TV Kids In-Demand: Preschool

Six fantastic preschool shows are featured in our latest TV Kids In-Demand report: Filmax’s Turu and the Wackies, Superights’ Momolu and Friends, Gaumont’s Do, Re & Mi, APC Kids’ DinoCity, Studio 100 Media’s Vegesaurs and The Jim Henson Company’s Word Party.

Turu and the Wackies

Produced By: Tandem Films, Turanga Films, La Pampa, Filmax
Distributor: All rights available from Filmax.
Description: (Kids 3-8, 26×5.5 min.) Turu has set up a band with his charming friends: the elegant little pig Rhythm and the energetic sheep Tempo. Together, they will share the day-to-day life on the farm, musically discovering the world around them through crazy adventures and hilarious misunderstandings that will help them grow into an awesome band, The Wackies!
Pitch Perfect: Turu and the Wackies is the all-singing, all-dancing series from the great animated movie Turu, the Wacky Hen. Music makes the farm go round!
Slot Winner: Sold to TVE in Spain and Disney Latin America.
Sales Contact: Ivan Diaz, Head, International, Filmax.

Momolu and Friends

Commissioners: ITV (U.K.), TVOkids (Canada), Knowledge (Canada), YLE (Finland), SRC (Canada)
Produced By: Ferly, Yellow Animation, Digital Graphics
Distributor: Superights represents worldwide rights, excluding Canada, Finland, Norway, Benelux and German-speaking territories.
Description: (Preschool edutainment, 78×7 min.) Through cute stories filled with humor and warmth, Momolu and Friends teaches children to explore and express their creativity.
Pitch Perfect: Momolu, a gentle panda, and his friends have a knack for stumbling into far-fetched situations. Each experience will be solved through creative thinking and collaboration. By working together, the animals discover, learn, make mistakes, have tons of fun and always learn something about art and design along the way.
Slot Winner: Momolu and Friends is created by design specialist and arts educator Leena Fredriksson. The series joins the already well-established Momolu brand, containing a Nintendo Switch game, Momolu Learning Game; a miniseries, Momolu Minis, which accumulated thousands of views on YouTube; a series of audiobooks, Momolu Minis Music; and numerous Momolu ebooks. A global toy range is under development with United Smile. The series will be fully produced by the end of 2022.
Sales Contacts: Nathalie Pinguet, Deputy Managing Director, Sales & Acquisitions; Jérômine Ader de la Villardière, Sales Manager; Pedro Citaristi, VP, Southern Europe Operations; Juliette Béchu, Sales Manager & Acquisitions; Louise de Stael, VP, U.S. Operations.

Do, Re & Mi

Commissioner: Prime Video
Produced By: Gaumont
Distributor: Gaumont is offering up linear rights worldwide.
Description: (Preschool 2-5 CGI, 52×11 min. & 6 additional shorts) Join birdie friends Do, Re and Mi in the musical world of Beebopsburgh. Discover the sounds and melodies and see how music helps solve any problem.
Pitch Perfect: “Meet Do, Re and Mi in this Prime Video original series from executive producers Kristen Bell (Frozen) and Jackie Tohn (Glow, American Idol). A cheerful show with bright, colorful visuals and lovable characters, introducing music to kids through 52 original songs that the entire family will enjoy!” —Cécilia Rossignol, EVP, International Sales & Development, Gaumont
Sales Contact: Cécilia Rossignol.

DinoCity

Produced By: Riki Group, Animax Production, APC Kids
Distributor: APC Kids with worldwide TV and consumer-products rights, excluding Russia, CIS countries and China.
Description: (Preschool 3-6 comedy, S1: 52×5 min., S2: 52×5 min. in prod.) In a world where dinosaurs live an urban life like ours, Ricky and his elder sister Tyra turn most everyday situations into something quite extraordinary.
Pitch Perfect: This duo of siblings brings comedy as rarely seen in preschool shows, thanks to creative talents such as Animax Production and Lee Walters (Floogals, Pet Squad) as story editor. DinoCity received a hugely positive response on its first international broadcasts, and international master toy partner Gulliver Group is on board.
Slot Winner: Great launches on Tiny Pop in the U.K. (47 percent above the channel’s average in the weekday 6:30 p.m. slot, and the most-viewed Tiny Pop show on the POP Player), DeA Junior Italy (number three best rating) and Minimini+ Poland (number six best ratings for an animated series). Also sold to Frisbee (Italy), Canal+ Kids (France), Ketnet (Flemish Belgium), YLE (Finland), MBC (MENA), TG4 (Ireland), AML (Baltics), ERT (Greece), Menart (Balkans) and Gloobinho (Brazil).
Sales Contact: Lionel Marty, Managing Director, APC Kids.

Vegesaurs

Commissioners: ABC Australia, France Télévisions
Produced By: Cheeky Little Media
Distributor: Studio 100 Media with all rights worldwide, excluding Australia and New Zealand.
Description: (Preschool 4-7 comedy, 20×5 min.) Imagine the juiciest and crunchiest creatures ever to rule the planet: the mighty Vegesaurs! Vegetable- and fruit-shaped dinosaurs address relatable themes for preschoolers.
Pitch Perfect: Go back through the mists of time to a rich and colorful prehistory you never knew existed. Follow Ginger, the young Tricarrotops, and her three Pea-Rex friends on adventures through the Vegesaur Valley. Every episode focuses on visual comedy and incredibly unique characters. Vegetables were never so much fun!
Sales Contact: Dorian Bühr, Head, Global Distribution, Studio 100 Media.

Word Party

Commissioner: Netflix
Produced By: The Jim Henson Company
Distributor: The Jim Henson Company is offering worldwide broadcast, FVOD and TVOD.
Description: (Preschool 2-4, S1: 26×11 min., S2: 14×11 min., S3: 20×11 min.) Word Party features adorable animal babies who sing, dance and play through their daily routines, learning new and exciting words along the way!
Pitch Perfect: Fresh off Netflix broadcast holdbacks, Word Party is available worldwide for free TV, pay TV, FVOD and TVOD. While the show’s focus is on teaching vocabulary, words are presented through imagery without text on-screen, so the series travels very well internationally. And these lovable baby animals will win your heart!
Sales Contacts: Kerry Novick, SVP, Global Distribution; Stephanie Ogrodnik, Manager, Global Distribution.