Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Greek Television Network ERT Says Wow! to "Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!"

From C21Media:
Greek net says Wow! to Wubbzy

A Greek broadcaster has acquired Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, the Emmy-winning animated preschool toon from Starz Media and Bolder Media.

Pubcaster [public broadcaster] ERT has acquired two seasons of the comedy, totalling 52 half-hours, and plans to launch them later this year. Viacom-owned kids’ channels have aired the show since its launch in 2006 and it currently broadcasts daily on Nick Jr.

ERT secured the deal through distributor Elastic Rights’ local Greek office. The show also broadcasts on Panda and RTP2 in Portugal and Playhouse Disney in Spain, and will soon launch on TV Clan and Cartoon Network in Turkey.

Irish animation house Bolder Media produces the show in association with Film Roman, the Starz-owned US toon house that’s also behind The Simpsons.

Starz came close to selling Film Roman in 2010 but last year admitted the deal, with a consortium led by toon producer Scott D Greenberg, had stalled.

Jesse Whittock
10-04-2012
©C21Media

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