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More LatAm success for Mister Maker
it pre-school brand Mister Maker continues his adventures in Latin America after Zodiak Kids struck a renewal deal with Discovery Networks Latin America. The agreement sees the region’s leading pay-TV provider acquiring the first two series of Mister Maker Comes to Town (51 X 20’) as well as renewing their agreement with Zodiak for the first three series of Mister Maker (60 X 20’) for Discovery Kids. Since launching on Discovery Kids in August 2008, Mister Maker has become one of the most popular pre-school personalities in Latin America inspiring thousands of children across the region to unleash their artistic talents. The second franchise, Mister Maker Comes to Town has been broadcasting on Discovery Kids since September, 2012. Zodiak Kids recently announced that a brand new 26 X 19 minute series, Mister Maker around the World, is in production
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with The Foundation. As part of the filming for the new series, Mister Maker visited Rio de Janiero in June and met children to learn about art in Latin America and made new projects with them inspired by their local culture. Broadcast in over 100 countries, Mister Maker is a huge international star and has a substantial fan base in Latin America, where all three 20 minute series are also available on Netflix as well as Discovery Kids. Mister Maker is so popular in the territory that over 50% of all official Mister Maker Facebook fans come from Latin America. As a result of the popularity of Mister Maker in the region, and success of the licensing programme to date, including Mister Maker craft workshops across malls in Brazil, Zodiak Kids are pleased to announce the renewal of Exim Licensing as the licensing agent for Mister Maker in Latin America. Exim Licensing will have the exclusive rights for merchandising, promotions, print publications and events. Jennifer Lawlor, SVP consumer
products, Zodiak Rights commented: “We’re delighted to be building on the success and popularity of Mister Maker as an entertainment brand in LATAM. With the continued broadcast support from Discovery Kids and our partnership with Exim Licensing, we have a great platform for the consumer products programme to continue to grow.” “We are happy to be a part of the Mister Maker franchise, as this is a programme that beautifully complements the Discovery Kids’ mission to entertain the smallest viewers of the household with the highest quality pre-school programming,” said Angela Recio Sondon, Discovery Kids vice president and channel director. Diego Barassi - SVP regional marketing, Exim said: “Mister Maker is a hugely popular entertainment brand in Latin America, and we’re delighted to be able to continue our agency agreement. We believe the unique proposition of the show and the announcement of the new series will enable us to further develop an exciting consumer products range.”