{"id":19735,"date":"2020-12-14T09:45:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T14:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/xilam-animation-earns-diamond-youtube-play-button-zig-sharko\/"},"modified":"2020-12-14T10:57:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T15:57:49","slug":"xilam-animation-earns-diamond-youtube-play-button-for-zig-sharko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/xilam-animation-earns-diamond-youtube-play-button-for-zig-sharko\/","title":{"rendered":"Xilam Animation Earns Diamond YouTube Play Button for Zig &amp; Sharko"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The French animation studio Xilam Animation has been awarded a Diamond Play Button for its <em>Zig &amp; Sharko<\/em> YouTube channel, which has hit the 10 million subscriber milestone.<\/p>\n<p>Only the fourth YouTube channel in France to reach the 10 million subscriber mark, the <em>Zig &amp; Sharko<\/em> YouTube channel has garnered 6 billion views to date, with the most popular video receiving 125 million views. The brand\u2019s wider ecosystem on YouTube has accumulated 15 million subscribers and 8 billion views across both the global and localized channels, including the Hindi, Russian, Brazilian and German versions.<\/p>\n<p><em>Zig &amp; Sharko<\/em> follows a hungry hyena named Zig, who always has one thing in mind\u2014dining on Marina, the carefree mermaid. Though he comes up with a variety of plans to capture Marina with the genius hermit-crab Bernie, Sharko, a shark with rippling muscles, will do anything to protect his mermaid.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Courcier, senior VP of digital at Xilam Animation, said: \u201cThe slapstick comedy, engaging characters and non-dialogue style gives <em>Zig &amp; Sharko<\/em> broad international appeal and, as a result, the brand\u2019s YouTube popularity continues to accelerate as fans all around the world seek out even more content to enjoy. We are honored <em>Zig &amp; Sharko<\/em> has reached this remarkable milestone in its digital journey and to have this achievement recognized by YouTube.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The French animation studio Xilam Animation has been awarded a Diamond Play Button for its Zig &amp; Sharko YouTube channel, which has hit the 10 million subscriber milestone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":19736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[5793,1867,2215],"class_list":["post-19735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-diamond-play-button","tag-xilam-animation","tag-zig-sharko","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Xilam Animation Earns Diamond YouTube Play Button for Zig &amp; Sharko - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/xilam-animation-earns-diamond-youtube-play-button-for-zig-sharko\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Xilam Animation Earns Diamond YouTube Play Button for Zig &amp; Sharko - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The French animation studio Xilam Animation has been awarded a Diamond Play Button for its Zig &amp; Sharko YouTube channel, which has hit the 10 million subscriber milestone.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/xilam-animation-earns-diamond-youtube-play-button-for-zig-sharko\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-14T14:45:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-12-14T15:57:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/Xilam-Animation-Zig-Sharko-520.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"338\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/xilam-animation-earns-diamond-youtube-play-button-for-zig-sharko\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/xilam-animation-earns-diamond-youtube-play-button-for-zig-sharko\/\",\"name\":\"Xilam Animation Earns Diamond YouTube Play Button for Zig &amp; Sharko - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-14T14:45:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-14T15:57:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/xilam-animation-earns-diamond-youtube-play-button-for-zig-sharko\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/xilam-animation-earns-diamond-youtube-play-button-for-zig-sharko\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/xilam-animation-earns-diamond-youtube-play-button-for-zig-sharko\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Xilam Animation Earns Diamond YouTube Play Button for Zig &amp; Sharko\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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