{"id":11626,"date":"2017-01-23T10:46:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T15:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/disney-acquires-comedy-sunny-bunnies\/"},"modified":"2017-01-23T14:20:50","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T19:20:50","slug":"disney-acquires-comedy-sunny-bunnies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/disney-acquires-comedy-sunny-bunnies\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney Acquires Comedy Sunny Bunnies"},"content":{"rendered":"
LONDON: Media I.M. has sold the CGI-animated comedy Sunny Bunnies<\/em> to Disney for its channels in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, Africa and AsiaPac.<\/p>\n Disney Junior in the U.S., Disney CEEMEA (CEE, the Middle East and Africa), Disney Spain and Disney Japan have all licensed the non-dialogue series for kids aged 4 to 7. Through these agreements, Sunny Bunnies<\/em> will roll out into more than 130 territories in 2017.<\/p>\n Under the new three-year deals, the first season of Sunny Bunnies<\/em> will launch on Disney Junior in the U.S. in 2017, on Disney\u2019s CEEMA channels in all territories, on Disney Channel in Turkey and across free- and pay-TV Disney Channels in Spain and Spanish-speaking Andorra. Disney Japan, meanwhile, has taken the exclusive rights to the series in a deal that marks Sunny Bunnies<\/em>\u2019 TV premiere in the territory.<\/p>\n The latest round of Disney deals follows on the heels of sales to Disney Channel in Russia and CIS, Disney Junior for multiple Asia-Pacific markets and to Canal Panda in Portugal. The series is produced by Belarus-based Digital Light Studio. Media I.M. has exclusive worldwide rights for the series outside of Russia, CIS and China.<\/p>\n The show features five beaming balls that can appear anywhere there is a source of light, from sunshine to moonlight. In each episode, the creatures bring fun and games to a different location, ranging from the circus to a sports stadium to a park, as they set off on mischievous adventures.<\/p>\n Maria Ufland, co-founder and joint managing director of Media I.M., said, \u201cThe response to Sunny Bunnies <\/em>has been unprecedented for a show from a relatively unknown studio from a country which is not known for its TV productions. The deal with Disney in so many territories is a massive vote of confidence for this show, proving that excellent-quality original content can come from any place. We believe that Sunny Bunnies<\/em> will be a global hit and are delighted that our gut feeling that this show is truly something special is proving right. It\u2019s given us a huge impetus to continue to seek further quality content in unexpected places.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LONDON: Media I.M. has sold the CGI-animated comedy Sunny Bunnies to Disney for its channels in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, Africa and AsiaPac.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":11627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[110,112,1244,1245],"class_list":["post-11626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-disney","tag-disney-junior","tag-media-i-m","tag-sunny-bunnies","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n