Monday, October 5, 2009

KidMango, Yo Gabba Gabba!, 9 Story Entertainment, PorchLight

Online family video producer KidMango struck new distribution partnerships with Yahoo! Kids and media software interface Boxee, increasing the potential audience for a range of shows from producers such as Millimages, Your Family Entertainment AG and Devine Entertainment. Weekly shows will be added to the Yahoo Kids lineup via kids.yahoo.com. The deal also includes the creation of Boxee's first kid-targeted app, offering access to full episodes from KidMango.com, organized by age level.

Peace Arch Entertainment Group partners with producer Barnet Bain to acquire the movie rights to the kid's book, Milton's Secret: An Adventure of Discovery through Then, When, and the Power Of Now, by spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle and Robert S. Friedman. The plan is to adapt the movie as a live-action family-aimed movie.

RDF Rights, a division of RDF Media Group, completes deals for Yo Gabba Gabba! Produced by Magic Store and Wildbrain, season three of the live-action preschool series has been acquired by Disney Latin America, Treehouse TV (Canada), while seasons one and two are picked up by ATV (Hong Kong) and Mediacorp (Singapore) for Okto Channel. RDFR has sold Yo Gabba Gabba to 10+ international territories, with broadcast deals including ABC (Australia), Nick Australia, Nickelodeon Asia and Hop! TV (Israel).

In other news, 9 Story Entertainment is partnering with Just For Laughs to develop and co-produce Standup4Kidz (26x11, working title), a new kid-targeted standup comedy series based on a concept from Big Hug Productions. The mixed live-action and animated series will feature top comedians performing their cleanest/family-friendly comedy.

PorchLight Entertainment's KidMango is on the ground in Cannes searching for new programming content (shorts, series and feature length) and additional distribution partners. KidMango recently added distribution through partnerships with Yahoo! Kids and Boxee, which will expand KidMango's service to millions of potential new viewers. With its current library of 1500+ hours of programming, KidMango distributes content via three channels, online at KidMango.com (www.kidmango.com) in North America, through online syndication with the KidMango Content Network, and on-air through KidMangoTV, a programming block in partnership with PorchLight Entertainment and MyFamilyTV.

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