Spellbound Scores Deals for Koala Brothers

LONDON, February 26:
Spellbound Entertainment has secured a series of new broadcast and distribution
deals in Iberia for its preschool show The Koala Brothers.

In Portugal, state
broadcaster RTP has bought all 78 ten-minute episodes, as well as the 46-minute
Christmas special The Koala Brothers Outback Christmas. Additionally, Canal Panda, a Portuguese cable and
satellite children’s channel, will also take the series from October 2008, as
well as all 78 episodes and the special. Meanwhile, Big Picture Entertainment
has acquired home-entertainment rights for the series. Rounding out the
Portuguese deals, publishing rights have been signed to Editoria Verbo, which
will lead The Koala Brothers’
publishing program in the territory.

In Spain, Imira
Entertainment (formerly Icon Animation) has been awarded the rights to
represent Spellbound’s preschool property in the country across TV, licensing
and merchandising as well as representing TV rights in Latin America.

"The Koala
Brothers continues to generate
excellent sales and business across the globe,” said Peter Curtis, the joint
managing director of Spellbound. “We are delighted that the series has been so
well received and is gaining further momentum across Europe."

—By Ned Berke