Cake Closes European Deals for Eliot Kid

LONDON, February 19: Cake
Distribution has licensed its comedic action series Eliot Kid to Cartoon Network for its EMEA channels.

Sales already secured for
the series include TF1, BBC, ABC in Australia, Disney Channel in France, Italy,
Spain and Germany; RTBF, TSR, TV2 in Denmark and RUV in Iceland.

Eliot Kid, a Safari de Ville/Samka Productions
co-production, is a comedy action-adventure series aimed at children aged 6 to
9. The 52×13-minute property centers on Eliot, a guy with an overdeveloped
imagination who spends his time creating wild stories where monsters, knights
and aliens collide.

“We are excited to add
Cartoon Network to our growing list of European broadcast partners for Eliot
Kid,” said Cake Distribution’s
managing director, Edward Galton. “With Eliot Kid, Safari de Ville and Samka Productions have
created a new European evergreen that takes its inspiration from classic
cartoons in look and humor. Consequently, Cartoon Network feels like a very
good and natural match.”

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski