Kids’ entertainment house Moonscoop has announced it has wrapped a new broadcast deal for its animated preschool series Chloe’s Closet to air on the U.K.’s Channel 5 Milkshake! block starting this spring. Season two of the series, comprising 52 x 11 new episodes, will launch at MIPTV next month (Moonscoop can be found at Booth R27.18 in the Palais des Festivals in Cannes). For the Channel 5 launch, Chloe will join the Milkshake! presenter in the studio to help read out birthday cards, join in with the Milkshake! dances and introduce the new episodes. There will also be a special competition.
The HD Flash and CG-animated Chloe’s Closet takes young viewers on pre-k friendly, imaginative adventures to countries like India, china and Brazil, allowing Chloe and her friends to wear costumes of diverse ethnic and cultural traditions. In season one, Chloe and pals also dress up as pop stars, astronauts, princesses, veterinarians, superheroes and woodland fairies. Series two costumes include a gymnast, tennis player, zookeeper and movie star.
Season one has proven a ratings success for Moonscoop in over 100 countries worldwide. Broadcast partners include Sprout, KiKa, France 5, Disney Junior (Asia and Australia), EBS, Truevisions, Okto, Cartoonito (U.K. and Italy), MBC3, ATV, MTV3 and Hop. Licensing ventures include a recently launched toy line from Golden Bear, the licensee for toys in the U.K. Cartoon Network Enterprises is the exclusive licensing and merchandising agent for Chloe’s Closet in the U.K. The show is produced by Moonscoop Ent., Workout Factory B.V., KiKa, Telegael Teoranta, Wales Creative IP Fund (season one), Vision Animation Sdh Bhd (season two) and Minika (season two).
