Taffy Entertainment Increases Scandinavian Presence

PARIS, July 23: Taffy Entertainment has sold eight
children’s titles to key broadcasters and cable channels throughout
Scandinavia, including a package of five series to free-TV channel NRK in
Norway.

NRK has acquired Dive Olly Dive!, SamSam,
ToddWorld, Insectoscope and Waiting For Christmas. Other free-TV broadcasters like Sweden’s SVT picked
up the shows Dive Olly Dive! and SamSam. Denmark’s TV2 and Finland’s YLE both obtained SamSam
while DR Denmark acquired Dive
Olly Dive!

On cable television, Cartoon Network in Scandinavia has
secured broadcast rights to Fantastic Four and
season two of Pet Alien. In the
region, Nickelodeon has also taken on the series Growing Up Creepie.

“The Scandinavian countries continue to be great broadcast
partners for our shows,” said Marie Conge, the senior VP of international sales
at Taffy Entertainment. “They and their audience are huge fans of animated
programming, so we are particularly proud that these broadcasters continue
coming to Taffy to find the next generation of great cartoons. We look forward
to introducing our young fans in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden to many of
these fantastic new shows and characters.”