{"id":26015,"date":"2023-10-10T09:37:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T13:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/guru-studio-roku-ink-deal\/"},"modified":"2023-10-10T09:37:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T13:37:44","slug":"guru-studio-roku-ink-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/guru-studio-roku-ink-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Guru Studio &amp; Roku Ink Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guru Studio has signed a distribution agreement with Roku for its comedy adventure series <em>Big Blue<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Big Blue<\/em> follows sibling underwater adventurers Lettie and Lemo who lead a quirky submarine crew with a magical ocean fairy stowaway named Bacon Berry. The series is set to premiere on The Roku Channel Kids &amp; Family in the U.S. in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The show was originally commissioned by CBC Kids in Canada and is now airing in multiple markets around the world including Nickelodeon\/Nicktoons in the U.K., ABC Kids in Australia and Cartoon Network in Africa. New international broadcasters EBS in South Korea, RTS in Switzerland, RTVE Clan in Spain and MBC in the Middle East are set to launch the series later this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to be partnering with The Roku Channel to bring <em>Big Blue<\/em> to homes across the U.S.,\u201d said Frank Falcone, president and executive creative director at Guru Studio.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Oppenheimer, Guru Studio\u2019s manager of international sales and licensing, added, \u201cThis hilarious and heartwarming series is resonating with kids around the world, and we believe Roku is a fantastic home for the series launch in the U.S. given its significant reach and influence in the market.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guru Studio has signed a distribution agreement with Roku for its comedy adventure series Big Blue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3087,"featured_media":26016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[2022,1945,8501],"class_list":["post-26015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-big-blue","tag-guru-studio","tag-roku-channel","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Guru Studio &amp; Roku Ink Deal - 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\/guru-studio-roku-ink-deal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Guru Studio &amp; Roku Ink Deal - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Guru Studio has signed a distribution agreement with Roku for its comedy adventure series Big Blue.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/guru-studio-roku-ink-deal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-10T13:37:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/Big-Blue-GURU-221.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alexa Alfano\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alexa Alfano\" \/>\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\/guru-studio-roku-ink-deal\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/guru-studio-roku-ink-deal\/\",\"name\":\"Guru Studio &amp; Roku Ink Deal - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-10T13:37:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-10T13:37:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/2653b97e27eaf76a4713c75f0e821dad\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/guru-studio-roku-ink-deal\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/guru-studio-roku-ink-deal\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/guru-studio-roku-ink-deal\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Guru Studio &amp; Roku Ink Deal\"}]},{\"@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\/2653b97e27eaf76a4713c75f0e821dad\",\"name\":\"Alexa Alfano\",\"description\":\"Alexa Alfano is associate editor at World Screen. 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