Keyframe & Beyond Distribution Pact for Zeze Zebra

London-based Keyframe Studios and Beyond Distribution have partnered on the sale and distribution of the recently launched 20×2-minute preschool animated series Zeze Zebra.

Keyframe has already secured a number of deals for Zeze Zebra, notably with Hop!, an Israeli children’s channel.  Season one of Zeze Zebra has been broadcasting daily on the station in Hebrew since late November.

Beyond Distribution has come on board to use its international network of contacts to expand the reach of the Keyframe property, which launched at MIPCOM.

Zeze Zebra is a CGI series aimed at the 2-to-4-year-old set. Each episode features a well-loved children’s nursery rhyme led by Zeze Zebra and her colorful friends—a hippo, a flamingo, a sheep, a rhino and Zeze’s Grandpa—with an individual and engaging narrative behind every episode combining education and activity.

Sarah McCormack, senior VP of acquisitions for the U.K., Europe and kids at Beyond Distribution, commented: “With the launch of Zeze Zebra at MIPCOM this year we were able to secure lots of interest from international children’s buyers. This is such a fun and unique program for the pre-school market and really bolsters our ever-growing kids’ catalog.”

Asa Movshovitz, founder and animation director at Keyframe, said: “Beyond is a leading independent distributor, with a growing kids’ portfolio and a clear-sighted, supportive and highly professional approach to the market, which attracted us from a very early stage. We’re thrilled to be working with this highly respected company as our talented team continues to build its portfolio of kids’ productions.”