Turner Broadcasting Secures European Mobile Distribution Deal

LONDON, August 9: Turner
Broadcasting System (TBS) has tapped wireless entertainment provider GlobalFun
as the pan-European distributor for mobile games based on the Adult Swim series The Brak Show and the Cartoon Network series Johnny
Bravo.

The deal follows a previous
announcement that GlobalFun is currently developing and partly distributing the
mobile version of The Brak Show.

GlobalFun will distribute the
mobile game “Johnny Bee Good,” which is built around the eponymous main
character from the half-hour series Johnny Bravo, who is a biceps-bulging, karate-chopping free spirit who believes he
is a gift from God to women. The game is designed to appeal to both male and
female mobile players. The company will also distribute a game based on The
Brak Show, an animated sitcom focused on a
space pirate named Brak who lives in outer space, in an American suburbia
mid-1960s neighborhood. The game, which is scripted to follow a “mega” episode
of the show, can be played either as Brak or his best friend Zorak, each with
his own small storyline converging into a bigger one. The objective of the game
is the same for both characters, which is to convince Brak’s father to stop an
invasion of Alien Ants from Outer Space.

Casey Harwood, the senior VP of
interactive, wireless and communication at TBS Europe, commented: “GlobalFun
have proven themselves to be both a solid mobile games developer and
distributor, and the extension of this deal is a reflection of that. We look forward
to working with them on the distribution of these games for The Brak Show and Johnny Bravo.”