HALIFAX – DHX Media has signed seven international distribution deals with broadcasters and video-on-demand services for its animated series Endangered Species.
The 52 x 11’ whacky comedy, originally commissioned by Corus Entertainment’s Teletoon in Canada and produced by Nerd Corps Entertainment, follows a bunny, a squirrel and a seagull – Pickle, Merl and Gull, who might not seem high on the protected species list, but who are constantly on the verge of catastrophic extinction through comical misadventure.
CBBC in the UK has picked up the trio’s adventures for broadcast, along with Turner Broadcasting System Latin America (for its Cartoon Network and Boomerang channels), Gulli Russia (for its Universkids channel), Plus Plus Channel in Ukraine, Israel’s Zoom, Daekyo Kids TV in South Korea, and iflix in South East Asia.
“One of the key drivers in our acquisition of Nerd Corps in 2014 was the quality of their kids’ entertainment slate with Endangered Species amongst other standout titles”, said DHX Media president and COO Steven DeNure, in the news release. “We are pleased to see that enthusiasm from international broadcasters for this series matches our own. Kids around the globe will no doubt be happily enthralled by the escapades of this hilarious and unlikely trio.”
