COOKIE JAR ENTERTAINMENT LICENSES TWO POPULAR SERIES TO BRAZIL'S TV CULTURA
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TORONTO (May 14, 2008) - Brazil's TV Cultura will premiere "Caillou" and "Mona the Vampire," two popular titles from Cookie Jar Entertainment's library of acclaimed animated brands. The series' will begin airing in Brazil in 2008.
"It is a great pleasure for us to have such good, entertaining and educational programs like these on our channel. Children love them and their parents too!" said Âmbar de Barros Coordinator of Children's and Youth Content, Fundação Padre Anchieta/TV Cultura.
"We are delighted to bring two Cookie Jar favorites, 'Caillou' and 'Mona the Vampire', to Brazil. TV Cultura is one of the Brazil's most successful and respected children's networks, and the ideal home for these series," said Kirsten Hurd, Sales Executive for Cookie Jar Entertainment.
Caillou is an irresistible pre-schooler who appeals to parents and children alike as they share in his daily adventures. In Caillou's world, every day is an adventure filled with fun, laughter and surprises. From his own backyard to his first airplane ride, Caillou learns about the world around him one step at a time.
Sporting a vampire costume and a wild imagination, Mona, a 10 year-old girl, enlists the help of her friends and her faithful sidekick Fang, the vampire cat, to track down the bizarre solutions to the baffling mysteries she perceives are plaguing her town.
Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. is a leading, global, independent producer, marketing and brand manager of such renowned children's properties as "The Doodlebops", "Caillou", "Johnny Test" and "Magi-Nation". Combining globally renowned intellectual properties with an industry-recognized management team, Cookie Jar Entertainment Inc. is a market-driven, brand building company that is committed to children first and foremost and is dedicated to the development and production of quality programming that embraces the whole child, with animated and live-action series that entertain, inspire and enlighten children and family audiences worldwide.
TV Cultura is the oldest and largest public TV network in Brazil. It serves the public of São Paulo State and has its programming reproduced in whole or in part in all of the 27 Brazilian States. TV Cultura is maintained by Fundação Padre Anchieta (Padre Anchieta Foundation), which completed 40 years in November of 2007.
Padre Anchieta Foundation main goal is to promote citizenship. The Foundation's media include, besides TV Cultura, the cable-TV children-oriented channel TV Rá-Tim-Bum; two radio stations (Cultura Am and Cultura FM); Cultura Marcas licensing and product sales website; the video services Cultura Imagens; and production activities Cultura Services.
The Foundation has intellectual, political and administrative autonomy. Its financial resources come from grants by the Government of the State of São Paulo and resources obtained from the private market. The Foundation is run by an Executive group with the advice of a Council Board formed by 47 distinguished citizens with distinct academic, artistic, political and cultural background. The Council Board guarantees the Foundation's autonomy and goals, participating in its strategic decisions.
Visit Padre Anchieta Foundation and its stations at the website www.tvcultura.com.br.
