{"id":11709,"date":"2017-02-06T09:54:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T14:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/studio-100-sends-nils-holgersson-to-india\/"},"modified":"2017-02-06T13:56:14","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T18:56:14","slug":"studio-100s-nils-holgersson-lands-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/studio-100s-nils-holgersson-lands-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Studio 100’s Nils Holgersson Lands in India"},"content":{"rendered":"
MUNICH: Studio 100 Media has sold the new book-based CGI-animated show Nils Holgersson<\/em> to Discovery Communications’ Discovery Kids channel in India.<\/p>\n This deal gives Discovery the exclusive\u00a0TV\u00a0rights to Nils Holgersson<\/em>, which is adapted from the book penned by Nobel Prize-winning Swedish author Selma Lagerl\u00f6f. The 52×13-minute series follows the adventures of a reckless and headstrong boy who is changed into a miniature human by a mischievous elf. It is currently in production, with the first episodes already available to buyers.<\/p>\n Martin Krieger, the head of global distribution at Studio 100 Media, said: \u201cWe are delighted about this collaboration with Discovery Kids, which brings our brand-new show Nils<\/em> to viewers in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Discovery Kids is also home to one of our most well-known CGI programs, Maya the Bee<\/em>, and we are happy to continue our partnership with Discovery for this new title. Nils Holgersson<\/em> is a well-known international brand and we are confident that the reimagined CGI series will be as successful as the 2D animation and will capture kids\u2019 attention anew.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MUNICH: Studio 100 Media has sold the new book-based CGI-animated show Nils Holgersson to Discovery Communications’ Discovery Kids channel in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":11710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[2299,390,983,556],"class_list":["post-11709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-discovery-communications","tag-discovery-kids","tag-nils-holgersson","tag-studio-100-media","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"\n