{"id":12578,"date":"2017-07-05T10:11:06","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T14:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/fun-union-to-finance-russia-china-co-production\/"},"modified":"2017-07-05T13:29:48","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T17:29:48","slug":"cctv-co-production-scores-financing-fun-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/cctv-co-production-scores-financing-fun-union\/","title":{"rendered":"CCTV Animation Co-Production Scores Financing from FUN Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FUN Union and the Riki Group have signed a co-production agreement with China Central Television (CCTV) Animation for the development and production of the brand-new animated series <em>Krash and Hehe<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The first season of <em>Krash and Hehe<\/em> will be comprised of 52 11-minute episodes. The series will feature 3D CGI animation with 2D inserts and is slated to be released in early 2019. The show is intended for children in primary school. <em>Krash and Hehe<\/em> is set in a store where the toys come to life at night and embark on wild adventures.<\/p>\n<p>The main characters are already hits in the market, with Krash originating from the <em>KikoRiki<\/em> series in Russia and Panda \u201cHehe\u201d from CCTV programs. The agreement was signed during a state visit led by Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow. In addition, the preschool program <em>BabyRiki<\/em> will launch on digital platforms in China starting July 8.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis partnership integrates our values of quality entertaining content, with education at its core,\u201d said Christine Brendle, FUN Union\u2019s CEO. \u201cAnd we are proud to be a part of such an exceptional opportunity to work with CCTV.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zijing Wu, FUN Union\u2019s China director, added, \u201cThis follows a steady success in the Chinese market where all <em>KikoRiki<\/em> and <em>PinCode<\/em> series have broadcasted on CCTV Kids with high ratings.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FUN Union and the Riki Group have signed a co-production agreement with China Central Television (CCTV) Animation for the development and production of the brand-new animated series Krash and Hehe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":12579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[2796,2797,2798,2799],"class_list":["post-12578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-china-central-television-animation","tag-fun-union","tag-krash-and-hehe","tag-riki-group","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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