CCI to Launch Artzooka! & Rah Rah The Noisy Lion

TORONTO: The new property Artzooka! is set for launch from CCI Entertainment, which just landed a CBeebies slot for Rah Rah The Noisy Lion.

In association with MotionWorks and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), CCI is launching Artzooka!, a multiplatform children’s propery that mixes animation and live action. The property will be produced in various languages, with an initial order for 26 episodes. Artzooka! presents children with ways of being creative along with providing a foundation on a range of art techniques. The show will feature digital elements and electronic art.

CCI and Mackinnon & Saunders, meanwhile, have reached an agreement with CBeebies for the preschool series Rah Rah The Noisy Lion. The series will consist of 52 10-minute episodes and is slated to debut in May 2011. The series, set deep in the Jingly Jangly Jungle, centers on a little lion cub and his young jungle friends, including Toot Toot the elephant, Hoo Hoo the monkey and Num Num the giraffe. Advanced discussions are under way with various publishing and consumer products companies for the property as well, and announcements expected to follow in the near future.