{"id":10626,"date":"2016-08-22T10:14:52","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T14:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cartoonito-toys-r-us-partner-for-masha-and-the-bear\/"},"modified":"2016-08-22T12:19:57","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T16:19:57","slug":"cartoonito-toys-r-us-partner-for-masha-and-the-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cartoonito-toys-r-us-partner-for-masha-and-the-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartoonito & Toys \u201cR\u201d Us Partner for Masha and the Bear"},"content":{"rendered":"
LONDON: Cartoonito and Masha and the Bear<\/em> master toy licensee Simba Smoby have secured a deal that will see Toys \u201cR\u201d Us sponsor the animated series on the network until September 16.<\/p>\n For the weekend marathon of Masha and the Bear<\/em>, which began on Saturday, August 20, at 8 a.m., a series of ten-second on-air Toys \u201cR\u201d Us-sponsored idents created by Turner\u2019s in-house creative team aired across Cartoonito in the U.K. To further promote Masha and the Bear<\/em>, Cartoonito will also run an online competition with Toys \u201cR\u201d Us to give away prizes inspired by the show, including play sets.<\/p>\n Andrew Mallandaine, Turner Broadcasting\u2019s U.K. sales director, said, \u201cWe\u2019re excited to be working with Britain\u2019s biggest toy retailer, Toys \u201cR\u201d Us, to promote Cartoonito\u2019s popular preschool series, Masha and the Bear<\/em>. Cartoonito will feature sponsored Toys \u201cR\u201d Us content across our on-air and digital platforms to help further raise awareness for the series and encourage kids to enter our Masha and the Bear<\/em> competition for a chance to win some brilliant prizes.\u201d<\/p>\n Jim Proctor-Blaine, the head of marketing and licensing for Simba Smoby, commented: \u201cI\u2019m very happy to have worked with Turner and Toys \u201cR\u201d Us on this campaign. Masha and the Bear<\/em> is a fantastic show, and hopefully more children will see it and enjoy it as a result of this activity. It\u2019s also great to have the support of a leading retailer like Toys \u201cR\u201d Us on stocking our range of Masha and the Bear<\/em> toys.\u201d<\/p>\n Masha and the Bear<\/em> follows the adventures of a mischievous little girl and her best friend, Bear. It will air every day on Cartoonito at 7:30 a.m., beginning today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LONDON: Cartoonito and Masha and the Bear master toy licensee Simba Smoby have secured a deal that will see Toys \u201cR\u201d Us sponsor the animated series on the network until September 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":10627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1110,373,1670,1671,1672],"class_list":["post-10626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-cartoonito","tag-masha-and-the-bear","tag-simba-smoby","tag-toys-r-us","tag-turner-broadcasting","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n