Tales of Tatonka

ORIGIN: Based on an original idea.

DISTRIBUTOR: Cyber Group Studios

CREATORS: Pierre Sissmann and Olivier Lelardoux

AUTHOR: Pierre Sissmann

SCRIPT EDITOR: Theresa Plummer

DIRECTOR: Olivier Lelardoux

PRODUCERS: Pierre Sissmann and Billy

COMMISSIONING BROADCASTERS: Rai 2, Tiji

MAIN TV SALES: Rai (Italy), Tiji (France), TSR (Switzerland), Télé-Québec (Canada), TV2 (Norway), IRIB (Iran), YLE FST (Finland), Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (Middle East), TRT (Turkey), Spectrum (Indonesia), Kazakhstan Channel (Kazakhstan), RTV (Slovenia), Mediaway (Poland).

TV SHOW: A 40×11-minute CGI series, targeting 4- to 8-year-olds. The series will also feature 3D episodes.

DESCRIPTION: Young wolf cubs Wanji, Nunpa, Yamni and Topa live with their parents in the heart of the pack in the wild nature. Tatonka, the solitary buffalo, will become the cubs’ friend and confidant in their adventures. He will be their link to the discovery of the world and other species around them as they grow up through the four seasons of the year together with their friends Cinksi the Bobcat, Wambli the eagle, Poum, the bear or Wahi the squirrel.

LICENSING & MERCHANDISING PLANS: Negotiations are starting now, as the series is being introduced at this year’s MIPCOM.

STRATEGY FOR ROLLOUT: The series will receive its official launch at MIPCOM. Pierre Sissmann, the chairman and CEO of Cyber Group Studios, which represents the series worldwide, is looking toward a broadcast launch simultaneously throughout all continents starting December 2010. The first 3D episodes for Tatonka are to be broadcast in fall 2011.

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