The French animation studio has sold over 637 hours of content to leading broadcasters in the last year, including RTL Klub (Hungary), MTVA (Hungary), RTVS (Slovakia), HRT (Croatia), RTL (Croatia), Kidzone (Baltics) and 1+1 (Ukraine).
French animation studio Xilam Animation continues to expand its footprint in Central Eastern Europe with a wave of broadcast deals across its slate of new and established programming, including , , , and Over the last year, Xilam has sold over 637 hours of its content to leading broadcasters.For the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, Xilam inked a number of deals for Cube Creative’s sports comedy series , including with MTVA (Hungary), Ceska TV (Czech Republic), HRT (Croatia), RTVS (Slovakia), and Kanal 2 (Estonia).
In addition, HRT (Croatia) picked up Season 1, the preschool spin-off to its franchise, and in Slovakia, RTVS has added Xilam and Boréales’ children’s wildlife docuseries .“Over the last few years, we’ve seen the popularity of our programming continue to grow across Central Eastern Europe with no signs of slowing down,” said Céline Carenco, SVP Media Distribution at Xilam Animation.“It’s fantastic to have such a solid stable of broadcasters on board who are picking up our content in significant volumes across both our newer and iconic, well-loved series.
In particular, our sports comedy series has captured the Olympic fever that has been seen around the world, and we’re sure its new viewers will be entertained by the offbeat nature of the hilarious animal characters.” MTVA acquired comedy action series , also produced by Cube Creative.Additionally, the deal with RTL Klub Hungary saw the broadcaster pick up a total of 170 hours of programming, including , , , , , and .In Ukraine, broadcaster 1+1 and the platform MEGOGO have picked up more than 224 total hours of Xilam’s popular slapstick comedy series, with 1+1 adding , , and , and Megogo acquiring , , and .
In addition, RTL Croatia has renewed seasons five to seven and seasons one to three, and has also acquired and the fourth season of In Romania, PRO TV has acquired all seasons of for their Voyo platform, which has recently launched in Serbia and Bosnia & Herzegovina.Xilam has also signed a partnership with Kidzone (Baltics) for its preschool comedy series as well as the third season of Xilam and Cube Creative’s short-form comedy .Additionally, LRT (Lithuania) has acquired for its slate, and in the Czech Republic, Nova TV has picked up Xilam’s non-dialogue slapstick property .
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