DECODE Bags Deals in Greece

TORONTO/LONDON, September
4: DECODE Enterprises, the distribution subsidiary of DHX Media, has completed
its first ever raft of programming sales in Greece.

Greece’s Channel 9 has
acquired six shows from DECODE’s animation library, including the preschool
properties Franny’s Feet and
Halifax Film’s Bo on the GO!
Also acquired by the Athens-based broadcaster are seasons one and two of King, all 39 episodes of Olliver’s Adventures, What About Mimi and Watership Down.

Bo on the GO!, currently one of CBC’s highest rated preschool
shows in Canada, recently sold to France 5 as well as to a number of other
international broadcasters, including Cartoon Network in Asia. Using
motion-capture technology and CGI, Bo on the GO! promotes an active lifestyle for preschoolers. The
program follows the adventures of Bo, a positive, energetic and inquisitive
young heroine, and her young friend Dezadore dragon. Dezzy encourages children
at home to go on adventures by actively joining her in a variety of movements
that assist her on her quest.

Franny’s Feet is commissioned by Canada’s Family Channel and the
U.K.’s Five, where it airs as part of the channel’s Milkshake! preschool strand. The show is currently shown in
more than 150 countries, including ABC Australia, France 5, Disney Channels in
the U.K. and Germany, Cartoon Network in Japan, Korea and Taiwan, Italy’s Rai,
TV2 Denmark and TV12 Singapore.

King follows the adventures of 12-year-old Russell who,
shortly after moving into a new house, discovers a trap door leading to the
fantastic world of Under. It has sold to broadcasters including Family Channel
in Canada, ABC in Australia, France 5 and Nick U.K.

What About Mimi is about 11-year-old Mimi Morton, who trains her
problem-fixing skills on her friends and family. This show has aired on
TELETOON in Canada, France 3, CITV, Italy’s Mediatrade and Ki.Ka.

Watership Down is a tale about the friendship, survival and
heroism of a group of rabbits who leave their endangered warren in search of a
new home. Broadcasters for the series include YTV, CBC and VRAK in
Canada, CITV and Super RTL.

Lara Ilie, a sales
executive at DECODE, said: “This is a new territory for us and we’re delighted
to have secured such a volume of sales with Channel 9. We’re confident that our
animated series will prove as popular with audiences in Greece as they have
with children in the rest of the world.”

—By Jackie
Stewart