3rd & Bird! Scores Spanish Pickups

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has signed new deals in Spain for the animated series 3rd & Bird! to air on Playhouse Disney and Televisio de Catalunya.

Playhouse Disney and Televisio de Catalunya have both secured the rights for all 50 10-minute episodes and the 20-minute special, with plans to broadcast from the first quarter of next year. BBC Worldwide also firmed up a sale for 3rd & Bird! to Taiwan’s PTS Channel. All episodes of the program have been picked up to air in Mandarin from early 2010.

The show, created by Josh Selig and produced by his company Little Airplane Productions, has now sold into 14 territories. The stories of 3rd & Bird! focus on a community of birds that fly and whistle in their feathery wonderland, and are animated in an original style created by Little Airplane called "photo-puppetry animation."