News & Updates

Market Moves

Toonz  Preschool brand Zoonicorn (pictured) is galloping into a worldwide licensing deal with United Smile. Under the deal brokered by Toonz’s licensing agent bRAND-WARD, the UK-based manufacturer will develop a global range of products—including plush, figurines and playsets—for release in spring 2024. The Zoonicorn CG-animated series (52 x seven minutes), about magical creatures that live...

Toonz and Nuttery team up for Super Brakan & Ice Bella

India’s Toonz Media Group is partnering with Swedish/Canadian prodco Nuttery Entertainment on the upcoming CG-animated series Super Brakan & Ice Bella: Defenders of Imagination.  Under the deal, the companies will co-produce and co-distribute the 52 x 11-minute comedy, which is based on the Håkan Bråkan IP. Aimed at the six to nine set, the series follows...

Transcending boundaries, Inventing Culture & The Secret to India’s rising popularity discussed at SCO Film Festival

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization Film Festival hosted veterans from the film industry in multiple sessions today. In addition to film screenings, discussion sessions were held on various subjects ranging from music to animation and intellectual property rights. The day began with the screening of the Gujarati film, ‘The Last Film Show’. The day also saw...

Year Ender 2022: Basking in the glory of original content creation, Indian animation studios promise to keep up the tempo

For the Indian animation industry, 2022 has been fruitful in terms of new projects, working on own Intellectual Properties (IPs) and overall growth. The increasing number of animated series and features being produced in India has attracted global audiences, with many of India’s works getting distributed globally. The demand for animation has expanded with...

India’s AVGC sector can become $100 bn industry by 2030, say speakers at Kochi Design Week

With an average annual growth of no less than 25 per cent, India’s AVGC (Animation, Visual effects, Gaming and Comics) sector can emerge as a $100-billion industry by 2030 from the current $40 billion, speakers at a session at Kochi Design Week (KDW) noted. With children and adolescents (0-19 age group) forming one-third of its...

‘Zoonicorn’ heads to UK as Toonz Entertainment secures deal with SKY UK

Toonz Entertainment, the content distribution division of Ireland-based global kids and family entertainment major Toonz Media Group, has secured a strategic deal with Sky UK Limited for its CGI-animated preschool TV series Zoonicorn. Under the deal, Sky has acquired rights for season one of Zoonicorn (52×7) for Free TV, Basic TV, Pay TV, and...

character-driven-shows-to-engage

Toonz Media Group: character-driven shows to engage

Toonz Media Group completed a great presence at MIPCOM Cannes with a slate focusing on character-driven shows. Read this news coverage as we successfully wrap up our stint at Cannes. Toonz Media Group concluded off a strong presence in Cannes with a slate highlighted by "The Black Diamond Race," a series that was formally chosen...

new-pre-k-series-charlie’s-ark’

Toonz Boards FuturumKids’ New Pre-K Series ‘Charlie’s Ark’

We are elated to share that Toonz Media Group has inked a deal with Futurum Kids to coproduce and co-distribute Charlie's Ark, the exciting new animated series. FuturumKids, an animation and media company based in Gran Canaria, has been busy preparing for MIPCOM this year. The company has recently inked a co-production and co-distribution deal...