Xilam Animation Secures Raft of Deals in Central Eastern Europe

French animation studio, Xilam Animation, has announced the expansion of its footprint in Central Eastern Europe with a wave of broadcast deals across its slate of new and established programming, including “Oggy Oggy,” “Athleticus,” “Pfffirates,” “Where’s Chicky?” and more.

For the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, Xilam inked a host of deals for Cube Creative’s sports comedy series “Athleticus,” including with MTVA (Hungary), Ceska TV (Czech Republic), HRT (Croatia), RTVS (Slovakia) and Kanal 2 (Estonia). In addition, HRT (Croatia) picked up “Oggy Oggy” season one, the preschool spin-off to its “Oggy and the Cockroaches” franchise and in Slovakia, RTVS has added Xilam and Boréales’ children’s wildlife docuseries ,“If I Were An Animal.”

Xilam has seen success across its slate in Hungary, with MTVA acquiring comedy action series “Pfffirates,” also produced by Cube Creative. Additionally, the deal with RTL Klub Hungary saw the broadcaster pick up a total of 170 hours of programming, including “Oggy and the Cockroaches,” “Zig & Sharko,” “The Adventures of Bernie,” “Where’s Chicky?,” “Lupin’s Tales,” “The Daltons” and “Floopaloo.” In Ukraine, broadcaster 1+1 and the platform MEGOGO have picked up more than 224 total hours of Xilam’s slapstick comedy series, with 1+1 adding “Oggy and the Cockroaches,” “Zig & Sharko” and “Where’s Chicky?” and Megogo acquiring “Oggy and the Cockroaches,” “Zig & Sharko,” “Moka’s Fabulous Adventures” and “Pfffirates.”

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In addition, RTL Croatia has renewed “Oggy and the Cockroaches” seasons five to seven and “Zig & Sharko” seasons one to three and have also acquired “Oggy and the Cockroaches: Next Generation” and the fourth season of “Zig & Sharko.” In Romania, PRO TV has acquired all seasons of “Zig & Sharko” for their Voyo platform, which has recently launched in Serbia and Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Xilam has also signed a partnership with Kidzone (Baltics) for its preschool comedy series “Paprika” as well as the third season of Xilam and Cube Creative’s hit short-form comedy “Where’s Chicky?,” marking the first time Xilam has partnered with the broadcaster. Additionally, LRT (Lithuania) has acquired “Paprika” for its slate and in the Czech Republic, Nova TV has picked up Xilam’s non-dialogue slapstick property “Karate Sheep.”

“Over the last few years, we’ve seen the popularity of our programming continue to grow across Central Eastern Europe with no signs of slowing down,” says Céline Carenco, senior vice president media distribution, Xilam Animation. “It’s fantastic to have such a solid stable of broadcasters on board who are picking up our content in significant volumes across both our newer and iconic, well-loved series. In particular, our sports comedy series ‘Athleticus’ has captured the Olympic fever that has been seen around the world, and we’re sure its new viewers will be entertained by the offbeat nature of the hilarious animal characters.”

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