August Media, Synergy88, Studio Gale Partner on Preschool Show

August Media in Singapore, Synergy88 Entertainment from the Philippines and Korea’s Studio Gale are aligning for a 2D animated preschool property, Tish Tash.

With U.K. outfit Karrot Entertainment also on board as a development partner, the project, which originated at Studio Gale, is set to begin production in Q1 2019. August Media and Studio Gale will share distribution rights.

Jyotirmoy Saha, CEO of August Media Holdings, noted, “Tish and Tash are great characters whose beauty lies in the simplicity of the characters and stories. Our partners in this project have a fantastic record of creating and producing quality and award-winning programs that appeal to an international audience, so it was a natural step for us to join forces on such an endearing project.”

Chang Hwan Shin, CEO of Studio Gale, commented, “Tish Tash will introduce a fantastic and entertaining world through children’s imagination in everyday life which can only be expressed in animation. As one of the best creative studios’ in Korea, I am excited to collaborate with August Media, Synergy88 and Karrot Entertainment and guarantee that Tish Tash will fascinate children all over the world!”

“This series promises to entertain and educate and for us it’s another important collaboration to add to our portfolio,” added Jackeline Chua, managing partner of Synergy88 Entertainment.

Karrot Entertainment’s creative director, Jamie Badminton, said, “Collaborating with Studio Gale and August Media on Tish Tash has been an exceptionally exciting and rewarding process. I’m confident that together we’ve developed a truly global show with a very real and relatable family at the center of it. The show has fresh energy, led by the mind of our main character, Tish; her partnership with her imaginary friend, Tash propels the stories into wild and fantastically charming directions, and provides perfect five-minute bursts of adventure and humor.”