International buyers including France TV and
Warner Bros. Discovery have put their paws up for the first season
of the CBC Kids/Sky Kids preschool series
The second season of Mittens & Pants is now
available in Canada on CBC Kids and CBC Gem with Sky Kids in the
U.K. to follow this fall
Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc. (TSXV:TBRD, OTC – THBRF)
(“Thunderbird” or the “Company”) is excited to announce that
Thunderbird Distribution has inked sales for the first season of
Windy Isle Entertainment’s adorable live-action preschool series
Mittens & Pants across 34 international territories.
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Thunderbird Distribution is bringing both
seasons of Mittens & Pants to mipjunior/MIPCOM in Cannes,
France, October 14 to 19, 2023. (Photo: Business Wire)
Television platforms that have put their paws up for the first
season (39 x 7 minutes) of the adorable live-action animal series
for preschoolers include: France TV (France, Andorra,
Monaco, Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guyana, Reunion, Saint
Pierre and Miquelon, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and
Futuna, Mayotte), Warner Bros. Discovery’s Cartoonito, Cartoon
Network and Boomerang channels (Australia, New Zealand,
Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan), Hop! Channel (Israel)
and DR Denmark (Denmark, Greenland and Faroe Islands). These
new television partners join CBC Kids in Canada and the U.K.’s Sky
Kids, which both launched the series in February 2023.
Mittens & Pants features best friends Mittens the kitten and
Pants the puppy who live in the all-animal town of Kibble Corners.
Despite being a kitten and a puppy, they are the best of friends
because they accept that they are different and know that being
different is good.
“Mittens & Pants was crafted by Windy Isle to stand out in a
crowded preschool landscape,” said Richard Goldsmith, Thunderbird
President of Global Distribution & Consumer Products. “The
series has all the ingredients that young kids love, and platforms
recognize the value of having a quality live-action series amid the
sea of animation. Mittens & Pants is also perfect for
short-form content that will reach kids and parents and promote our
television and other partners. The incredibly cute all-animal cast,
bright and colourful sets and vehicles, and clever stories are why
we are so excited about the potential for Mittens & Pants to
become a popular brand.”
Given the popularity of Season 1 of the series in Canada and the
U.K., Windy Isle received a quick greenlight for a second season of
Mittens & Pants (41 x 7 minutes) earlier this year. The new
season premiered on CBC Kids and CBC Gem in Canada in July and will
debut on Sky Kids in the U.K. this fall.
The series was produced with the participation of the Canada
Media Fund, with the assistance of Ontario Creates and the Canadian
Film or Video Production Tax Credit, and produced with the
financial participation of the Shaw Rocket Fund.
Thunderbird Distribution is bringing both seasons of Mittens
& Pants to international sales market mipjunior/MIPCOM taking
place in Cannes, France, October 14 to 19, 2023.
ABOUT THUNDERBIRD ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
Thunderbird Entertainment Group is a global award-winning,
full-service multiplatform production, distribution and rights
management company, headquartered in Vancouver, with additional
offices in Los Angeles and Ottawa. Thunderbird creates
award-winning scripted, unscripted, and animated programming for
the world’s leading digital platforms, as well as Canadian and
international broadcasters. The Company develops, produces, and
distributes animated, factual, and scripted content through its
various content arms, including Thunderbird Kids and Family (Atomic
Cartoons), Thunderbird Unscripted (Great Pacific Media) and
Thunderbird Scripted. Productions under the Thunderbird umbrella
include The Last Kids on Earth, Molly of Denali, Highway Thru Hell,
Kim’s Convenience, Reginald the Vampire and Boot Camp. Thunderbird
Distribution and Thunderbird Brands manage global media and
consumer products rights, respectively, for the Company and select
third parties. Thunderbird is on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
at @tbirdent. For more information, visit: www.thunderbird.tv.
Neither the TSX-V nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that
term is defined in the policies of the TSX-V) accepts
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release, which
has been prepared by management.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking
Information
Thunderbird’s public communications may include written or oral
“forward-looking statements” and “forward-looking information” as
defined under applicable Canadian securities legislation. All such
statements may not be based on historical facts that relate to the
Company’s current expectations and views of future events and are
made pursuant to the “safe harbour” provisions of applicable
securities laws.
Forward-looking statements or information may be identified by
words such as “anticipate”, “continue”, “estimate”, “expect”,
“forecast”, “may”, “will”, “plan”, “project”, “should”, “believe”,
“intend”, or similar expressions concerning matters that are not
historical facts. Forward-looking statements in this document
include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to Mittens
& Pants being perfect for short-form content that will reach
kids and parents and promote the show’s television and other
partners and Mittens & Pants airing on Sky Kids in the U.K.
this fall. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based on a
number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered
reasonable, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other factors which may cause actual results and future events
to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not
limited to: general business, economic and social uncertainties;
litigation, legislative, environmental and other judicial,
regulatory, political and competitive developments; product
capability and acceptance; international risk and currency exchange
rates; and technology changes. An assessment of these risks that
could cause actual results to materially differ from current
expectations is contained in the “Risks and Uncertainty” section of
December 31, 2022 MD&A. The foregoing is not an exhaustive
list. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to
Thunderbird or that management believes to be less significant may
also adversely affect the Company.
The forward-looking statements or information contained in this
document represent our views as of the date hereof and as such
information should not be relied upon as representing our views as
of any date subsequent to the date of this document. The Company
undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any
forward-looking statements or information, whether as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise, unless so required by
applicable securities laws. Accordingly, readers are cautioned not
to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements or
information.
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Media Relations Contacts: Lana Castleman, Director,
Marketing & Communications Phone: 416-219-3769 Email:
lcastleman@thunderbird.tv
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Investor Relations Contact: Glen Akselrod, Bristol
Capital Phone: + 1 905.326.1888 ext 1 Email: glen@bristolir.com
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