Wednesday, July 23, 2014

European, North American and South American Broadcasters Acquire The Rights To A Raft Of Nickelodeon Shows

The official website of World Screen, a publication which covers the international media business, is reporting the exciting Nickelodeon news that Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has licensed a number of Nickelodeon's popular series to broadcasters in Europe, North America and South America.


In Spain, TVE took season one of "Monsters vs Aliens" for Clan and Atresmedia acquired the first season of "Sanjay & Craig" for Neox Kidz. France's Lagardère picked up "Monsters vs. Aliens" season one, while France TV took the sophomore season (season two) of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles". The first season of "Sanjay & Craig" and the first two seasons of "Legend of Korra" are headed to Iceland's RUV and Italy's Rai, respectively. Other European deals saw RTL Klub Hungary secure the first two seasons of "The Penguins of Madagascar" and the second season of "Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness", and Menart in Slovenia and Bosnia sign up for season one of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles".

Meanwhile, the second season of "House of Anubis" and the first season of "Haunted Hathaways" are headed to Canada's Vrak TV. In Venezuela, Venevision went for the freshman run (season one) of "Every Witch Way", which was also acquired by the Trinidad-based Caribbean New Media Group. The second and third seasons of "iCarly" and the first two seasons of "Supah Ninjas" were also snapped up by Caribbean New Media Group.
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