The Senior Vice President, Distribution & Acquisitions at 9 Story Media Group describes the company’s strategy and analyzes the potential of new areas such as AVOD and FAST.
The popular children's series produced by Fred Rogers Productions and Spiffy Pictures launched in May of 2021 in the US on PBS KIDS and was recently greenlit for a second season.
The primetime animated comedy has secured deals with Amazon Prime Video, Comedy Central in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. It originally launched on Teletoon, becoming the number one pick for audiences aged 18-49.
9 Story Distribution International has acquired three new children’s series for international distribution, leading up to this year’s Kidscreen Summit: “Andy and the Band,” “Weird Waters,” and “Bad Nature”.
The distributor has secured multiple international sales for the first season of the 3D animated preschool series, including a license with Russia’s leading children’s channel Carousel, which premiered the show earlier this month.