Discovery Kids LatAm Orders Two More Seasons of DOKI

TORONTO: Portfolio Entertainment has been commissioned to produce seasons three and four of DOKI for Discovery Kids Latin America.

The new seasons will feature 48 11-minute episodes and two half-hour specials. In addition to being developed and produced in-house, the new episodes will be animated by Portfolio Animation. Pre-production on the new seasons is already under way, with delivery starting in September.

“We’re very excited to greenlight new seasons of this tentpole series, and once again bring Portfolio Entertainment on board to develop them so that our preschool viewers can continue to enjoy the adventures of Doki and the Worldwide Expedition Club on Discovery Kids,” said Carolina Lightcap, the executive VP and chief content officer at Discovery Networks Latin America/U.S. Hispanic.

“Discovery Kids Latin America has been an incredible broadcast partner in building DOKI into an entertaining international brand and we’re excited to help continue this success with the production of these new episodes,” added Julie Stall, the senior VP of production at Portfolio Entertainment. “With the addition of our new animation studio, we are very happy to draw on the ingenuity and creative excellence of our entire team from start to finish for this series.”