CANNES: Cinar Corporation, an integrated entertainment and education company arrives at Mipcom with significant sales for two of its leading franchises, Arthur and Mona The Vampire, as was announced today by Cinar Head of Distribution Louis Fournier.
Arthur, having been rated one of the top children’s shows in the US for the last seven years, continues to have sales success internationally as well. Numerous top broadcasters around the world have aired Arthur since its premiere in 1996. Having licensed the first eight seasons totaling 105 episodes, the same broadcasters have already committed to buying Season 9 which includes ten new episodes. The broadcasters are: ABC (Australia), BBC (U.K.), CBC (Canada), TV Ontario (Canada), TVE (Spain) and RTP (Portugal).
Cinar has also had sales success with its other leading franchise, Mona The Vampire, which was recently rated the No. 1 animated series and one of the top ten children’s programs for 2002 in the U.K. as cited in the Independent Television Commission (ITC) report entitled “What Children Watch.”
A new deal has been signed with RTE, Ireland’s public broadcaster, for 52 half-hours of Mona The Vampire. Sales have also been made to BBC (U.K.), ZDF (Germany), Mediaset (Italy), YTV (Canada), SRC (Canada) and TV3 (New Zealand), leading broadcasters who have all aired the first three seasons (52 half-hours) and have now completed new deals for the fourth season (13 half hours) of Mona The Vampire.
Cinar Corporation is involved in the development, production, post-production and worldwide distribution of non-violent, quality program and educational products for children and families.
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Cinar arrives at Mipcom with significant sales for its two shows
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Cinar to attend Mipcom with renewed energy
MONTREAL: Cinar Corporation, a Canada-based entertainment and education company involved in the development, production, post-production and distribution of nonviolent, quality programmes and products for children, will attend the Mipcom trade fair in France this year with a new energy.
It will arrive at the fair with new episodes of its successful franchises, including Arthur, produced with WGBH Boston and Caillou, an animated series.
Cinar is led by a new president and CEO Stuart Snyder and has recently acquired a strong management team, fresh strategies as well as new programming.
A Cinar release claims that within six months of Snyder’s appointment, the company has aggressively re-established itself in the creative and development business seeking out new brands and franchises that have the potential to be profitable entities for the company and its partners.
Cinar is also said to be in the process of developing some projects in coordination with children’s programming leader Alice Cahn who recently partnered with them as a creative consultant. The company recently announced its decision to broaden its entertainment offering through the establishment of a live entertainment division. In the area of programming, Cinar has expanded its properties to include the kids and teens demographics with the two new series being offered at Mipcom.
Snyder was quoted as saying in the release, “This year’s Mipcom is a benchmark for Cinar. Buyers will see that we have grown beyond ‘edutaining’ preschool animation to include viable live action and animated programming for children of all ages. They will also see that Cinar now has the capabilities to build and promote these key properties as brands, simultaneously leveraging licensing home video and educational resources to the consumer.”
Commenting on the alliance with Cahn, Snyder said, “Alice is one of the true innovators and visionaries in our industry today and we are thrilled that she is working with our team. Her ability to acquire and develop programming of the highest quality is exemplified by the standards she has set for herself and those around her.”
New Cinar programmes at Mipcom
The Strip : This includes 13 half-hour live action and animation episodes, targeting kids and teens. It is a Shaftesbury Films Inc/Cinar production.
Postcards from Buster: This includes 40 half-hour episodes. A spin-off of Emmy-award winning series, Arthur, this programme follows the adventures of Arthur?s best friend Buster and his airline pilot father as they fly the fictional Latin rock group Los Viajeros on a concert tour of the United States. The series promotes cultural understanding and literacy, language, and communication skills, with a special emphasis on non-native English speakers. It is a WGBH Boston, Marc Brown Studios, and Cinar Corporation production.
New episodes of existing programmes/ Movies
Arthur : Includes 10 new half-hour episodesCaillou : Includes 10 new half-hour episodes
Caillou’s Holiday Movie : Is a 70-minute animation
Mona the Vampire : Includes 13 new half-hour episodes.