Nick Jr. Picks Up Multi-Territory Rights To Nick Jr. UK's And Blue Zoo's "Olive the Ostrich"; Distribution360 Licenses "Olive the Ostrich" To International Broadcasters

From Kidscreen:

Nick Jr. picks up Olive the Ostrich in new deal

Toronto, Canada-based Distribution360 has secured a multi-territory deal with Nick Jr. to air the Blue-Zoo-produced animated preschool series Olive the Ostrich (52 x five minutes) across Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

The series, featuring a problem-solving ostrich that goes on fun adventures thanks to a wild imagination, bowed on Nick Jr. in the UK in September 2011, and was recently picked up by Israel’s Hop! channel.

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Distribution360 licenses a trio of preschool series

Toronto, Canada-based Distribution 360 has secured sales for three of its kids TV series including CG-animated Olive the Ostrich, and the marblemedia/Sinking Ship Entertainment-produced educational live-action series This is Daniel Cook and This is Emily Yeung.

Olive the Ostrich (season one), which is originally produced by Blue Zoo for Nickelodeon UK, has been snapped up by BBC Kids, Canada’s Knowledge Network and TFO for French Canada.

Latin America’s TV Film International has picked up This is Daniel Cook (season one and two) and This is Emily Yeung (season one) while Fatallah Films in the Middle East has acquired the rights to season one and two of This is Daniel Cook.

The latest deals follow on the heels of Distribution360 securing a multi-territory deal last month with Nick Jr. to air Olive the Ostrich (52 x five minutes) across Europe, Asia, and Latin America.

This is Daniel Cook, This is Emily Yeung, and Olive the Ostrich were also picked up in November 2011 by Israel’s Hop! Channel.

This is Daniel Cook and This is Emily Yeung have currently bowed in more than 90 countries, including in the US on Disney Junior.

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Distribution360 Signs Three TV Deals

Press release from Distribution360:

Toronto, Ontario -– Following an incredibly productive MIPTV 2012, Distribution 360 announced that it has closed sales for three of its television programs. Leading the pack is Olive the Ostrich, a pre-school animated series for kids. Originally produced by Blue Zoo for Nickelodeon UK, Olive was sold by D360 to BBC Kids, Knowledge Network (Canada) and TFO for French Canada. As well, continuing its international success, the This is Daniel Cook and This is Emily Yeung series were acquired by TV Film International in Latin America with Fatallah Films in the Middle East also attaining rights to This is Daniel Cook. On the factual side, AETN All Asia Networks obtained the television rights to the paranormal series Ghostly Encounters.

“There continues to be great interest for our programming, all of our hard work over the past year has paid off and buyers seem ready to acquire entertaining content,” said Kirsten Hurd, Senior Sales Executive, Distribution360. “In addition, we’re thrilled to continue finding great broadcast homes for our kids series and excited to help our factual programming expand it’s reach.”

Ghostly Encounters

Paranormal experiences aren't just the domain of psychics and tarot card readers - in fact, many ordinary people believe they have experienced supernatural encounters. This series looks into those incidents and the regular folks-next-door who had them, and takes the viewer on a chilling ride through a fascinating, highly personal ghost story. There is no question that many people believe they have experienced otherworldly incidents, and Ghostly Encounters approaches each event not asking if it happened, but why it happened. Produced by Wraith Films Inc.

Olive the Ostrich

Olive the Ostrich is a CGI animated series for kids, originally commissioned by Nick Jr. UK, about a young ostrich named Olive who goes on fun adventures to all sorts of amazing imaginary places. Animators bring to life real pictures drawn and submitted by children, which are then integrated into the TV show. Inquisitive and enthusiastic, Olive loves to solve problems and help people whenever she can. She’ll try anything once, which can get her into trouble, but always finds fun and inventive ways of getting herself out of it. It is created, produced and owned by Blue Zoo

This is Daniel Cook and This is Emily Yeung

This is Daniel Cook and This is Emily Yeung are educational live action series where children join six-year-old hosts Daniel Cook and Emily Yeung on all of their exciting adventures, whether that be learning with Olympic gold medalists and rocket scientists or creating with award-winning musicians and painters. Produced by marblemedia and Sinking Ship Entertainment.

For more information, please visit www.distribution360.com.

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Olive the Ostrich, a relatively new short-form animated series already airing across Nick Jr. UK, recently earned a spot across Nick Jr. Channels aboard much of Europe, Asia, and Latin America. The multi-territory deal came by way of Distribution 360 (Toronto, ON). The animated series consists of five-minute episodes, tracking the wily and excitable exploits of an ostrich, Olive, and her busybody family.

from Olive the OstrichEveryone seems to be preoccupied with something in life. Olive? It isn't until she sticks her head in the sand, and pops up somewhere else, that her story really gets going. Olive the Ostrich cycles through the important of adolescent imagination, storytelling skills, and homegrown creativity.

Blue-Zoo Animation Studio (London, England) is owner, creator, and producer the children's cartoon.