Pocoyo Secures Spanish, Portuguese Deals

LONDON/MADRID, June 20:
Granada International and Zinkia Entertainment’s preschool series Pocoyo has secured free- and pay-TV slots in Spain with
TVE and Boomerang, and has sold to RTP in Portugal.

The
3-D animated series, re-commissioned for a second season by CiTV, has been
licensed to over 100 countries, including Germany, France, Japan, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Greece and markets in Asia and the Middle
East.

It launches on TVE in the
fall, airing Monday through Friday on TVE2. Boomerang will also launch the
series in the fall. The Spanish licensing, marketing and promotions agency El Ocho is
currently developing a campaign to build the brand in the Spanish market, and
Planeta is to handle publishing rights.

In
Portugal, the series will air on RTP2, Monday to Friday, beginning this fall.