{"id":11429,"date":"2016-12-08T10:59:35","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T15:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/the-ollie-moon-show-lands-in-the-middle-east-beyond\/"},"modified":"2016-12-08T11:01:42","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T16:01:42","slug":"the-ollie-moon-show-lands-in-the-middle-east-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/the-ollie-moon-show-lands-in-the-middle-east-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ollie & Moon Show Lands in the Middle East & Beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"
PARIS: Federation Kids & Family and sister company Cottonwood Media have secured a host of presales for the animated preschool series The Ollie & Moon Show<\/em>, with the new deals set to bring\u00a0the show to 150-plus countries.<\/p>\n The 52×11-minute series was picked up by D-Kids (the Middle East), IETV (Israel), VRT (Belgium) and Knowledge Network (Canada). The Ollie & Moon Show<\/em> is slated to debut on kids\u2019 broadcasters worldwide in 2017, including France T\u00e9l\u00e9visions (France), Sprout (the U.S.), Discovery Kids (Latin America), TVO (Canada) and premium global SVOD platforms, among others.<\/p>\n The series, which is produced by Cottonwood Media and distributed by Federation Kids & Family, uses a mix of animation and live action to tell the story of two globetrotting cats who teach kids about new food, cities, customs, friendship, global citizenship and more. The Ollie & Moon Show<\/em> is based on the best-selling book series created by author and illustrator Diane Kredensor.<\/p>\n David Michel, producer and co-founder of Federation Kids & Family and Cottonwood Media, commented, \u201cWe are extremely proud to have achieved so many, and such significant, presales for a previously unknown TV property. Our ambition has been to create exclusively premium content; we hope that the scale of Ollie & Moon<\/em>\u2019s presales is an indication that we have accomplished this goal.\u201d<\/p>\n Monica Levy, the senior VP of co-production and sales for Federation Kids &\u00a0Family, who closed the deals, added, \u201cIt has been extraordinary to see such universal, cross-cultural interest in a series. From France to the U.S., Latin America to the Middle East, Ollie & Moon<\/em>\u2019s curiosity, humor and sweetness clearly appeals to all kids, no matter where they come from.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PARIS: Federation Kids & Family and sister company Cottonwood Media have secured a host of presales for the animated preschool series The Ollie & Moon Show, with the new deals set to bring the show to 150-plus countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":11430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[258,1743,1720],"class_list":["post-11429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-cottonwood-media","tag-federation-kids-family","tag-the-ollie-moon-show","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n