Guru Studio Inks Deals for Pikwik Pack & True and the Rainbow Kingdom

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Guru Studio has signed a slew of new international broadcast deals for the preschool series Pikwik Pack and True and the Rainbow Kingdom.

Pikwik Pack has presold to Super RTL (Germany), Canal Panda (Portugal), HOP (Israel) and Minimini+ (Poland). The series has been previously acquired by Disney Junior (U.S., Australia/New Zealand, Korea and India), Hulu (U.S.) and Treehouse (Canada).

The lineup of new broadcast partners for True and the Rainbow Kingdom include TVP ABC (Poland), 9Go! (Australia) and AFN (U.S. Military). HOP (Israel) and Star Channel (Greece), which previously acquired True and the Rainbow Kingdom’s first and second seasons, have picked up seasons three and four. HOP has also signed on as the licensing and merchandising agent in Israel for the series.

Jonathan Abraham, VP of sales and business development at Guru Studio, said: “We’re seeing tremendous enthusiasm from broadcasters for our incredible lineup of originals. Pikwik Pack is gearing up for its Disney Junior launch this November and is attracting top-tier preschool partners, True and the Rainbow Kingdom continues to rate extremely well around the world, and we’re so excited for buyers to dive into our newest original series, Big Blue, at MIPCOM.”