DHX Sends ‘Teletubbies’ to France

DHX Media has signed a European deal for its new series “Teletubbies,” with kids’ broadcaster Gulli.

April 6, 2018

Gulli, which has taken free TV rights as well as non-exclusive VOD rights for its online platform GulliMax, will air the to the rebooted preschool series in France from early 2016 and also cover French-language broadcast in territories other where Gulli is available including Monaco, Andorra, Mauritius, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Russia, Maghreb, Near and Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, Poland, Romania, Portugal, Austria, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania, Slovenia, Belarus and Israel. It will also air on pay TV network Gulli Africa reaching 22 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

“France is an important part of our European roll out for ‘Teletubbies’ for both broadcast and consumer products,” says Josh Scherba, senior vice president, distribution, DHX Media. “We’ve had a great response to the new show, and with Gulli on board we are preparing a strong lineup of channels for

launch.”