MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC‘s commercial arm BBC Worldwide has confirmed global distribution rights for ZingZillas, a new commission for CBeebies.
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The new musical show for pre-schoolers will swing onto CBeebies next year. |
BBC Worldwide has confirmed global distribution rights for TV, merchandise, DVD and publishing and is set to unveil commercial plans to the industry at trade fairs later in 2009.
BBC Worldwide Children‘s and Licensing MD Neil Ross Russell says, "We have extensive expertise in creating innovative licensing programmes for pre-school programmes and I’ve no doubt that ZingZillas will ‘strike a chord‘ with pre-schoolers across the world."
CBeebies controller Michael Carrington adds, "It‘s time for a new kind of music show on CBeebies which will funk up the channel and get all of our toddlers and tots grooving on down to the ZingZillas sound."
