News Release

Toronto
October 14, 2009

WHAT WILL GERMANY ARTZOOKA! TODAY?

CCI Entertainment and Motionworks GmbH have teamed up with Nickelodeon Germany to create localized version

CCI Entertainment, Motion Works and Nickelodeon Germany have partnered up to produce the first local version of the live action / cgi blended series Artzooka! The local language episodes will feature Nils XXX as the German host, who embodies all that is Artzooka! The property will also launch with a localized website and an extensive grassroots marketing campaign that will be executed across Germany.
                                    
The first version of the Artzooka! series was produced in English in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and is scheduled to launch in the Fall of 2010. 

Artzooka! is an art series targeted at six to ten year olds. The show focuses on taking ordinary items and recycling them into extraordinary pieces of art. It provides children with the access to classic art skills while encouraging them to think outside the box and see that art has endless possibilities and can be made anywhere and from anything. The property features cutting edge digital elements and electronic art and includes animated characters that contribute to the shows upbeat, off-the-wall energy. All of the art projects are easily mastered, age appropriate and accessible to all children while at the same time being innovative and extraordinary. What will you Artzooka! today?

“We are excited about creating the first localized version of the series for Nickelodeon Germany” says Arnie Zipursky, Co-Chairman of CCI Entertainment. “The series was designed in a way that allows local versions to be easily produced using local talent and we are confident that this will be the first of many versions we create”

A global branding and marketing strategy for Artzooka! has been shaped under the leadership of creative veterans David Snyder and Frank Fraser of LA based Brandissimo! Inc whose credits include the successful art series Art Attack as well as Big Foot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks.

 CCI Entertainment Ltd. (Cambium Catalyst International)
CCI’s children’s library includes such shows as, Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs, Frankenstein’s Cat, Monster By Mistake, and classics such as Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show and Shining Time Station. CCI Entertainment continues to be an industry leader by developing and distributing content that entertains, engages and fuels imaginations.
CCI Entertainment is one of Canada's leading independent production, distribution and licensing companies with a successful track record spanning twenty five years. CCI has been particularly recognized in the area of family television, lifestyle programming, documentaries and movies having been responsible for thousands of hours of award-winning entertainment for the world market.

MotionWorks GmbH
MotionWorks GmbH was founded on the desire to establish an animation company that would be a creative force active in both new and traditional markets. Since its inception in 1998, MotionWorks has completed both in-house and commissioned productions such as Mullewapp - Friends forever, Ready to Board, Little Polar Bear, and the Emmy Award winning I Got a Rocket. MotionWorks is renowned for its ability to handle all aspects of cartoon production and create content with exceptional entertainment value.  

For further information contact:

Kristin Lecour

CCI Entertainment
+1 (416) 583-2905

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