eOne Family Secures Broadcast Deals For Nick Jr. UK's "Ben And Holly's Little Kingdom" Across Europe And Australia; Announces Irish Deals For "Humf" And "Lost And Found"

The licensing industry news website Licensing.biz is reporting the preschool animation news in the following article that the international entertainment business Entertainment One Family has sold the broadcast rights to Nick Jr. UK and Ireland's popular Astley Baker Davies-produced animated preschool series "Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom" to television channels across Spain, Italy and Australia. eOne has just secured deals with the Spanish TV channel CLAN and the Italian TV channel RAI that will see "Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom" season 2 air in both territories later in 2013. The second series of "Ben and Holly" has also been picked up by RTE channel in Ireland, which has also renewed its contract with further eOne properties including pre-school series and Nick Jr. UK favourites "Humf" and "Lost and Found":

eOne Family secures broadcast deals across Europe and Australia

Popular children's properties sign for second seasons across Spain, Italy and Australia.

Entertainment One Family has brokered a number of broadcast deals for its popular children's properties across Europe and Australia.

Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom continues to attract growing audiences in Spain and Italy.

eOne has just secured deals with CLAN and RAI that will see the second season air in both territories later in the year.

The second series of Ben and Holly has also been picked up by RTE channel in Ireland, which has also renewed its contract with further eOne properties including pre-school series Humf and Lost and Found.

The company has also reached agreements with Australia's leading broadcaster ABC Australia.

The new deal will see the channel air the second series of children's programme Rob the Robot, a CG animated pre-school show that follows the adventures of Rob as he explores the planets of the Robot Galaxy.

Monica Candiani, head of International Sales at Entertainment One Family, said: "eOne Family has a strong and diverse portfolio of children's content that strikes a chord with audiences around the world.

"We're delighted to be extending our long-standing broadcast partnerships through these deals which underline the continuing popularity of our programmes in these territories."

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eOne Inks New Broadcast Sales Down Under For "Ben And Holly's Little Kingdom", "Humf", "Lost And Found", "Peppa Pig", "Rob The Robot", And "The Secret World Of Benjamin Bear"

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eOne inks new broadcast sales Down Under

eOne Family has secured new broadcast sales in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa for several preschool series including Peppa Pig and Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom.

In Australia, ABC has renewed the animated The Secret World of Benjamin Bear and picked up Rob the Robot season two, both produced by Amberwood Entertainment, as well as season five and six of eOne's Peppa Pig.

For New Zealand, TVNZ has snapped up Lost and Found for TV2, and Peppa Pig will debut on its Kidzone channel. In addition, Mediaworks has picked up Peppa Pig, Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom and Humf for channel Four.

Meanwhile, South Africa's ETV has scooped up Peppa Pig season one through six, which began airing on the channel last month.

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