Thunderbird Distribution Inks Sales for Mittens & Pants

Thunderbird Distribution has inked a slew of sales for the first season of Windy Isle Entertainment’s Mittens & Pants.

The live-action preschool series features best friends Mittens the kitten and Pants the puppy who live in the all-animal town of Kibble Corners. Despite being a kitten and a puppy, they are the best of friends because they know that being different is good.

New partners for the first season include France TV (France, Andorra, Monaco, Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guyana, Reunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, Mayotte); Warner Bros. Discovery’s Cartoonito, Cartoon Network and Boomerang channels (Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan); Hop! (Israel) and DR (Denmark, Greenland and Faroe Islands). The broadcasters join CBC Kids in Canada and the U.K.’s Sky Kids, which both launched the series in February 2023.

Windy Isle received a greenlight for a second season of Mittens & Pants earlier this year. The new season premiered on CBC Kids and CBC Gem in Canada in July and will debut on Sky Kids in the U.K. this fall.

Thunderbird Distribution is bringing both seasons of Mittens & Pants to the upcoming MIPJunior and MIPCOM.

“Mittens & Pants was crafted by Windy Isle to stand out in a crowded preschool landscape,” said Richard Goldsmith, Thunderbird’s president of global distribution and consumer products. “The series has all the ingredients that young kids love, and platforms recognize the value of having a quality live-action series amid the sea of animation. Mittens & Pants is also perfect for short-form content that will reach kids and parents and promote our television and other partners. The incredibly cute all-animal cast, bright and colorful sets and vehicles, and clever stories are why we are so excited about the potential for Mittens & Pants to become a popular brand.”