The popular animated Redknot preschool series is set to air on Treehouse in Canada, Discovery Kids in LATAM, Cartoon Network in EMEA, TF1 in France, SRC in French Canada, SENYU in China, among others broadcasters.
EVP Distribution and Licensing for Blue Socks, Neil Warren will represent brands and catalogs in Africa, taking on the distribution of Nelvana’s extensive catalog of more than 4,400 episodes.
The publishing agreement will begin with the Launch of Two Chapter Books This Fall season, with a second release coming in December. The first and second "Bakugan" seasons are being aired globally.
The new distribution deals include Netflix in the U.S., Canada, POP int the U.K., 9Go! in Australia and Dreamia in Portugal, among others, in addition to the previously announced broadcast partners.
The President of Nelvana describes how the company is coping with the pandemic, and explains why animation is a genre that has the advantage in this context of social isolation.