Life with Boys Scores Nickelodeon Slots

LONDON: The new series from Hannah Montana co-creator and executive producer Michael Poryes, Life with Boys, has been picked up by Nickelodeon to air across a number of territories via a deal with Classic Media.

Nickelodeon took on exclusive TV rights across Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Benelux as well as exclusive pay-TV rights in the Nordics. Classic Media manages TV distribution for the show in all territories worldwide, excluding Canada, Latin America and Asia (outside of Japan), which are handled by Nelvana Enterprises, and Australia, France and the U.K., which are covered by Helion Pictures. Life with Boys will make its debut in Canada on YTV in September 2011, and Helion has secured presales with Canal J in France, Nickelodeon in the U.K. and ABC in Australia.

Classic Media will present the show to buyers at MIPCOM.

Chloe van den Berg, the executive VP of international at Classic Media, commented: “We are delighted to have partnered with Nickelodeon. This deal marks the first of many anticipated global broadcast partnerships for Life with Boys. We are incredibly excited to be working with creative talent such as Michael Poryes to distribute quality content to tweens around the world and look forward to launching the series at MIPCOM.”

Oliver Schablitzki, Nickelodeon Germany’s acquisitions and marketing manager for North Europe, added: “Live action is the trend of the hour. Even more we are excited to have saved the newest development from Michael Poryes for Nickelodeon in North Europe. Life with Boys is a highly promising concept with hit potential that perfectly fits our portfolio of live action comedies for kids and families.”