Corus-owned Nelvana has appointed North Carolina-based Blue Socks Media as its distributor in Africa. Under the deal, Blue Socks will be responsible for distributing more than 4,400 episodes of Nelvana’s shows in the region, including Babar, Franklin, Ranger Rob (pictured), The Dog & Pony Show and Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe. Blue Socks has been shopping the library around the continent for the last month, and has lined up six deals with local broadcasters. This makes breaking into any single country with foreign shows difficult, though Blue Socks is hoping to replicate it’s own success for Nelvana. Blue Socks previously sold its flagship preschool series Raggs to South African broadcaster SABC 2, Mango Airlines and Namibia’s One Africa TV.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 29, 2020 15:56 UTC