Toronto, Canada-based 9 Story Entertainment has secured several new broadcast deals around the world for two animated series Almost Naked Animals and Wibbly Pig, as well as reality series Survive This.
Almost Naked Animals (52 x 11 minutes), featuring seven free-spirited animals in their underwear that run a beach-front hotel, has been sold to Canal+ (France), ABC (Australia) and Noga (Israel). Based on the popular website of the same name, the animated series has been commissioned by Canada’s YTV and is scheduled for a fall 2010 premiere.
Tween reality series Survive This (14 x 22 minutes) has continued racking up sales to ABC (Australia) and VRAK (French Canada).
Additionally, the publishing-based series Wibbly Pig(52 x 10 minutes) heads to CBeebies (BBC Worldwide) Latin America. Targeting two- to five-year-olds, the series has commissions from CBeebies UK and Canada’s TVO and Knowledge Network.