London-based animation house Keyframe Studios (keyframestudios.co.uk) has delivered Season 2 of their popular preschool show Adventures of Zeze Zebra; 14 new episodes launching on Kidoodle in the U.S. and Ketchup in the U/K. The IP has now been acquired by Cubestar in China and recently debuted on Tencent, with Youku and iQIYI to follow.
“Adventures of Zeze Zebra is a beautifully crafted and excellent educational early childhood animation, and we are looking forward to its performance in China,” said Cubestar’s Peter Huang.
Building on the success of S1, a two-minute nursery rhyme format, S2 takes the IP to the next level with exciting adventures and activities that will captivate and educate little ones in many ways. In S2, Zeze Zebra and her best friends embark on a journey of discovery in every episode, as they explore the world and all its wonders packed with fun and excitement — blasting off to the moon, navigating the high seas, and discovering ancient mysteries like the pyramids.
The show is a 4K CGI production crafted in Keyframe’s innovative, bespoke real-time content production ecosystem, built around Unity. This has proved to be a highly efficient workflow tool for the creative team and is substantially more environmentally friendly than traditional render processes, consuming 200x less energy.
DeAPlaneta Entertainment and KidsBeeTV have joined forces to add a range of preschool programming to the streaming platform. Through the new licensing agreement, Milo, the award-winning show about a five-year-old cat who explores different vocations, along with Super Dino, Baby Heidi and Bubble Bip, will be available this month on KidsBeeTV, addint to a total of six pre-k series from the studio.
“As a streaming platform for kids, we know that high-quality programming is essential for success,” said Hugo Ribeiro, the CEO of KidsBeeTV. “DeAPlaneta Entertainment is already a valued partner, and we’re thrilled to expand our collaboration through this new agreement.”
- Milo is an engaging and imaginative award-winning show about a curious and adventurous cat who loves exploring different professions. With the help of his friends, Milo tries different outfits and dives headfirst into the world of each job, learning valuable lessons and promoting a positive message of limitless possibilities for children.
- Super Dino is an animated series about a team of intelligent and adorable dinosaurs led by a genius heroine. The show emphasizes the importance of cooperation, overcoming difficulties, and coping with crises.
- Bubble Bip centers on a wacky video game hero named Bip who escapes into the real world and shows that even the most boring day can be an amazing adventure. With the mind of a three-year-old, Bip is brave, bright, naïve and an expert troublemaker.
- Baby Heidi is an adorable nursery rhyme series featuring the charming and curious baby Heidi. She spends her days in a cozy cottage in the countryside, singing and laughing as she explores the wonders of nature and plays with her animal friends.
Emmy-winning media company World of Wonder announced an out-of-this-world addition to streaming service, WOW Presents Plus: cult classic Galaxy High. From producer/director Chris Columbus (‘Home Alone, Mrs. Doubtfire), the animated series features characters voiced by Nancy Cartwright (The Simpsons) and music by Don Felder of The Eagles.
Fish-out-of-water story Galaxy High follows two Earth teenagers who are accepted into the intergalactic high school on an asteroid. Doyle Cleverlobe was a skilled athlete and popular on Earth, while Aimee Brighttower was shy and the smartest girl in school. Once in space, their roles are reversed. The alien teenagers seem to accept Aimee, while Doyle tends to rub the aliens the wrong way.
Galaxy High‘ is World of Wonder’s first licensed series for the platform, expanding offerings for subscribers including additional projects in the animation space. The series joins WOW’s original animated projects Drag Tots and Why R Humans on the platform, with all 13 episodes available to watch now on WOW Presents Plus.
London-based content distribution company Media I.M. Incorporated has sold the first six seasons of Sunny Bunnies to Televisa in Mexico. The show will debut this summer on Televisa’s free-to-air channel Canal 5. The landmark deal will bring the Sunny Bunnies to Mexican terrestrial audiences for the first time. Following its merger with Univision last year, Televisa is now the largest Spanish-language media company in the world.
Sunny Bunnies is also breaking new ground in Europe as a result of Media I.M.’s push into the German-speaking markets. Canal+ Austria has picked up SVOD rights for the first four seasons of the show, along with 26 episodes of spin-off Sunny Bunnies Get Busy, which offers a range of fun crafting activities inspired by the loveable creatures.
Another new territory — Hungary — has been added to the Bunnies’ global footprint thanks to a new deal with TV2 Kids, which has taken the first four seasons of the show for its pay TV and SVOD/AVOD services. In addition, next month will see Sunny Bunnies roll out in Israel under a deal with Noga Communications for its kids’ channels YOYO and BUZZ. Noga has acquired the exclusive pay TV and non-exclusive OTT, internet, IPTV and VOD rights to Season 2, 3 and 5.
Launched in 2015 on YouTube, Sunny Bunnies was picked up in 2016 by Disney Channel, Disney Junior and DisneyNOW in the U.S. The series now airs in more than 160 countries and is supported by a comprehensive L&M strategy encompassing toys, books, magazine, publishing and apparel.
The Sunny Bunnies are five beaming balls that can appear anywhere there is a source of light, from sunshine to moonlight. In each episode, the cheeky creatures bring their fun and games to a different location — a circus, a sports stadium, a park — embarking on mischievous adventures and spreading laughter and happiness wherever they go. And at the end of every episode, the fun continues with a collection of bloopers.
