Toronto, Canada – November 27, 2016 – 9 Story Media Group is pleased to announce that it has secured a number of deals across Asia for its award winning kids and family content. Over 800 episodes have been licensed to broadcasters and content partners across the territory, with agreements spanning India, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Titles sold include popular new series like Nature Cat and Guess How Much I Love You – The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare along with iconic library programs like Barney and Angelina Ballerina.
Discovery Kids India has picked up the first season of the popular animated series Nature Cat (80 x 11’), which debuted last year on PBS KIDS.
Singapore based Mediacorp acquired various seasons of several series including Peg + Cat, Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood, Guess How Much I Love You – The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare, Wild Kratts and Nature Cat.
True Visions (Thailand) licensed seasons 1 and 2 of Guess How Much I Love You – The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare, as well as Nature Cat.
In Hong Kong, TVB licensed Guess How Much I Love You – The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare (Seasons 1 and 2), Finding Stuff Out Season 3 and Wild Kratts Seasons 3 and 4 while Deltamac acquired Seasons 3-6 of Angelina Ballerina and Seasons 7 and 8 of Barney. HiNET (Taiwan) picked up Guess How Much I Love You Season 2 and Peg + Cat Season 1.
About 9 Story Media Group
9 Story Media Group is a leading content creator, marketer and distributor of kids & family focused intellectual property. Recognized around the world for best-in-class brands such as Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood, Wild Kratts, Numb Chucks and Peg + Cat, 9 Story represents over 2,150 half hours of animated and live action programming, seen on some of the most respected international channels and platforms. With one of North America’s largest animation studios, 9 Story employs over 300 creative and production staff in its Toronto facility and has produced over 900 half hours of award-winning children’s content. In 2015, 9 Story acquired the award winning animation studio Brown Bag Films, which employs over 200 staff members across Dublin, Manchester and Los Angeles. Brown Bag is recognized for producing leading animated children’s series such as Octonauts, Doc McStuffins, Bing and Henry Hugglemonster. 9 Story is owned by senior management, ZMC (Zelnick Media Capital) and media entrepreneur Neil Court.
For further information:
Jennifer Ansley, Vice President, Marketing & Communications, 9 Story Media Group
+1 416 530-9900 ext 230, jennifera@9story.com