MIPTV Spotlight: Serious Lunch

Two long-running series make up part of Serious Lunch’s MIPTV offering: the company is launching season seven of Operation Ouch! and season four of Art Ninja.

“Internationally, they have been reaching new major markets,” says Genevieve Dexter, the company’s founder and CEO. “Operation Ouch! is nominated for an International Emmy Kids Award at MIPTV. The German version, Operation Autsch, begins transmitting on KiKA this year, and in Holland, the local format Top Doks starts production on its third season.

“Art Ninja has been spreading its reach on Discovery Kids through Asia, the Middle East and Australia, as well as performing very well on Canal Once in Mexico.”

Then there is the animated series Ronja, the Robber’s Daughter, which has “really caught the SVOD and EST/DVD box-set wave for serialized programming and is a timeless classic,” according to Dexter.

She adds: “We are also excited to be announcing the addition of a fifth brand in our stable this year.”