{"id":28462,"date":"2024-10-14T09:40:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T13:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/pbs-distribution-picks-up-piripenguins\/"},"modified":"2024-10-14T10:22:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T14:22:28","slug":"pbs-distribution-picks-up-piripenguins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/pbs-distribution-picks-up-piripenguins\/","title":{"rendered":"PBS Distribution Picks up Piripenguins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PBS Distribution has acquired the North American distribution rights to Eaglet Films\u2019 new animated comedy series <em>Piripenguins<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The 52&#215;11-minute series is about a lively group of penguin friends who have fun living together on an iceberg. Done in 2D\/CG, the series comes from Eaglet Films, whose credits include <em>Quentin Blake\u2019s Box of Treasures<\/em>, together with Red Monk Studio (Italy) and in partnership with Wild Child Animation (Scotland).<\/p>\n<p>Piripenguins has been commissioned by BBC and RAI, alongside support from the UK Global Screen Fund\u2014financed by the U.K. Government\u2019s Department for Culture, Media and Sport and administered by the BFI.<\/p>\n<p>PBS Distribution&#8217;s president, Andrea Downing, said: &#8220;The pitch for this delightful children\u2019s series immediately engaged us with its combination of imaginative storytelling and unique mix of animation techniques, bringing together all the elements for entertaining family viewing. We are thrilled to be the North American distribution partner on this new series with the extraordinary team at Eaglet Films and commissioners BBC and RAI.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Eaglet Films\u2019 executive producer, Tess Cuming, said: &#8220;As a major global player, we couldn\u2019t be more delighted that PBS Distribution is boarding the <em>Piripenguins<\/em>\u2019 fun-filled iceberg to distribute our exciting new kids brand in North America. The fun-loving Piripenguins may have started their journey in the form of a tiny doodle on a post-it note by creator Massimo Fenati, now they truly have the world at their flippers, and it will be exciting to see where this journey takes them!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PBS Distribution has acquired the North American distribution rights to Eaglet Films\u2019 new animated comedy series Piripenguins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":28463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[6851,589,9622],"class_list":["post-28462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-eaglet-films","tag-pbs-distribution","tag-piripenguins","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PBS Distribution Picks up Piripenguins - 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