Jetpack places 311 half hours of content across Latin America and the Caribbean

Jetpack Distribution has sold 311 half hours of content from its burgeoning catalogue to five broadcasters across Latin America, expanding the company’s footprint in the region ahead of MIP Cancun this month. The deals see a range of the distributor’s high quality, character-driven shows, launching on screens across the regions.

NBCUniversal has acquired the pay TV, SVOD and catch-up rights for season 1 of "Boj", seasons 1 and 2, plus the movie special of "Yoko", seasons 1 and 2 of "Jamie’s Got Tentacles" and seasons 1 to 3 of "Chuggington" for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Disney Channels Latin America acquired the exclusive pay TV/catch up rights for "Spookley and the Christmas Kittens" and "Spookley the Square Pumpkin" in Latin America. Moreover, it has acquired non-exclusive rights for the same shows in the Caribbean.

Brazil’s Globoplay has secured the non-exclusive subscription video on demand (SVOD) rights for "Spookiz" seasons 2 and 3 and "Talking Tom & Friends" season 3 in Brazil.

Somos TV has taken exclusive Pay TV rights for "Chuggington" season 2 and season 3 in the US and Puerto Rico, non-exclusive Pay TV rights for Central America, Dominican Republic and Mexico and non-exclusive SVOD and VOD rights in the US, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Central America and Mexico.

Canela have acquired the non-exclusive AVOD rights for "Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty" and the non-exclusive AVOD and FAST rights for "Boj" season 1, "Clangers" seasons 2 and 3, "Talking Tom & Friends" season 3, "Yoko" season 1 in Latin America, the Caribbean, and USA.

Global head of sales, Sophie ‘Kido’ Prigent, says: “These are highly respected, top performing broadcasters in LatAm, a region extremely important for our business right now.” She adds: “We are passionate about bringing more shows, localised, and dubbed in neutral Spanish, to this part of the world. MIP Cancun is a great opportunity for the team to meet both broadcast partners and producers, learn more about what’s going on, and present new content.”