Sales Rocket for ‘Q Pootle 5’

ZDF Enterprises has secured a number of new international sales for preschool series “Q Pootle 5” (52 x 11), which is based on the best-selling children’s books by Nick Butterworth.

Produced in the U.K. by Snapper Productions, the series has been picked up by VGTRK (Russian Public TV), YLE 2 (Finland), TG4 (Ireland), HOP!TV (Israel) and MTVA (Hungary). These sales follow earlier sales to KiKA (Germany) and ABC (Australia).

Licensing for “Q Pootle 5” in the U.K. is managed by Rocket Licensing, which has already signed a number of partners including Walker Books (tie-in publishing), Blue Sky Designs, (stationery), Immediate Media (slots in the CBeebies Weekly and Toybox magazines), Egmont (standalone magazines), Jumbo (games and puzzles), VMC (accessories) and Rainbow Productions (character costumes).