{"id":10742,"date":"2016-09-13T10:18:06","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T14:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/xilam-gears-up-for-inaugural-trip-to-ble\/"},"modified":"2016-09-13T10:20:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T14:20:13","slug":"xilam-gears-up-for-inaugural-trip-to-ble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/xilam-gears-up-for-inaugural-trip-to-ble\/","title":{"rendered":"Xilam Gears Up for Inaugural Trip to BLE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PARIS: Xilam is heading to Brand Licensing Europe (BLE) for the first time to build consumer products\u00a0programs for its flagship CGI-animated slapstick comedy brand <em>Oggy &amp; the Cockroaches<\/em> and the preschool series <em>Paprika<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the company\u2019s strategy to drive international growth across consumer products and television sales, Xilam has established a licensing division, led by Marie-Laure Marchand. Additionally, the company is tapping MI PR Global, a full-service PR agency with both broadcast and licensing expertise, to strengthen Xilam&#8217;s corporate profile.<\/p>\n<p><em>Paprika<\/em> has been commissioned by France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions and Disney Junior (EMEA). There are 78 episodes currently in production, and licensing programs will be pursued for boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 categories.<\/p>\n<p><em>Oggy &amp; the Cockroaches<\/em> is currently in production on its fifth season, which has been commissioned by Gulli (France) and Cartoon Network (Asia, Africa and South America). Season five will air in 2017, followed by two additional seasons that have also\u00a0been commissioned by Gulli and Cartoon Network. The series is distributed in more than 160 countries and watched in 600 million homes.<\/p>\n<p>Marc du Pontavice, CEO of Xilam, commented, \u201cXilam is renowned for creating high-quality animated content for today\u2019s children as demonstrated by the breadth of our global footprint on all the major kids\u2019 networks. With Marie-Laure now on board to lead our licensing business, together with the new seasons of <em>Oggy<\/em> and our first preschool series, <em>Paprika<\/em>, it is now the right time for us to raise our profile at BLE.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PARIS: Xilam is heading to Brand Licensing Europe (BLE) for the first time to build consumer products programs for its flagship CGI-animated slapstick comedy brand Oggy &amp; the Cockroaches and the preschool series Paprika.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":10743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1750,881,1751,1752,1753,882],"class_list":["post-10742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-marc-du-pontavice","tag-marie-laure-marchand","tag-mi-pr-global","tag-oggy-the-cockroaches","tag-paprika","tag-xilam","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Xilam Gears Up for Inaugural Trip to BLE - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/xilam-gears-up-for-inaugural-trip-to-ble\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Xilam Gears Up for Inaugural Trip to BLE - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PARIS: Xilam is heading to Brand Licensing Europe (BLE) for the first time to build consumer products programs for its flagship CGI-animated slapstick comedy brand Oggy &amp; the Cockroaches and the preschool series Paprika.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/xilam-gears-up-for-inaugural-trip-to-ble\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-09-13T14:18:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-09-13T14:20:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2015\/09\/Oggy_S5_TN.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sara Alessi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/xilam-gears-up-for-inaugural-trip-to-ble\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/xilam-gears-up-for-inaugural-trip-to-ble\/\",\"name\":\"Xilam Gears Up for Inaugural Trip to BLE - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-09-13T14:18:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-09-13T14:20:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/xilam-gears-up-for-inaugural-trip-to-ble\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/xilam-gears-up-for-inaugural-trip-to-ble\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/xilam-gears-up-for-inaugural-trip-to-ble\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Xilam Gears Up for Inaugural Trip to BLE\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\",\"name\":\"Sara Alessi\",\"description\":\"Sara Alessi is the associate editor of World Screen. 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