NBCU Signs U.K. VOD Deal for Kids’ Content

Video on Demand 365 (VOD365) has picked up the exclusive U.K. VOD rights to a number of NBCUniversal programs featuring globally recognized brands for the company’s kids’ channels.

The agreement will see more than 1,000 episodes of NBCU content spread across the preschool channel Ketchup and Yaaas!, which is aimed at kids 7-plus. Programming featured in the deal includes Kung Fu Panda, Pandiva, New Penguins of Madagascar, New Puss in Boots, Puss in Boots Epic Cat Battles, as well as New Shrek, Swamp Talk with Shrek and Donkey, King Julien and Woody Woodpecker.

For Ketchup, programs include Postman Pat, Noddy, Curious George, Ethelbert the Tiger and Casper’s Scare School.

VOD365’s founder and CEO, Paul Coster, said: “We are extremely pleased to have concluded this deal with NBCUniversal. Adding these global hits to the Yaaas! and Ketchup lineups is a major coup for us and underlines the appeal of our innovative channels to content huge global content providers such as NBCUniversal. We very much look forward to working with them.”