Nick Asia Picks Up Icon Animated Series

BARCELONA/SINGAPORE,
November 28: Icon Animation heads into the Asia TV Forum, which kicks off in
Singapore tomorrow, with a deal already clinched with Nickelodeon Asia for its
key animated series Lola & Virginia.

The Nickelodeon
deal brings the show to Brunei, Hong
Kong, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Palau,
Mongolia, Thailand, Cambodia, Macau, the South Pacific Islands and Taiwan.

The Spanish animation outfit has
been ramping up its business in Asia, recently selling the educational series Vitaminix to EBS in Korea and EBC Taiwan.

Christophe Goldberger, the head of
distribution and marketing at Icon Animation, said, “Our properties have a
growing broadcast presence in the region and we are looking to extend this with
licensing, publishing and mobile partnerships.”