Q POOTLE 5 FINDS A NEW FRIEND IN ABBEY HOME MEDIA
Skwigly
Snapper Productions has signed a deal with Abbey Home Media for the UK home entertainment rights of popular pre-school animated series Q Pootle 5.
Abbey Home Media will release its first Q Pootle 5 DVD, Pootle The Explorer, on 11 April 2016. The DVD will feature seven episodes from the British Animation Award-nominated series, which airs on CBeebies in the UK.
Q Pootle 5 is based on the best-selling books by children’s author and illustrator Nick Butterworth and follows the adventures of the friendly little alien and his pals, as they tackle the everyday problems of the final frontier.
Ben Butterworth, Snapper Productions, said: “Q Pootle 5 is now a firm favourite among young audiences in the UK and we are so pleased to be partnering with Abbey Home Media to offer more viewing choice to fans of the series. With their vast experience of the children’s market they are an ideal partner for us.
Emma Evans, Sales & Acquisitions Director, Abbey Home Media, added: “We are thrilled to have signed Q Pootle 5, the superb animated children’s space-based series, based on the best-selling books by Nick Butterworth, and are looking forward to establishing this exciting pre-school property on DVD.”
Q Pootle 5 has celebrated an impressive viewer response in the UK, and internationally, since it launched in 2013. The series, which is produced by Snapper Productions, animated by Blue Zoo and distributed internationally by ZDF Enterprises, has to-date been sold to over 70 countries worldwide.
The brand has also secured a number of licensees in the UK including Walker Books for global TV tie-in publishing; Immediate Media for slots in CBeebies Weekly and Toybox magazines; Egmont for standalone magazines; Jumbo for games and puzzles; VMC for accessories; C&M Licensing for nightwear, underwear, socks and onesies; and Rainbow Productions for character costumes.