TORONTO – The new kids production joint venture between Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana and Discovery Inc. will be known as redknot, and has greenlit its first two new animated series.
redknot is named after the shorebird that travels between South America and Canada, among other parts of the globe. The name also includes the initials of Discovery Kids (DK), Discovery´s pay TV network for preschoolers in Latin America, and Nelvana (N), Canada’s kids content producer. First announced in October 2017, the venture will produce made-in-Canada kids content for the global market.
The two series, The Dog & Pony Show (52 x 11 minutes) and Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe (52 x 11 minutes), will air on Treehouse in Canada and on Discovery Kids Latin America.
In addition, Patricia Burns was named as the company’s executive manager and supervising producer where she will oversee redknot’s full production and development slate. She joins redknot from Spin Master Entertainment where she was the senior director of production, responsible for overseeing the production of all series and shorts including Paw Patrol, Bakugan: Battle Planet, and Hatchimals.
Executives from both parent companies, including Nelvana president Scott Dyer, and Carolina Lightcap, EVP and Chief Content Officer of Discovery Latin America/US Hispanic, are members of the board.
“This partnership combines two companies with decades of experience delivering great content to kids,” said Dyer, in Monday’s announcement. “This is an exciting new dimension to our growing relationship as redknot creates a pipeline of premium kids content for linear and digital markets around the world.”
Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe, a redknot series based on the Kids Can Press graphic novels
