{"id":10789,"date":"2016-09-20T09:57:26","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T13:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dhx-media-to-globally-distribute-air-bud-movies\/"},"modified":"2016-09-20T10:49:47","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T14:49:47","slug":"dhx-media-to-globally-distribute-air-bud-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dhx-media-to-globally-distribute-air-bud-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"DHX Media to Globally Distribute Air Bud Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HALIFAX: DHX Media has acquired global distribution rights for the live-action\u00a0<em>Air Bud<\/em> movie franchise through a deal with Air Bud Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Through the agreement, DHX Media will distribute 15 films in the <em>Air Bud<\/em> franchise, totaling 43 half-hours of content. The deal includes <em>Air Bud<\/em>,\u00a0the original film in the franchise, as well as the all-new feature <em>Pup Star<\/em>.\u00a0Other titles covered under the agreement include <em>Air Buddies<\/em>, <em>Air Bud: Golden Receiver<\/em>, <em>Air Bud: World Pup<\/em>, <em>Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Air Bud: Spikes Back<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, DHX Media will distribute<em> Chestnut: Hero of Central Park<\/em>, <em>MVP: Most Valuable Primate<\/em>, <em>MVP II: Most Vertical Primate<\/em>, <em>MXP: Most Xtreme Primate<\/em>, <em>Russell Madness<\/em>, <em>Monkey Up<\/em>, <em>Spymate<\/em> and <em>The Duke<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Josh Scherba, the senior VP of distribution at DHX Media, said, \u201cThese family films are heavy on both the cute and comedy factors, making them perfectly pitched for wide international appeal. Air Bud has a preeminent reputation for animal-starred adventure films and these 15 titles make a strong addition to the DHX Media distribution library.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anna McRoberts, the president of Air Bud, added, \u201cDHX is an excellent distribution partner for us with their specificity on family content and their global breadth and reach. Their focus, as is ours, is delivering great content to family audiences globally and we see this as the start of a strong partnership of our strategically aligned brands.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HALIFAX: DHX Media has acquired global distribution rights for the live-action Air Bud movie franchise through a deal with Air Bud Entertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":10794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1789,1790,178],"class_list":["post-10789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-air-bud","tag-air-bud-entertainment","tag-dhx-media","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DHX Media to Globally Distribute Air Bud Movies - 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\/dhx-media-to-globally-distribute-air-bud-movies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DHX Media to Globally Distribute Air Bud Movies - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"HALIFAX: DHX Media has acquired global distribution rights for the live-action Air Bud movie franchise through a deal with Air Bud Entertainment.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dhx-media-to-globally-distribute-air-bud-movies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-09-20T13:57:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-09-20T14:49:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2016\/09\/PupStar-DHXMedia-916.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"258\" \/>\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\/dhx-media-to-globally-distribute-air-bud-movies\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dhx-media-to-globally-distribute-air-bud-movies\/\",\"name\":\"DHX Media to Globally Distribute Air Bud Movies - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-09-20T13:57:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-09-20T14:49:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/3a30a856ec6d9cc2372bf054d26a0418\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dhx-media-to-globally-distribute-air-bud-movies\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dhx-media-to-globally-distribute-air-bud-movies\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/dhx-media-to-globally-distribute-air-bud-movies\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"DHX Media to Globally Distribute Air Bud Movies\"}]},{\"@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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