{"id":18405,"date":"2020-04-17T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2020-04-20T09:49:10","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T13:49:10","slug":"guru-studios-frank-falcone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/guru-studios-frank-falcone\/","title":{"rendered":"Guru Studio\u2019s Frank Falcone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Frank Falcone, president and executive creative director at Guru Studio, talks to <\/em>TV Kids<em> about the strength of the <\/em>True and the Rainbow Kingdom<em> brand, what factors go into deciding an IP\u2019s rollout strategy and more.<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 690px;\">\r\n \t                <div style=\"padding-top: 56.2504%;\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<video data-video-id=\"6150059177001\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-account=\"1120308147\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-player=\"default\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-embed=\"default\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-application-id \r\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"video-js\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tcontrols=\"\"\r\n                    loop autoplay\r\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\"><\/div><\/video>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1120308147\/default_default\/index.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Filled with whimsical adventures, <em>True and the Rainbow Kingdom <\/em>has become a bona fide hit for Guru Studio. The Netflix original preschool series has not only been a success with multiple seasons commissioned on the streaming platform; <em>True and the Rainbow Kingdom<\/em> has quickly become a top-rated show on CBC in Canada and counts among its broadcast partners Globosat\u2019s Gloob in Brazil, Discovery Frisbee in Italy, RTS in Switzerland, TVB in Hong Kong and numerous others. The company\u2019s slate also includes the preschool show <em>Pikwik Pack<\/em>, the comedy-adventure series <em>Big Blue<\/em> and the two-time Emmy-nominated <em>Justin Time<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>This interview was conducted prior to the COVID-19 global pandemic. 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