Superights Closes Bo Bear Deals

Superights has landed a number of deals on its live-action series Bo Bear, which was produced by Norwegian outfit Spark and commissioned by NRK.

The show has been licensed to VRT (Flemish Belgium), NPO (Netherlands), CJ ENM (South Korea), ERR (Estonia) and LTV (Latvia). Superights has already confirmed the distribution rights on a second season of 26×5-minute episodes and a 60-minute feature film. The preschool series presold to DR (Denmark), UR (Sweden) and YLE (Finland).

“We are happy to propose to our broadcasting partners new episodes and the movie coming soon—they are ideal to create special programming events during holidays,” said Nathalie Pinguet, deputy general manager of Superights.

“In the second season of Bo Bear, we explore more situations relatable for every 3- and 4-year-old kid,” added Nils Stokke, CEO of Spark. “They deal with older siblings, annoying clothes, new kindergarten, and boring situations, all mixed with both humor and imagination. And this being a Norwegian series, we added some snow in a couple of episodes this season as well.”