Portfolio announces new batch of global sales

TORONTO — Content producer Portfolio Entertainment announced Monday several partnerships with global broadcasters and streaming platforms to distribute its kids, unscripted and film programming. Portfolio’s newest in-house production, Hero Elementary (pictured), co-produced with Twin Cities PBS, has been acquired by Discovery for the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) territory, as well as by Minika in Turkey, YLE in Finland and KAN in Israel. British Columbia’s Knowledge Network and Ontario’s TVO acquired rights in Canada. The 40-episode, half-hour series, which is targeted at children aged 4-7, follows the adventures of a group of young, super-powered kids as they master their abilities and...