Aardman Rights partners with Kite Entertainment as international distributor for Science Fiction
Aardman Rights has partnered with Kite Entertainment as international distributor for Science Fiction, a science themed cartoon which has recently launched on CBBC.
The deal will include global TV, DVD, and publishing rights for the 33 x 90” episode show.
Alix Wiseman, head of sales and acquisitions for Aardman Rights, said: “We love how well Kite Entertainment has married up their expertise in comedy writing with relevant and off the wall scientific facts and we believe there’s a real gap in the market for this kind of programming for older kids.”
Darren Smith, Kite Entertainment MD, added: "For a company like Kite to get to work, not only with CBBC (whom we consider to be the HBO of kids TV) but also Aardman, feels like a real endorsement of the quality writing and animation that Colm Tobin and his team pour into the making of Science Fiction. It's a show we've been enormously proud of since its humble beginnings on RTE's Elev8 strand a few years ago and one we look forward to seeing grow internationally over the coming years as Aardman bring it to the global TV market.”