Monday, October 15, 2018

'Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Heads to China, the Middle East and Albania | MIPCOM 2018

Viacom International Studios (VIS) has inked multiple deals for three of its biggest titles at MIPCOM 2018, including Nickelodeon’s freshly launched Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!


Nickelodeon’s Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Pictured (clockwise): Raphael, Michelangelo, Leonardo, Donatello and April O’Neil.

The new iteration in the iconic Ninja Turtles franchise was licensed to China’s iQiyi, MBC in the Middle East and Albania’s Digitalb. Rise of the TMNT made its world debut on Monday 17th September 2018 on Nickelodeon USA, and is now rolling out globally across Nickelodeon's channels and branded blocks in 170+ countries and territories.

Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis has been acquired by free-to-air (FTA) Russian broadcaster TNT, Australia’s Foxtel, Ananey Communications in Israel and Finland’s Sanoma Media.

The game-show format True Love or True Lies? was picked up by the Nordic Entertainment Group in Finland and Denmark.

“VIS is privileged to own one of the industry’s most varied and exciting content portfolios, and it’s testament to this range of genres and high-quality franchises and formats that we are able to kick off this year’s market with major sales prior to the official launch of some our biggest titles,” commented Lauren Marriott, Vice President (VP) of international content sales at VIS. “Animation has always been the bedrock of our catalog, and with Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles it’s especially strong. As a genre it’s always top of our clients’ wish-lists, so together with reality, game shows, comedy and Elephant House Studios’ factual content, we’re looking forward to a very successful MIPCOM.”

MIPCOM 2018 takes place between Monday 15th and Thursday 18th April 2018 at Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France. Visit http://www.mipcom.com for more information about this years MIPCOM trade show.

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