Dive Olly Dive! Scores Second-Season Presales

PARIS: Moonscoop has landed presales for the second season of Dive Olly Dive!, with, among others, France 5 and SVT of Sweden.

Also signing on for the second run are Finland’s MTV3 and Al Jazeera Children’s Channel in the Middle East. These broadcasters join Disney Asia, Univision, TVA Canada and co-producers KI.KA, which are all on board for 52 new 11-minute episodes. The series follows the adventures of two research submarines in training, Beth and Olly. They live in a deep-sea research center known as SURF, the Special Underwater Research Facility. 

Lionel Marty, the president worldwide sales at Moonscoop, said: “It is testament to the popularity of Dive Olly Dive! that we have presold the second season to such a significant line up of broadcasters—we also have deals in the pipeline for Norway and Canada. To achieve such a high viewership around the world is fantastic and we’re anticipating even more success with the new episodes.”