Scandinavian Deal for Pocoyo

LONDON, October 5: Granada International has sold the
preschool animated series Pocoyo to
Disney Channel across Scandinavia and the Baltics.

The 52×7-minute series, produced by Zinkia
Entertainment/Granada International in association with Granada Kids and
Cosgrove Hall, will air on pay and basic cable and satellite TV in Sweden,
Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands as well as the
Republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, from early 2007.

The first season has already been acquired in Scandinavia by
YLE Finland and by 365 in Iceland. Production is currently underway at Zinkia
in Madrid on a further 52 episodes. The show has been licensed into more than
100 territories.