Sky kids Acquires The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About That!
Toronto, Canada – 24 March 2021 – Portfolio Entertainment has secured a raft of new deals for hit 2D animated series The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About That! and additional sales for holiday movie The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About Christmas!
New broadcast partners for The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About That! include U.K’s Sky Kids (UK) for season 2 (40 x 11’) and season 3 (40 x 11’). Sky Kids is also taking four educational games based on the highly acclaimed show, ‘Builda-ma-loo’, ‘Invention Engine’, ‘Camp Time’ and ‘Arcade Escape’. Unis TV (French-speaking Canada) has also signed on for season 1 (40 x 22’) and season 2 (10 x 22’),
Portfolio has also inked deals for the one-hour holiday movie The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About Christmas! (1 x 60’) with KiKa (Germany) and NRK (Norway).
“The enduring legacy of Dr. Seuss’ beloved character lives on as a new generation of kids around the world will be going on adventures with the Cat in the big striped hat and his friends,” said Donnie MacIntyre, VP of Sales and Business Development at Portfolio Entertainment. “Portfolio’s catalogue of best-in-class children’s content continues to attract leading global kids broadcasters and we’re delighted that our partners will be bringing this classic series and holiday special to their audiences.”
Fuelled by curiosity and imagination, the Cat leads best friends Nick and Sally on extraordinary adventures into the natural world. With the help of Thing One and Thing Two and their whimsically versatile Thinga-ma-jigger they’ll go anywhere from the bottom of the ocean to the centre of a beehive. The Cat in the Hat ‘knows a lot’ but he doesn’t know everything, making him the perfect guide to learning and fun.
Inspired by the top-rated, fun-filled animated original series, The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About That Christmas! (1 x 60’)is a one-hour holiday movie, originally broadcast on PBS Kids, bringing our favourite characters together to discover the magic of Christmas.
Produced by Portfolio Entertainment and Collingwood O’Hare Productions, in association with Dr. Seuss Enterprises, Random House Children’s Entertainment, Treehouse, and PBS Kids, The Cat In The Hat Knows A Lot About That! (80 x 22’ or 160 x 15’) is based on Random House’s best-selling Beginner Book collection, “The Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library.” The award-winning series has been sold to broadcasters and digital platforms in over 170 markets worldwide.
