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Date:Toronto, Canada, May 22, 2007
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HARRY AND HIS BUCKET FULL OF DINOSAURS BUILDS SUCCESSFUL TV TIE IN PUBLISHING PROGRAMS ABROAD
CCI Entertainment’s hit preschool property Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs is building on its strong foundation in publishing to introduce a popular new line of tv-tie in books abroad. First introduced in the UK as popular book series and then translated into TV and licensed merchandise, the property has come full circle as it experiences brisk sales internationally. Penguin Books has reported a steady increase in sales in Australia and the UK and books are also flying off the shelves in Taiwan, the US and Scandinavia, where they are distributed by Grimm press publishing, Random House and Egmont publishing respectively. Additionally, all across the globe there is a high demand for more books.
Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs is a Canada/UK official treaty co-production between CCI Entertainment of Canada and Collingwood O'Hare Entertainment/Silver Fox Films of the UK. Broadcast partners include Cartoon Network US, Treehouse Canada, Disney UK, Five Network UK and Discovery Latin America. UK licensing deals are led by CCI Entertainment’s UK promoter Target Entertainment.
About Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs
Based on the well-known book series. Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs is an animated preschool series that follows the adventures of 5-year old Harry and his toy dinosaur friends, which come to life and are all his very best friends.
Harry knows he’s the luckiest kid in the world. His Nana has given him something that no one else has, the greatest present ever. It’s a bucket with six toy dinosaurs that come to life and are all his best friends!
“One, two, three jump!” into the blue bucket and he’s on his way to Dino World, a big little world where all Harry’s toys are twice his size. Join Harry, Taury, Trike, Pterence, Sid, Patsy and Steggy as they bounce down Pillow Mountain, sail around Soda Fountain Valley and hop on jelly doughnut stepping-stones in a new adventure every day.
About CCI Entertainment Ltd. (Cambium Catalyst International)
CCI Entertainment is one of Canada's leading independent production and distribution companies with a successful track record spanning twenty years. CCI has been particularly recognized in the area of family programming, having been responsible for thousands of hours of award-winning television for the world market including: Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs, Monster By Mistake, Timeblazers, Shining Time Station and Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show. CCI Entertainment's mission is to create family entertainment that entertains, engages and fuels imaginations. |
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