So Smart! Among Portfolio’s MIPCOM Highlights

TORONTO: Portfolio Entertainment is headed to MIPCOM with a slate of preschool, factual and lifestyle content, including So Smart!, a title intended for babies and toddlers.

So Smart! is an award-winning collection of animated series that includes Baby’s First Beginnings (7×30 minutes), 
Baby’s First Word Stories (52×5.5 minutes) and King Otis and the Kingdom of Goode (3×30 minutes). Portfolio Entertainment is also showcasing the preschool series Mack & Moxy. Each episode of the series features a celebrity guest such as Hank Azaria and Rachael Ray.

YouTube sensation Maddie Moate leads the live-action factual series Do You Know?, a preschool show that Portfolio Entertainment is highlighting. The company also has the animated highlights Freaktown and The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, which has a new season available. “Buyers keep coming back for more of The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! and Portfolio is now in production on a third season of 20 new half-hour episodes,” said Jonathan Abraham, Portfolio’s director of international sales and acquisitions. “The Dr. Seuss brand is one that preschoolers and parents trust, and The Cat is a beloved character whose riddles and rhymes continue to captivate [audiences] in over 110 countries around the world.” In the comedy Freaktown, viewers follow Ben Bones and his freaky friends on adventures.

In the factual space, there is the brand-new title Car Stories from Joe Media that tells emotional stories about the world’s most prized classic cars. Portfolio is also introducing two new lifestyle/travel series from Primeworks Distribution in Malaysia, Best in the World Japan and Welcome to the Railworld Japan.

“Portfolio Entertainment is aggressively pursuing acquisitions across all genres and is continuing to forge international partnerships with talented content creators,” Abraham said. “We are very excited to bring these freshly acquired titles to MIPCOM. Over the years, Portfolio has built a rich and diverse catalog of entertaining and informative preschool, lifestyle and travel content that hits the mark with audiences around the globe, and these five new additions to our catalog are no exception.”

He continued: “Portfolio’s reputation is built on the ability to identify and build brands and original ideas that resonate with audiences of all ages.”