From Lee-Anne Goodman of the Canadian Press:
From Playback:
Daniel Cook and Emily Yeung at Home in Mexico, Morocco & Martinique
The two successful Canadian children’s television series This is Daniel Cook and This is Emily Yeung will now air in over 75 countries as a result of two new international distribution deals finalized this week by marblemedia Distribution and Picture Box Distribution.
Discovery Latin America and Rainbow Television Corporation (based in Beirut, Lebanon), have picked up 65 episodes of each show and will dub and/or subtitle them into the various languages of those territories. South Korean broadcaster, C4U Media Co Ltd, also picked up 65 episodes of This is Daniel Cook for their networks.
These licensing agreements are in addition to the three previous international deals for This is. Currently, Daniel and Emily can be seen daily on Playhouse Disney U.S., and Daniel Cook also airs on Playhouse Disney Germany and Australia’s public broadcaster ABC. In Canada, This Is Daniel Cook plays on Treehouse, TVO Kids, Knowledge Network, Access Alberta and SCN. This is Emily Yeung airs exclusively in Canada on the Corus Entertainment preschool channel, Treehouse.
“We’ve always believed the show appeals to children of all backgrounds and cultures and these outlets exemplify the kind of learning-focused and safe entertainment sources to which we strive to provide,†said Mark Bishop, Executive Producer and Partner of marblemedia.
Territories for Discovery Latin American include Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands, French Guyana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherland Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, US Virgin Islands, Uruguay and Venezuela.
Rainbow Television territories include Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Cyprus, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, U.A.E., Tunisia and Yemen.
Picture Box’s Director of International Sales, Marilyn Kynaston, points out “This is Daniel Cook has become such a break-out success in North America, we knew it would have similar success in many other territories. It’s a perfect combination of entertainment and education.â€
This is Daniel Cook and This is Emily Yeung are educational, live-action, preschool series that captivates children by bringing them along on exciting adventures to learn everything from digging up dinosaur bones to swimming with dolphins. Both shows are a co-production of Canadian producers marblemedia and Sinking Ship Entertainment. Picture Box Distribution, a Canadian-based sales and distribution agency, provides sales agency services on This is Daniel Cook.
From Playback:
Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc., an innovative film and television entertainment company, has announced that Showtime Networks has renewed its contract for a second season of the critically acclaimed ten-hour series “The Tudors.” The renewal of “The Tudors,” which premiered to a record audience on Showtime, is a milestone achievement for Peace Arch as the Company continues to expand its portfolio of film, television and DVD productions for lucrative international and domestic distribution.
“The Tudors” is produced by Peace Arch Entertainment and TM Productions in association with The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Showtime Networks. Showtime holds all U.S. distribution rights and Peace Arch owns all distribution rights outside the United States. Peace Arch licensed Canadian television rights to The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, who will broadcast the series in Canada in the fall. Peace Arch Home Entertainment will distribute the series on DVD in Canada.
Peace Arch licensed the DVD, television, mobile and new media distribution rights to the first season of “The Tudors” outside North America to Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Sony will premiere the first season of the series internationally this summer.
“The decision by Showtime to renew ‘The Tudors’ for a second season is great for Peace Arch and will provide strong support for our 2008 performance,” said Gary Howsam, CEO of Peace Arch Entertainment. “We’re delighted to be working on ‘The Tudors’ for another year. It’s a wonderful project.”
The first season of the “The Tudors” is a ten part series of one-hour episodes that tells the incredible tale of the young, powerful, seductive King Henry VIII, focusing on the tumultuous early years of the ambitious King’s nearly 40 year reign of England. Bold and passionate about his country and his women, Henry’s obsession with ensuring his legacy led to beheadings of friend and foe, waging war, and challenging the almighty Catholic Church of England, forever changing the soul of the British Empire.
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