DIC Sweeps Up Int’l Sales With Teenage Witch Sabrina
DIC Ent. is sweeping up some big international sales with its TOTALLY SABRINA package of 90 half-hour episodes to broadcasters in the U.K., Europe, Latin America, Asia, Middle East and Canada.
The bewitching toon package features 65 episodes of the hit classic SABRINA: THE ANIMATED SERIES together with 26 half-hour episodes of the brand new animated series, SABRINA’S SECRET LIFE, a co-production venture with France’s TF1, and French production house LST, which debuted at this year’s MIPCOM market.
Broadcasters set to air the TOTALLY SABRINA package include TF1, Ireland’s RTE, Super RTL in Germany, Italy’s Mediaset, Austria’s ORF, Saran in Turkey, Alter in Greece, Spain’s regional stations FORTA, Brazil’s SBT, Noga in Israel and Canada’s TELETOON. Additionally, Walt Disney Television International recently acquired SABRINA’S SECRET LIFE and SABRINA: THE ANIMATED SERIES, to air on the Disney Channel in the U.K., Asia, Taiwan, Australia, France, Latin America including Brazil, the Middle East and Spain.
SABRINA’S SECRET LIFE has been acquired by Poland’s Minimax, TV3 in Malaysia, GMTV in the UK, Switzerland’s SSR and Mexico’s Televisa while Cartoon Network in India plans to air SABRINA: THE ANIMATED SERIES.
“We are thrilled with the worldwide success of this dynamic package, and we anticipate our broadcast partners to receive tremendous ratings given the global popularity of the Sabrina brand,” said Pat Ryan, evp of int’l sales and Leslie Nelson, co-head international sales & md of European operations. “This unique package of programming offers viewers the classic episodes they have grown to love, as well as and an invigorated new series with fresh and exciting storylines and characters.”
Burbank, California-based DIC (www.dicentertainment.com) with more than 3,000 half-hours of programming in its prolific library, ranked as the second largest library of American animation. DIC is a full service studio with production, development, distribution, home video, marketing and licensing departments.
The bewitching toon package features 65 episodes of the hit classic SABRINA: THE ANIMATED SERIES together with 26 half-hour episodes of the brand new animated series, SABRINA’S SECRET LIFE, a co-production venture with France’s TF1, and French production house LST, which debuted at this year’s MIPCOM market.
Broadcasters set to air the TOTALLY SABRINA package include TF1, Ireland’s RTE, Super RTL in Germany, Italy’s Mediaset, Austria’s ORF, Saran in Turkey, Alter in Greece, Spain’s regional stations FORTA, Brazil’s SBT, Noga in Israel and Canada’s TELETOON. Additionally, Walt Disney Television International recently acquired SABRINA’S SECRET LIFE and SABRINA: THE ANIMATED SERIES, to air on the Disney Channel in the U.K., Asia, Taiwan, Australia, France, Latin America including Brazil, the Middle East and Spain.
SABRINA’S SECRET LIFE has been acquired by Poland’s Minimax, TV3 in Malaysia, GMTV in the UK, Switzerland’s SSR and Mexico’s Televisa while Cartoon Network in India plans to air SABRINA: THE ANIMATED SERIES.
“We are thrilled with the worldwide success of this dynamic package, and we anticipate our broadcast partners to receive tremendous ratings given the global popularity of the Sabrina brand,” said Pat Ryan, evp of int’l sales and Leslie Nelson, co-head international sales & md of European operations. “This unique package of programming offers viewers the classic episodes they have grown to love, as well as and an invigorated new series with fresh and exciting storylines and characters.”
Burbank, California-based DIC (www.dicentertainment.com) with more than 3,000 half-hours of programming in its prolific library, ranked as the second largest library of American animation. DIC is a full service studio with production, development, distribution, home video, marketing and licensing departments.
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