TORONTO -- Canadian animation producer Studio B Prods. on Monday said it had sold Yakkity Yak, a co-production with Australian producer Kapow Pictures, to Nickelodeon channels in the United States, Britain, Australia, Latin America and Europe. The deal with Nickelodeon Worldwide will see Yakkity Yak, a 26-episode, half-hour series for 8-to-12-year-olds about an aspiring teenage comedian named Yak, debut on Nickelodeon U.S. and elsaewhere early next year. "We are extremely confident that this show will work for Nickelodeon channels around the world because of its high production values and humor," Kathleen Hricik, executive vp international program enterprises at MTV Networks International, said in a statement. The Canada-Australia co-production is produced in Flash animation and will also air on Teletoon, Canada's cable animation channel. Mark Gravas, co-owner of Sydney-based Kapow Pictures, created the cartoon series, while executive producer Blair Peters led the animation production at Vancouver, British Columbia-based Studio B.
- 12/23/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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