New international partnerships include Milkshake! (UK), Rai Yoyo (Italy) and TeleTOON+ (Canal+ Poland)
Toronto, ON – November 30, 2023 – WildBrain has secured a wave of international distribution deals for the beloved animated preschool series, Brave Bunnies. The news comes as producers WildBrain, Glowberry, Anima Kitchent and KidsMe launch a brand-new second season of the highly popular series, following last year’s announcement of their global partnership on the brand.
Under the partnership, WildBrain handles global distribution of the series, while Glowberry manages distribution in Ukraine, KidsMe in Italy, and Anima Kitchent in Spain. In consumer products, WildBrain’s leading agency, WildBrain CPLG, handles licensing and merchandising worldwide, outside of Ukraine, where licensing is handled by Glowberry, and Italy, where licensing and merchandising is handled by KidsMe.
The show’s curious and adventurous sibling bunnies, Boo and Bop, continue their global adventure through new distribution partnerships inked with TeleTOON+ (Canal+ Poland), Channel 5’s preschool strand, Milkshake! (UK), and Rai Yoyo (Italy) for both season one and two. Additionally, season one has been newly picked up by CNC Media International (South Korea) and Stan (Australia). Season one is also now available on the WildBrain+ SVOD channel on Comcast in the US. These international deals reflect the global appeal of the brand, adding to the list of platforms in more than 80 countries across LatAm, Canada, the UK, Europe, Nordics, the Middle East, Asia and Australia that have previously picked up the series. YouTube also remains a popular destination for Brave Bunnies fans, where the preschool brand continues to develop a global audience with new uploads each week on the official Brave Bunnies YouTube channel.
Caroline Tyre, VP Global Sales and Rights Strategy at WildBrain, said: “It’s easy to understand why we continue to see strong demand for Brave Bunnies from broadcasters and streamers worldwide. Through catchy songs, adorable characters and big adventures, the charming series engages kids everywhere, appealing to their sense of joy and imagination. It also fosters values of curiosity, creativity, acceptance and openness, encouraging kids to discover what they might have in common with new friends, while also celebrating what makes them different.”
Olga Cherepanova, Glowberry co-founder and Creative Producer on the series, said: “With Brave Bunnies, I wanted to create a series that would encourage children to be curious about the world around them, and to not only respect but celebrate its diversity. It’s rewarding to see children around the world connect so strongly with these important values through the show’s lovable characters and their adventures.”
Aimed at kids aged 2–5, Brave Bunnies (104 x 7’ total) follows Boo and her big brother, Bop, as they travel the world with their Ma and Pa in their Bunny Bus. Season two, which was produced by WildBrain’s Vancouver animation studio and Anima Kitchent’s studio in the Canary Islands, sees the Brave Bunnies continue their road trip adventure around the Bunny World, encountering old friends and making more new ones. Boo and Bop have some big surprises in store for small viewers as they visit their “Best Bunny Friends” at their homes, meeting their families, exploring their unique lifestyles and sharing new adventures.
For more information, please contact:
Aimée Norman at The DDA Group
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About WildBrain
At WildBrain we inspire imaginations through the wonder of storytelling. As a leader in 360° IP management, we are experts in content creation, audience engagement and global licensing, cultivating and growing love for our own and partner brands with kids and families around the world. With approximately 13,000 half-hours of filmed entertainment in our library—one of the world’s most extensive—we are home to such treasured franchises as Peanuts, Teletubbies, Strawberry Shortcake, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Caillou, Inspector Gadget and Degrassi. WildBrain’s mission is to create exceptional entertainment experiences that captivate and delight fans both young and young at heart.
Our studios produce such award-winning series as The Snoopy Show; Snoopy in Space; Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City; Sonic Prime; Chip and Potato; Teletubbies Let's Go! and many more. Enjoyed in more than 150 countries on over 500 platforms, our content is everywhere kids and families view entertainment, including YouTube, where our network has garnered over 1 trillion minutes of watch time. Our television group owns and operates some of Canada’s most-viewed family entertainment channels. WildBrain CPLG, our leading consumer-products and location-based entertainment agency, represents our owned and partner properties in every major territory worldwide.
WildBrain is headquartered in Canada with offices worldwide and trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: WILD). Visit us at wildbrain.com.
About Glowberry
Glowberry is a dynamic Ukrainian creative production company that develops high-quality 360° content for kids and families worldwide, founded in 2009 as a publishing house. Glowberry, now a strategic partner of FILM.UA Group, grew into a production company that works with the best Ukrainian and international professionals to create animated children's content. Company partners are global leaders in animation, broadcasting, film production and licensing. Today, one of the key projects for our team is the Brave Bunnies animated series.
“We believe that creativity, openness to the diversity of the world, and the ability to enjoy life make children's lives exciting, and we are guided by this in our work. We are extremely proud of the team of professional artists and professionals from various fields that we have managed to assemble to work on Glowberry products” – says Olga Cherepanova, Glowberry co-founder and Creative Producer. The projects of the Glowberry professional team are highly acclaimed by international experts and became shortlist finalists of global animation festivals like Cartoon Forum, Animation Production Days, Cartoon 360, Annecy International Animated Film Festival (MIFA), Ottawa International Animation Festival and The Financing Forum for Kids Content.
About Anima Kitchent
Anima Kitchent is an animation company with more than 10 years in the animation sector. A team with extensive expertise focusing on creating, producing, distributing, and marketing entertainment brands for children and young audiences. They also offer their services to third-party entities.
Anima Kitchent specializes in creating IPs that can adapt to various platforms including TV, YouTube, apps, web and video games.
Anima Kitchent's most significant project is Cleo&Cuquin - Familia Telerín. This project is accompanied by other productions such as Lea&Pop, Titto Lizzardo, PINY Institute of New York, among others. Anima's content has a strong presence on digital platforms, (Netflix, Cartoonito, Spotify) managing more than 148 YouTube channels with over 43 million subscribers.
About KidsMe
KidsMe is specialized in the development, production, content curation and distribution of local and European content dedicated to the Kids&Family target. The Children Content Factory part of De Agostini Editore was born in 2020.
From 2009 to 2020, the Team that is now part of KidsMe has produced and co-produced more than 1,500 hours of content for the target meant for the Group's channels. Today, after a decade of experience, the company has expanded and strengthened its core business focusing on the production and distribution of Live Action and Animation Entertainment content for the Kids&Family target.
Its production focuses on all television genres intended for the target, such as Live Action, Animation, Preschool, Educational, Factual Entertainment and Game Show. KidsMe has produced, co-produced and licensed many products for pay and free-to-air TV channels, such as DeAKids, DeAJunior, Super!, Boing, Rai YoYo, RaiGulp, as well as various contents for OTT platforms like discovery+.