TV-Loonland Notches Up New Deals for Little Princess

MUNICH/LONDON, November 6: TV-Loonland has inked a series of
international broadcast and home-entertainment deals for its BAFTA-nominated
animated preschool property Little Princess.

Little Princess has
been placed in more than 120 territories. Cartoon Network Spain and Canada’s TV
Ontario have just picked up the first two seasons. French broadcasters Canal J
and France 5, ABC Australia, Minimax Poland and pubcaster RUV Iceland have
acquired the second season of the series. These new deals follow earlier
agreements inked with S4C Wales, SVT Barnkanalen Sweden, NRK (Super Kids)
Norway and DR TV Denmark. In Italy, the series will make its debut on RAI TRE.

TV-Loonland has secured home-entertainment deals for both
seasons of Little Princess with Portugal’s
LNK Audiovisual S.A. and Universal Pictures Video for French-speaking Europe.
Home video rights for the first season have been licensed to Polish Cass Film
Entertainment.

In the merchandising arena, TV-Loonland has struck a deal
with Panini to market an activity magazine within German-speaking Europe from
2008 onward.

Justine Bannister, TV-Loonland’s head of distribution and
international acquisitions, commented: “We knew from the start that our lovely Little
Princess had huge international potential
and now the series has become a global phenomenon and well-known brand. Solid
broadcast and home entertainment partners worldwide have now been joined and
bolstered by very rapid licensing success. We are looking forward to releasing
more excellent news over the coming weeks.”

—By Kristin Brzoznowski