D360 Kids’ & Family Programming Sells Worldwide

Distribution360 (D360) has licensed more than 220 hours of kids’ and family content to broadcasters around the globe, including the live-action edutainment series mathXplosion.

mathXplosion was picked up by Da Vinci Media for its feeds in 105 territories across CEE, Africa, the Middle East and Turkey (pay TV), as well as by Hop! Media Group in Israel and AB Groupe for France, French-speaking Europe and Africa, Israel and Turkey (free TV). AB Groupe also went for the math-themed show The Prime Radicals. Both series are made by GAPC Entertainment.

From marblemedia, ABC in Australia licensed Japanizi: Going, Going, Gong! for its ABC Me channel. All episodes of Splatalot were snapped up by both Global TV Indonesia and Barind Media Bangladesh. Episodes of This Is Scarlett and Isaiah, which is produced in partnership with Sinking Ship Entertainment, are headed to Korean Airlines and Czech Airlines.

The first two seasons of The Mystery Files (Apartment 11 Productions) were acquired by Hop! Media Group in Israel, while the SVOD rights for Victory Arts’ Alphabet Stories were taken by GHI Media in France. Yaya & Zouk, from Productions ToonDraw, was licensed by Studio U-7 for Russia, the Baltics and CIS. Season ten of Heartland was sold in French-speaking Canada to Corus Media and Family Travel was acquired in Israel by Ananey Communications.

In addition, Distribution Access picked up the rights for mathXplosion, The Mystery Files, YOUniverse, Alphabet Stories, The Prime Radicals, This Is Scarlett and Isaiah and Planet Echo in the U.S. and Canada.

Diane Rankin, the senior VP of international at D360, commented: “Very happy to be announcing these sales across so many territories, with a broad mix of live-action and animated series being licensed across multiple platforms. We’ll be attending CMC next week to pitch new developments and [are] on the hunt for more internationally appealing titles as we continue to grow our kids’ and family business.”