News from VIPO

TVE/Spain acquires VIPO 2 and prolongs VIPO 1

Spain’s National broadcaster TVE acquired the new HD animation series “VIPO & Friends – Surviving Time Island“ which will go on air in 2011. TVE has also prolonged the previous agreement for the first series “VIPO – Adventures of the Flying Dog” (“VIPO – el perro volador”) which has been successfully broadcast since 2008 and achieved a #6 ranking for ratings in the relevant target group, according to Kid Screen magazine. The agreements between TVE and VIPO Land were mediated by Planeta Junior in Barcelona.

VIPO Land signs Licensing Representation
Agreement with Noviy Disk in Russia

With immediate effect Noviy Disk, based in Moscow, will act as Licensing Representative for the VIPO brand. The agreement was signed for Russia exclusively and for the other CIS countries on non-exclusive basis. Noviy Disk has also published the first VIPO DVD collection on September 2nd this year. The company is involved with the marketing of Russia’s most popular children’s brand Shmeshariki and an important strategic partner to establish VIPO in this area

VIPO Land signs DVD license agreement with Media Film in Slovenia

VIPO Land has signed a DVD License Agreement for the VIPO 1 series with Media Film d.o.o., based in Kranj, Slovenia. The release of the first title is scheduled for February 2011, to be followed by the other four titles every two months. Media Film also acquired the Video-on-Demand rights in Slovenian. The agreement was mediated by Maat Entertainment, VIPO Land’s Licensing Representative in Slovenia. “VIPO – Adventures of the Flying Dog” is currently on air on the National TV station RTV Slovenija. Furthermore, the Slovenian VIPO Club was launched successfully, accompanied by a PR cooperation with Frikolin magazine.