NEWS
TOTAL LICENSING
Hit anD DiscoverY KiDs
HeLLo upsY DaisY
strenGtHen tHeir aLLiance in
Dances on to DvD
Latin america
Hello Upsy Daisy, the third DVD from the
HIT Entertainment has announced that Discovery Kids, the first and
landmark pre-school children’s series, In
only 24/7 channel in Latin America dedicated 100% to
the Night Garden includes 5 episodes fea-
young viewers, has acquired the brand new seasons of
turing Upsy Daisy and will be released on
their award-winning shows Barney, Bob the Builder, and
February 18th 2008 from BBC Worldwide,
Thomas & Friends.
featuring five popular episodes of the pro-
Discovery Kids will air new episodes of Barney, Bob the
gramme.
Builder and Thomas & Friends in both the Spanish and
Created by Anne Wood and Andy Dav-
Portuguese speaking countries. The deal also includes
enport and produced by Ragdoll Produc-
Thomas’ special “Calling All Engines”.
tions, who bought us the Teletubbies, In
HIT Entertainment’s properties enjoy an ever growing
the Night Garden is an imaginary picture-
demand in the region, becoming a favourite choice for
book world.
pre-schoolers thanks to its educational content and high
In the Night Garden is the successful UK
quality.
children’s TV series, which launched on
Rodrigo Pizá, Vice-President of Television Latin America
CBeebies in March 2007. It is best de-
of HIT Entertainment said, “We are delighted to be
scribed as a visual interpretation of a nurs-
working with Discovery Kids in bringing our charac-
ery rhyme picture book depicting a magi-
ters to life for children in Latin America. Barney, Bob the
cal place that exists between waking and
Builder and Thomas have demonstrated their worldwide
sleeping in a child’s imagination. Narrated
success in engaging, informing and delighting children
by Sir Derek Jacobi and filmed in a real
around the world.”
woodland setting in High Definition, the
Peach Gibson, Vice President and Channel Director for
adventures of this community of toy char-
Discovery Kids and Animal Planet Latin America commented, “Children
acters have been hailed by parents and
in Latin America have grown up watching these great shows on Discov-
children alike as today’s most compelling
ery Kids and these acquisitions allow us to continue to bring the best in
and comforting children’s programme.
educational entertainment to our audience.”
Hammer Horror features on interactive DvD
Following the success of last year’s Forbidden Terrortory board game. Britannia Games has extended its Hammer
Horror range with Coolabi to launch a new interactive DVD game designed to appeal to fans of the iconic brand.
Vampire Terrortory allows fans to assist Professor Van Helsing in his absence on the quest to find Dracula. Time is
against you as you travel through the game collecting your protection and navigating your
way through Vampire Terrortory in search of Dracula, with Ingrid Pitt as narrator.
Vampire Terrortory contains clips of all the famous Hammer Vampire classics. Britannia
Games Sales Director Ralph Patmore says although this builds on the success of Forbidden
Terrortory, the new game is a lot more sophisticated.
Says Patmore: “The game play is more complex; you have to answer two out of three ques-
tions to progress through the various stages. I tried it and it took me about two days to
complete.”
Vampire Terrortory draws heavily on Hammer Horror’s vampire lore but Patmore says it is
an ideal game for any movie fan.
Comments Patmore: “A working knowledge of the Hammer films will give you a good start,
but the great thing about the game is that you learn about Hammer films as you go along so
movie buffs should love it.”
Vampire Terrortory has sold in well to HMV, Virgin, and Forbidden Planet and is also available
through the Hammer website on
www.hammerfilms.com.
The game is doing very well in its niche market but Britannia is confident that it will follow
the example of Forbidden Terrortory and make its way into other major High Street retail-
ers.
Janet Woodward, head of licensing at Coolabi which controls the rights to Hammer Horror,
says they are delighted with the release of Vampire Terrortory.
Says Woodward: “As Hammer celebrates its 50
th
anniversary it is terrific to see these classic
characters having such an entertaining and exciting life on a state of the art format such as interactive DVD. I think it
proves that Hammer Horror is a vibrant and dynamic brand that can adapt itself to almost any platform.”
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