GoldBee Inks New Deals for Chop Chop Ninja & ToonMarty

April 28, 2020 Chelsea Regan

GoldBee has secured new agreements for Chop Chop Ninja in Belgium and Hong Kong and for ToonMarty in Ireland.

The Belgian French-language pubcaster RTBF and Hong Kong’s TVB have picked up free-to-air and catch-up rights for the animated adventure series Chop Chop Ninja. In a separate agreement, the Irish broadcaster TG4 acquired free-to-air and catch-up rights in the Irish language for the slapstick comedy series ToonMarty. Both series are produced by Montreal-based Sardine Productions.

Chop Chop Ninja began airing last year across Nickelodeon networks and platforms in Southeast Asia, Italy, Russia and CIS countries, the Middle East and Africa. All-media rights were acquired by WeKids for China and Israel’s Talit Communications acquired pay-TV rights for its Junior channel. Co-produced by Gamerizon Studio, Chop Chop Ninja was originally commissioned by Corus Entertainment for its French and English Teletoon networks.

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ToonMarty was already acquired by Nickelodeon International, CITV (U.K.), France Télévisions (France), Discovery’s K2 channel in Italy, Amazon Prime in the U.S., U.K., Australia, German-speaking territories, France and French-speaking territories. The series was commissioned by Corus Entertainment for its French and English Teletoon networks.

Both Chop Chop Ninja and ToonMarty are supported by the Bell Fund, the Canadian Media Fund, the Shaw Rocket Fund, the CPTC and the SODEC.

Christophe Goldberger, GoldBee’s managing director, said: “Ninja-themed series consistently resonate with kids around the world, we are happy to have RTBF and TVB on board. And we are thrilled to see our slapstick comedy ToonMarty reach new audiences in Ireland with TG4.”

Ghislain Cyr, president of Sardine Productions and producer of both series, added: “What started as a popular mobile game evolved into a strong series with a universal storytelling. We always welcome new partners with pride and are so happy to be able to share our stories with an ever-growing audience of kids”.