TORONTO -- Canadian animation producer Nelvana Ltd. on Monday said it has sold five cartoons to British Telecommunications Inc. to air as part of the phone giant's broadband TV launch this fall. Toronto-based Nelvana said its video-on-demand agreement with BT will see 15 half-hours each of Maggie and the Ferocious Beast, Little Bear, Babar, Max & Ruby and The Fairly OddParents air on the phone giant's next-generation TV offering. The Nelvana content will become available to BT digital TV subscribers on an on-demand basis via a set-top box connected to the phone giant's high-speed Internet offering. Terms of the deal with BT were not disclosed.
- 1/16/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
TORONTO -- Canadian broadcaster Corus Entertainment said Thursday it has launched a home entertainment division by securing U.S. and British licensing deals for its Nelvana animation library. Toronto-based Corus said FUNimation Productions has agreed to release 44 back-catalog Nelvana titles in the U.S. market on home video and DVD, including Redwall, Tales of the Crypt Keeper, and Molville Mysteries, and that Texas-based FUNimation will become a potential strategic partner on new anime productions and co-productions. At the same time, British home entertainment distributor Maverick acquired the home video and DVD rights to 33 Nelvana library titles, including Little Bear, Timothy Goes to School and Maggie and the Ferocious Beast.. Maverick also has options on new releases. Nelvana has about 2,400 titles in its animation library.
- 9/26/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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