{"id":27858,"date":"2024-06-25T09:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T13:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2024-06-25T09:15:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T13:15:03","slug":"mediatoon-distribution-bayard-animation-expand-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/mediatoon-distribution-bayard-animation-expand-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Mediatoon Distribution &amp; Bayard Animation Expand Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mediatoon Distribution has signed on to distribute more titles from Bayard Animation, including the second season of <em>Zouk<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioned by CANAL+ and co-produced by Bayard Animation and Caribara, <em>Zouk<\/em> centers on a big-hearted and brave little witch and the adventures she embarks on with her friends.<\/p>\n<p>The show is a 2D adaptation of the character originally created by Serge Bloch, who is also behind <em>SamSam<\/em>, and Nicolas Hubesch. Mediatoon Distribution also handles global sales for the first season of the show, co-produced with Normaal Animation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to continue strengthening our ties with Bayard Animation,\u201d said Morgann Favennec, deputy managing director of Mediatoon. \u201cWelcoming the adorable <em>Zouk<\/em> to our catalog reinforces the complementarity between our two groups, which share the same commitment to quality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mediatoon Distribution has also added the digital rights of <em>Little Brown Bear<\/em> to its catalog. The 3D adaptation of the preschool franchise has found success on social media, especially on YouTube. Mediatoon\u2019s digital team will focus on growing the brand\u2019s awareness internationally. The company will also continue to manage international sales for the 2D series <em>The Adventures of Little Brown Bear<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur first aim is to continue growing the French YouTube channel, which has just passed the million-subscriber mark, and to roll out the brand internationally on the platform by creating new channels,\u201d said Alexandre Neck, digital media manager of Mediatoon, on the company\u2019s plans for <em>Little Brown Bear<\/em>. \u201cBy combining longer videos with optimized short formats, we&#8217;re convinced that the brand will be able to reach a new and very broad audience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This expands on the companies\u2019 established partnership, which sees Mediatoon manage global distribution for <em>SamSam: Cosmic Adventures<\/em> and <em>Tom and Lili<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBayard Animation and Mediatoon have established a trusted relationship over many years,\u201d commented Alexandre H\u00e9nin, managing director of Bayard Animation. \u201cWe are delighted to entrust them with the distribution of our series Zouk as well as the digital exploitation of <em>Little Brown Bear<\/em>, two iconic properties of Bayard Jeunesse that we now wish to expand internationally as part of our development.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mediatoon Distribution has signed on to distribute more titles from Bayard Animation, including the second season of Zouk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":27859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[9669,9670,9671,9672,231,2539,9673],"class_list":["post-27858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-alexandre-henin","tag-alexandre-neck","tag-bayard-animation","tag-little-brown-bear","tag-mediatoon-distribution","tag-morgann-favennec","tag-zouk","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mediatoon Distribution &amp; 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