Peppa Pig and Ben & Holly acquired for SVOD service HBO GO across Central Europe.
eOne has secured a deal with HBO Europe which will see its hit preschool properties Peppa Pig and Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom air on its SVOD service – HBO GO – across Central Europe.
HBO Europe made available on HBO GO in the Kids section Series 1 of Peppa Pig and Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom in multiple CE countries last week, including Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Romania and will come to Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Macedonia and Bulgaria in spring 2018.
Both Peppa Pig and Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom hail from British animation studio Astley Baker Davies.
Monica Candiani, eOne’s evp content sales, Family & Brands, said: “There is real demand for quality children’s programming that has proven universal appeal and we’re delighted that HBO Europe will be introducing audiences in Central Europe to these much loved and critically acclaimed animated series.”
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