Beyond Rights floats with Nina & Olga
The distributor has scooped up international rights to the new book-based preschool toon from Enamination and Mondo TV, ahead of its premiere on Rai.
March 9, 2021
The UK’s Beyond Rights will manage international distribution (excluding Italy, Spain and Latin America) for new Italian preschool toon
Nina & Olga.
The 2D-animated series is a co-pro from Italy’s Enamination and Mondo TV Producciones Canarias. Italian public broadcaster Rai has already pre-bought a 52 x seven-minute first season, and will launch the series this year on its kids channel RaiYoyo and VOD platform Rai Play.
Based on the long-running Olga the Cloud book franchise from Italian writer/ illustrator Nicoletta Costa,
. Channel 5′s Milkshake! block ordered the show that sees Grandpa and a motley crew of friendly puppets answering questions, telling stories and cracking jokes with kids. It targets three- to-seven-year-olds and premiered in the UK in November.
Beyond has also inked broadcast deals for a handful of other series in its catalogue. Disney Japan has picked up all three seasons of Netflix original
Beat Bugs (78 x 11 minutes), along with a 45-minute special. This musical show uses Beatles songs to encourage and teach kids various lessons about growing up.
In Australia, the ABC has acquired educational comedy
The Wacky Word Show (13 x 30 minutes), which teaches kids about language. And US broadcaster BYU will air season two of CBBC’s