Jetix Europe has acquired pay TV rights to the Aardman Animations/Decode Ent. co-production Planet Sketch. The CG-animated sketch comedy series will air on Jetix Europe Channels in Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Central and Eastern Europe (including Poland, Turkey and Greece), the Middle East, Israel and the Netherlands. DECODE handles international sales for the series, which was recently picked up by Cartoon Network Asia Pacific, Cartoon Network Latin America, ABC Australia and South African broadcaster M-Net.
Planet Sketch currently airs on CiTV and Teletoon Canada, entertaining kids 7-11 with 11-minute episodes featuring a quirky collection of madcap characters including the Street Rappers, the Gnaughty Gnomes and the flatulent Parping Ponies. Aardman and Decode have produced 13 episodes to date and are at work on a second season.
Decode and Aardman are also co-producing a CG-animated comedy series titled Chop-Socky Chooks. The show about kung fu-fighting chickens will get a big push at this year’s MIPCOM in Cannes.
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