to nine years.
Additionally, MyaGo will premiere on HOP! in Israel in December 2019, TVE’s Clan in Spain in January 2020 and SVT in Sweden in Q1 2020. In Brazil, the series launched on SVOD platform Globoplay in September 2019 and will air on preschool channel Gloobinho from March 2020.
Jorge Patiño, executive producer at Motion Pictures, said, “With MyaGO’s international roll-out well underway, we’re thrilled Channel 5’s Milkshake! is now set to become its U.K. home and to see the show’s presence strengthen even further in Europe. For season three, we’re looking to bring MyaGO’s values of gender equality further to the forefront and introduce storylines that give a presence to multiculturalism and racial diversity in this unique and colourful series.”
Greenlit and set to enter production in January 2020, the third season of 52 x 5’30’ episodes will be produced in 4K and feature brand-new characters, locations and countries.
Sam Morrison (Peppa Pig, Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom and Octonauts) serves as lead writer on the series, which tells the story of Mya, a young girl whose enthusiasm infects everyone around her. She lives in the very busy town of Everyday with her closest friends Suzie Play, Emily Share and the hilarious Tommy Stop. With her fearless sense of adventure, she tries things for the first time with an ambitious and go-getter attitude.
Supporting the third instalment, the series will also be brought to life in a suite of five interactive apps, developed in collaboration with the image and sound academy ITES.
The series is co-produced by Motion Pictures and Piranha Bar with RTVE (Spain), TV3 (Spain), RTE (Ireland), Gloobinho (Brazil), Screen Ireland, and Dear Will (Ireland), with the support of BAI (Ireland) and ICEC (Spain). MyaGO is distributed by Motion Pictures.
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About Milkshake!
Channel 5’s Milkshake is home to some of the world’s favourite preschool characters. There is a range of stimulating and engaging programmes that include strong story led animation, genuine documentaries for pre-schoolers and presenter led high quality musical entertainment. 2016 saw Milkshake! achieve its strongest year to date amongst Children, 4-9s, HWKs and HWKs 0-3. Milkshake! was the number one breakfast destination (6-9am) for Children and 4-9s in 2016. Channel 5 broadcasts 24 hours of children's programmes every week. Milkshake is on air from 0600 - 0915 every weekday and 0600 - 10.00 on Saturday and Sunday. For further information visit www.milkshake.tv
About Channel 5
Channel 5 launched as Britain's fifth public service channel in March 1997 and has been owned by Viacom International Media Networks since September 2014. Channel 5, 5STAR, 5USA and Spike reach 4 in 5 of the UK viewing public each month with a broad mix of popular content for all the family across entertainment, documentaries, sport, drama from the UK and US, films, reality, comedy, children’s and news. My5 is a new service allowing viewers to watch content online for free from Channel 5, 5STAR, 5USA, and 5Spike.
Originally published: Monday, November 18, 2019.
Sources: TVKIDS, LTW.MEDIA, Licensing.biz, Kidscreen.
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