Pre-DISCOP Deals for Moonscoop

PARIS: Moonscoop will head to DISCOP with a number of sales already signed with broadcasters in the region on shows such as Dive Olly Dive! and SamSam.

Orlando Kids, which broadcasts to Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia, picked up free-TV, pay-TV and home-entertainment rights to a slate of Moonscoop shows. These include trading-card game inspired MixMaster, 3-D comedy adventure Cosmic Quantum Ray, HD animated series Bunny Maloney, preschool property Dive Olly Dive! and Casper, a series following the adventures of a friendly ghost. The Tuck channel acquired free-TV rights to Fantastic Four, based on the classic Marvel franchise, for the same territories.

Russia pay-TV channel Red Media went for preschool series SamSam in HD and Canal J took on SamSam, Dive Olly Dive! and the second season of ToddWorld, based on the best-selling book by Todd Parr.

Moonscoop also closed new deals in Poland, including licensing theatrical rights to Carisma for Dive Olly Dive! and Canal+ renewing the first two seasons of Code Lyoko. In further deals, ETV in Estonia snapped up SamSam and in Slovenia RTV acquired Ava Riko Teo, a new series that uses animated paper cut-outs.

Lionel Marty, the president of worldwide sales at Moonscoop, said: “With a raft of new sales alongside rights renewals, our business in Central and Eastern Europe is as buoyant as ever. We’re in a good position as we head to DISCOP looking to score further partnerships in the region.”