Abbey Home Media Wins Broadcast and Distribution Deals in Israel For Wide Eye and Baby Bright with Hop! TV.
06/07/2004
Abbey Home Media has secured an international deal with Hop TV in Israel for its hit pre-school shows Wide Eye, and Baby Bright.
Launched in February 2000, Hop!was the world’s first full service TV channel to cater exclusively to the special needs of TV's youngest audience: children ages 1-7.
Today Hop! is an essential part of the basic package available to all of Israel's cable and DBS subscribers, reaching 1.4 million homes, broadcasting daily from 5:00 am to 20:00 pm.
Wide Eye’s expanding broadcast distribution makes it one of the fastest growing series in the worldwide market for pre-school children’s shows.
Made by the BAFTA award – winning King Rollo Films (Spot, Maisy) the 26 x 10 minute episode series is based on the internationally successful Wide Eye Early Learning Programme, which has been sold in over 30 countries.
Targeted at children aged 3-6 the series is set in the magical world of the Natterjack Forest, home to a delightful cast of unique animal characters. Pre-schoolers world-wide will revel in the adventures of the lovable baby owl Little Hoot; his best friend Flea; the playful Natterjack toads; 99 the dozy but lovable centipede; arch mischief maker Wily Komodo and his son Baby Komodo.
Baby Bright is a revolutionary new infant learning range developed in conjunction with Professor Annette Karmiloff-Smith, a leading child specialist and one of the world’s leading authorities in baby development. Strong on fun and entertainment, the range of books, audios and videos is full of attractive colours, exciting textures, touch, sensation and music designed to maximise babies’ attention span and develop their curiosity.
Alona Abt, Executive Director of Hop TV stated:
"As the first pre-school channel in the world, we are very happy about the most recent addition to our programming, "Wide Eye" for the ages of 3 and up and "Baby Bright II" up to ages 2. Both programs are educational, charming and meet the high quality standard that is expected of Abbey Home's high quality content production. We believe both programs will be as successful as the previous programs that we have acquired from Abbey Home, and we hope to continue our fruitful relationship".
EDITOR’S NOTES
Abbey Home Media Group plc is one of the UK leading independent producers and distributors of Children’s programming for the pre-school audience, operating in the same sector as HIT Entertainment, Chorion and Entertainment Rights.
Located in central London, Abbey has an extensive rights portfolio of wholly owned and licensed properties focussed in three key trading areas:
Broadcast: TV series including Wide Eye, MacDonald’s Farm, Bump The Elephant, Teddy Trucks, SuperTed).
Audio / Video / DVD: An extensive catalogue of over 100 titles including distribution rights to Wide Eye, MacDonald’s farm, Baby Bright, Fungus The Bogeyman, Mona The Vampire, Rupert, Babar, Postman Pat, Mr. Men, Sooty.
Publishing: A book publishing list of 40 titles including the internationally distributed Wide Eye and Mother Goose Multimedia Early Learning Programmes, Artyfacts Creative Learning books, Baby Bright and My First Rhymes series.
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information, please contact:
Nardis Roscoe at Abbey Home Media
Tel: +44 (0)20 7563 3933 Fax: +44 (0)20 7 563 3911
e-mail: [email protected]
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For further information, please contact:
Nardis Roscoe
Marketing Director
020 7563 3933 [email protected]
