Canal+ Takes On Animation Collective Series

CANNES, October 14: New York-based Animation Collective and
France’s Canal+ have sealed a broadcast partnership for four animated series: Three
Delivery, Ellen’s Acres, Jolly Rabbit and HTDT.

Produced as a U.S./Canadian co-venture by Animation
Collective and Fatkat Studios in partnership with YTV, Three Delivery currently airs in the U.S. on Nicktoons Network and
will premiere in early 2009 on YTV and SRC in Canada, Nickelodeon Australia and
CBBC in the U.K. The series is about a group of teenage delivery
kids/superheroes and is animated in a comic-book style. The show is scheduled
to premiere on October 27 on Canal+ Family Channel.

Ellen’s Acres tells
the story of a 5-year-old who roams her family's hotel with her feather duster,
tire and huge imagination. TV Ontario Kids and Cartoon Network UK air the show,
while launches are also set for ABC (Australia), Al Jazeera, Spacetoon
(Indonesia) and True Corp (Thailand). Ellen’s Acres will air on Canal+’s preschool channel PIWI.

Jolly Rabbit follows
the adventures of a spunky, early-teen rabbit as he navigates the seas with his
band of punk-rocking buddies in search of his missing leg. In addition to
Canal+ Family, the series will air on CBBC in the U.K. and ABC Australia.

HTDT looks at what
happens when a scientifically re-engineered Humpty Dumpty is teamed-up with a
10-year-old genius and his babysitter to protect a kingdom from evil. The
series has been ordered by CW4Kids
for broadcast in the U.S. on Saturday mornings and will air in France on
Canal+’s TéléTOON.

—By Kristin Brzoznowski