Thunderbird Distribution Secures More Sales for BooSnoo! and Mittens & Pants

BooSnoo!, recently named an official Common Sense Selection for Families, is rolling into nine new territories, including via Peacock, Tubi and HappyKids in the U.S.

Live-action preschool series Mittens & Pants adds Tubi, BeIN, Alibaba’s Youku and others to platform pack

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc. (TSXV:TBRD, OTC – THBRF) (“Thunderbird” or the “Company”) is excited to announce that Thunderbird Distribution has inked multiple sales for innovative children’s series BooSnoo!, a Sky Kids Original produced by Visionality Media and Mackinnon & Saunders, and Windy Isle Entertainment’s adorable live-action preschool series Mittens & Pants.

BooSnoo! (41 x 7’) and its star, the little red ball, are rolling into nine more territories, in addition to the series’ home on commissioning broadcaster Sky Kids in the U.K. and Ireland. In the U.S., NBCU’s Peacock, FOX’s Tubi and Future Today’s HappyKids, have taken Season 1 of the series for their platforms. International Broadcasters picking up BooSnoo! include DR Denmark (Season 1), EBS South Korea (Season 1 & 2), NRK Norway (Season 1 & 2), PCCW/NOW Hong Kong (Season 1), SVT Sweden (Season 1), TVO Kids Canada (Season 1 & 2) and Canadian French-language broadcaster Téléquebec (Season 1 & 2).

BooSnoo! is an incredibly inventive mixed-media, dialogue-free series that encourages both neurodiverse and neurotypical kids ages two and up to sit back, relax and follow the little red ball on an exciting yet calming adventure. The series features amazing landscapes that combine beautiful sights and sounds in every episode while exploring themes like wheels, rainbows and music. BooSnoo! was commissioned by Lucy Murphy, Director of Sky Kids for Sky UK and Ireland. The Commissioning Editor for Sky is Ian France.

BooSnoo! has also earned a four-star review and an official Common Sense Selection for Families seal from U.S.-based nonprofit Common Sense Media, whose ratings, research, and resources reach approximately 150 million users worldwide and 1.2 million educators per year. Common Sense Selections are made in recognition of “outstanding entertainment with an official seal for quality and impact… [they] include age-appropriate media with the potential to spark family conversations, entertain families of all kinds, and have a positive, lasting effect on society.”

CBC Kids and Sky Kids-commissioned Mittens & Pants (81 x 7’) continues to grow its pawprint, finding more U.S. homes for its first season on Tubi and public library-affiliated streamer Kanopy, joining previously announced platforms Peacock, HappyKids, Kidoodle.TV and Sensical. International broadcasters joining the pack include beIN (MENA, Season 1), NRK (Norway, Season 1 & 2) and Alibaba’s Youku (China, Season 1 &2). Additionally, China-based content distributor Beijing 24 Bridges will be selling both seasons of the series in the territory.

Mittens & Pants features best friends Mittens the kitten and Pants the puppy who live in the all-animal town of Kibble Corners — each day is a new adventure for these unlikely best friends. The series is also currently available on CBC/CBC Gem (Canada), Sky Kids (U.K., Ireland), France TV, Warner Bros. Discovery’s Cartoonito, Cartoon Network and Boomerang channels (Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan), Hop! Channel (Israel) and DR Denmark.

“With this latest group of sales, BooSnoo! and Mittens & Pants continue to demonstrate the appeal to media platforms worldwide of bespoke, niche original series made with the highest production values,” said Richard Goldsmith, Thunderbird President of Global Distribution & Consumer Products. “Each series is truly unique amongst the wide range of content available in the current market, and they both have tremendous potential to become globally popular brands.”

Thunderbird Distribution will be representing BooSnoo! and Mittens & Pants at upcoming international sales market MIPjunior/MIPCOM taking place in Cannes, France, October 19 to 24, 2024. You can also find BooSnoo! and Mittens & Pants on YouTube (@BooSnooOfficial, @MittensandPantsOfficial), Instagram (@boosnooshow, @mittensandpantstv) and TikTok (@boosnooshow, @mittensandpantstv).

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Thunderbird Entertainment Group is a global award-winning, full-service multiplatform production, distribution and rights management company, headquartered in Vancouver, with additional offices in Los Angeles and Ottawa. Thunderbird creates award-winning scripted, unscripted, and animated programming for the world’s leading digital platforms, as well as Canadian and international broadcasters. The Company develops, produces, and distributes animated, factual, and scripted content through its various content arms, including Thunderbird Kids and Family (Atomic Cartoons), Thunderbird Unscripted (Great Pacific Media) and Thunderbird Scripted. Productions under the Thunderbird umbrella include Mermicorno: Starfall, Super Team Canada, Molly of Denali, Highway Thru Hell, Kim’s Convenience, Boot Camp and Sidelined: The QB and Me. Thunderbird Distribution and Thunderbird Brands manage global media and consumer products rights, respectively, for the Company and select third parties. Thunderbird is on Facebook, X, and Instagram at @tbirdent. For more information, visit: www.thunderbird.tv.

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