The Ollie & Moon Show Lands in the Middle East & Beyond

PARIS: Federation Kids & Family and sister company Cottonwood Media have secured a host of presales for the animated preschool series The Ollie & Moon Show, with the new deals set to bring the show to 150-plus countries.

The 52×11-minute series was picked up by D-Kids (the Middle East), IETV (Israel), VRT (Belgium) and Knowledge Network (Canada). The Ollie & Moon Show is slated to debut on kids’ broadcasters worldwide in 2017, including France Télévisions (France), Sprout (the U.S.), Discovery Kids (Latin America), TVO (Canada) and premium global SVOD platforms, among others.

The series, which is produced by Cottonwood Media and distributed by Federation Kids & Family, uses a mix of animation and live action to tell the story of two globetrotting cats who teach kids about new food, cities, customs, friendship, global citizenship and more. The Ollie & Moon Show is based on the best-selling book series created by author and illustrator Diane Kredensor.

David Michel, producer and co-founder of Federation Kids & Family and Cottonwood Media, commented, “We are extremely proud to have achieved so many, and such significant, presales for a previously unknown TV property. Our ambition has been to create exclusively premium content; we hope that the scale of Ollie & Moon’s presales is an indication that we have accomplished this goal.”

Monica Levy, the senior VP of co-production and sales for Federation Kids & Family, who closed the deals, added, “It has been extraordinary to see such universal, cross-cultural interest in a series. From France to the U.S., Latin America to the Middle East, Ollie & Moon’s curiosity, humor and sweetness clearly appeals to all kids, no matter where they come from.”