{"id":28229,"date":"2024-09-10T09:57:48","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T13:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/thunderbird-distribution-acquires-beddybyes\/"},"modified":"2024-09-10T09:57:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T13:57:50","slug":"thunderbird-distribution-acquires-beddybyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/thunderbird-distribution-acquires-beddybyes\/","title":{"rendered":"Thunderbird Distribution Acquires BeddyByes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thunderbird Distribution has picked up the global media (excluding the U.K., Ireland, Denmark, Finland and Sweden) and consumer products rights to the new preschool series <em>BeddyByes<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The CG-animated title, produced by Ireland\u2019s JAM Media, is set to debut on CBeebies and BBC iPlayer in spring 2025. Ireland\u2019s RT\u00c9 is on-board as a co-producer, while Nordic pubcasters DR (Denmark), Yle (Finland) and SVT (Sweden) have prebought the series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been a real gap in the market for a series designed to help young children and their parents navigate the journey towards bedtime, and <em>BeddyByes<\/em> will fill it beautifully,\u201d said Richard Goldsmith, Thunderbird&#8217;s president of global distribution and consumer products. \u201cIt is exactly the kind of exceptional commercial property produced by an extraordinary producer that we\u2019re continually on the lookout for as we build our third-party business. We believe toddlers and young preschoolers will be drawn to the incredibly huggable world of <em>BeddyByes<\/em> created by JAM. We can\u2019t wait to share it with international platforms and other potential partners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so pleased that Thunderbird Distribution will be introducing <em>BeddyByes<\/em> to global platform buyers, along with potential consumer products partners through Thunderbird Brands,\u201d added John Rice, JAM Media CEO. \u201cJAM co-founder Alan Shannon and I both had toddlers at the same time a few years back, and that sparked the idea for this series. We saw a real need for content that would provide toddlers and young preschoolers with a calming and soothing experience that would help them happily drift off to sleep. 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