{"id":14812,"date":"2018-08-20T10:21:23","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T14:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/babyriki-among-fun-union-shows-set-north-america-u-k\/"},"modified":"2018-08-20T10:35:02","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T14:35:02","slug":"babyriki-among-fun-union-shows-set-for-north-america-u-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/babyriki-among-fun-union-shows-set-for-north-america-u-k\/","title":{"rendered":"BabyRiki Among FUN Union Shows Set for North America, U.K."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FUN Union has secured agreements that will see the animated series <em>BabyRiki<\/em>, <em>KikoRiki<\/em> and <em>PinCode<\/em> launch in the U.K. and North America.<\/p>\n<p>An exclusive deal with ITV in the U.K. will see seasons one and two of the preschool show <em>BabyRiki<\/em> premiere on September 3 as part of ITVBe\u2019s newly created weekday morning zone. In the U.S., the first two seasons of <em>BabyRiki<\/em> will be available via Kabillion\u2019s VOD services from mid-September.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, PlayKids, a worldwide educational SVOD app, will offer <em>BabyRiki<\/em>, <em>KikoRiki<\/em> and <em>PinCode<\/em> to its North American users starting August 23. The new deals come on the heels of agreements secured in Asia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to be bringing <em>BabyRiki<\/em> to preschoolers in the U.K.,\u201d said Darren Nartey, ITV\u2019s program acquisitions executive. \u201cIt is a fun and visually outstanding show and an excellent addition to our growing slate of new preschool content on littleBe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David Di Lorenzo, the president of Kabillion, commented, \u201cWe are excited to be working with FUN Union as both a broadcaster and a distributor for <em>BabyRiki<\/em> for North America and believe that U.S. audiences are going to love this wonderful series!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlayKids is committed to contributing to children\u2019s education and development by offering curated content and helping families to use technology in the favor of kids\u2019 education,\u201d added Fernando Colla\u00e7o, the head of content management for PlayKids. \u201cThe new titles have been selected by our team of curators, and will provide content aligned with the concepts of cognitive development, education and learning that we advocate across all platform products.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our series are celebrated for bringing entertaining and educational content to children worldwide,&#8221; remarked Christine Brendle, the CEO of FUN Union.&#8221; These latest deals, from North America to the U.K. and Asia, are testament to the series&#8217; global appeal, resulting from the close cooperation with education experts, child psychologists, parents and an exceptional\u00a0team of creative talents.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FUN Union has secured agreements that will see the animated series BabyRiki, KikoRiki and PinCode launch in the U.K. and North America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":477,"featured_media":14813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[3449,2797,502,420,3697,3698,1340],"class_list":["post-14812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-babyriki","tag-fun-union","tag-itv","tag-kabillion","tag-kikoriki","tag-pincode","tag-playkids","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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