Chloe’s Closet and Dive Olly Dive! Find Russian Home

PARIS: Russia’s Channel One has picked up the preschool show Chloe’s Closet and the second season of Dive Olly Dive! from Moonscoop.

The 52×11-minute series Chloe’s Closet currently airs in territories around the world, including on France 5 and Playhouse Disney in France; PBS Kids Sprout in the U.S.; KI.KA in Germany; and Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney in Spain.

The series is also broadcast on ITV in the U.K.; CBebbies in Latin America; HOP Channel in Israel; Zebra in Romania; ATV-Minika in Turkey; Disney Channels in Australia and Southeast Asia; oktv in Singapore; Chutti TV and Sun TV’s children’s channel in India; Cyprus Broadcasting; MBC3 in the Middle East; and TFO in Canada.

In addition, various licensees have signed on for Chloe’s Closet, including Bandai America Incorporated as the global master toy licensee. In France, Dragon k’Or Editions is set to publish a set of small story books, while Sun City has signed up for apparel. Other French licensees include TM for back-to-school and permanent bags, and Evasion Communications for character costumes.

Meanwhile, the 52×11-minute second season of Dive Olly Dive! has sold to France 5; SVT in Sweden; MTV3 in Finland; Al Jazeera Children’s Channel in the Middle East; Disney in Asia; Univision; TVA in Canada; and co-producers KI.KA.

The first season of Dive Olly Dive! reached 350 million viewers worldwide and won the 2008 Parents’ Choice Award and Hugo Television Award, as well as received nominations for an Emmy Award, Prix Jeunesse and Best Animated Series at the 2008 Annecy International Festival of Animated Film.

Marie Conge, the senior VP of international distribution and CPG at Moonscoop, said: “This is a significant deal for us, bringing two of our preschool series to Channel One, one of Russia’s most prestigious channels. We are confident that the shows will perform very well on this new broadcast platform.”