MOONSCOOP’S DIVE OLLY DIVE FISHES FOR BUYERS

Brand new presales signed for second season

Paris, 16 March 2010 – Moonscoop, the worldwide brand management and entertainment company representing properties from some of the leading animation producers across the globe, has scored presales in key territories for the second season of its hit series Dive Olly Dive.

France 5, SVT Sweden, Finland’s MTV3 and Al Jazeera Children’s Channel in the Middle East have snapped up the 52x11’ new episodes, joining broadcasters Disney Asia, Univision, TVA Canada and co-producers KiKa  who are all on board for season two.

The first series (52x11’) was seen by over 350million cumulative viewers worldwide and was winner of the 2008 Parents’ Choice Award and Hugo Television Award (Certificate of Merit), in addition to being nominated for an Emmy® Award, Prix Jeunesse and Best Animated Series at the 2008 Annecy International Festival of Animated Film.

Lionel Marty, President Worldwide Sales at Moonscoop said: “It is testament to the popularity of Dive Olly Dive! that we have presold the second season to such a significant line up of broadcasters. To achieve such a high viewership around the world is fantastic and we’re anticipating even more success with the new episodes.”

Dive Olly Dive! follows the fun-filled underwater escapades of Olly and Beth, two young research submarines-in-training.  The two live in a deep-sea research center known as SURF – the Special Underwater Research Facility, where they experience the joys and challenges of life in their underwater world, much in the same way that preschoolers experience life in their world.  Created using the latest advances in high-definition 3D CGI animation, the series features an incredibly lifelike underwater world, along with storylines that educate children on the delicate nature of the ecosystems that exist beneath the oceans.

Last year, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) selected Dive Olly Dive!, to be part of the organization’s new educational campaign to teach students about the richness of the world’s underwater cultural heritage.

Dive Olly Dive! is a co-production of Mike Young Productions Limited (MYP), Flying Bark Productions Pty Ltd. of Australia, KI.KA, ARD of Germany, Telegael Teo of Ireland, Atlantyca Entertainment of Italy and GDC in China.  The series was created by Andrew and Ian Ross and it is produced with the support of the MEDIA Plus Programme of the European Community.