Mondo TV brings the hits of today and tomorrow to MipJunior and MIPCOM

Mondo TV, one of the largest European producers and distributors of animated content, has announced the countdown to some major show launches, the continuing growth of some international hits and a few brand-new titles among an impressive portfolio at this year’s Mipjunior and MIPCOM in Cannes.

Highlights of the Mondo TV stand – at a new location, P-1.E73 – will include a brand-new series in the production slate, Lola on Board, which is set for delivery by summer 2024 along with MeteoHeroes, Agent 203, Monster Loving Maniacs, One Love, The Wee Littles and Grisù. Mondo will also present Action Kidz in exclusive worldwide distribution.

One little girl, seven seas, one thousand adventures! That’s the theme of Lola On Board, a new 26 x 7' 3D CGI animated adventure, comedy, edutainment show for three-to-six-year-olds now in co-production with Tile, Digitalcomedia, and Toonz Station. It’s about a little girl who spends part of her summer holiday on a cruise ship with her grandmother Agata. The ship’s crew – a friendly but slightly eccentric bunch – all love the resourceful, cheeky Lola, but she also has three very special animal friends she can talk to! While on the Eloise Lola has fun adventures, discovers the world, and learns about the natural world and its creatures. The series is set to complete production in summer 2024.

One Love is a 26 x 7’ 2D animated series co-produced by Mondo TV S.p.A and T-Rex Digimation Srl. The show takes place on One Love – the planet with a beating heart – where two best friends Amo and Ama, live adventures full of positivity and vitality and spread a message of sharing LOVE. Emotions and sustainability are central to each episode – and especially colours. When the Baby-Hugs touch each other, they exchange skin colours: “Let’s colour change!”. The series is set to launch on Rai Yoyo in the autumn of 2023. Mondo TV S.p.A manages the animation and the international distribution of the series for all territories except Italy and the Indian subcontinent.

Now in its fourth year of success with a presence in over 180 countries and 22 languages, the second season of Meteo Heroes premiered on Cartoonito and Canal plus in summer 2023 just after delivery of the last episodes. MeteoHeroes, the only animated series dedicated entirely to climate and environmental sustainability, is an award-winning show that won the Silver Telly Award in New York, was honoured as Best Animated Kids’ Program at the Atlanta Children's Film Festival, and, at the latest Quirino awards in May 2023, won a green badge for sustainable production from the Tenerife Film Commission. With Cartoonito, in 2022 it also received a Moige (Movimento Italiano Genitori) Award, a highly coveted award given to family-friendly programmes on Italian TV.

The series has delighted viewers in multiple markets from Europe to Latin America, MENA, and many Asian territories. And that’s not all. Thanks to the exclusive partnership of the show’s co-producers with mega hit-maker Kenn Viselman (Teletubbies, Thomas the Tank Engine), MeteoHeroes, the show that has inspired a Sony Playstation video game, is also on PBS in the US where  MeteoHeroes is a partner in the most comprehensive climate education initiative in the world supported by PBS stations across America, KIDS FIRST!, Mondo TV Studios, Meteo Experts and Adventure2Learning, which has committed to reach 30,000 schools and 15 million kids, aged 4-to-10 in USA and millions of school-aged children around the world. Podcast ‘MeteoHeroes Adventures’ (52x7’) just launched on Adventure2Learning Platform, will be available on all podcasting platforms.

The clever, original and very funny kids’ animation Monster Loving Maniacs, a 52 x 11’ 2D comedy for 6-10-year-olds, has already been commissioned by prestigious free-to-air broadcaster Super RTL from Germany (where it is premiering in early October) and DR from Denmark and pre-sold to Scandinavian public broadcasters NRK and SVT. It’s also showing on CBBC in the UK and (in Spanish) on Canela Kids in the US and Latin America.

In fact the series, of which Mondo TV is co-producer and which is part financed by the EU Media Fund, has been sold into almost 90 countries, with a roster of broadcasters that includes Ceska TV in the Czech Republic, Noga in Israel, MBC3 in MENA, and True Visions in Thailand.

The show is about three siblings trained as monster hunters by their tough old grandfather. There’s just one problem: these kids are massive horror fans. Why would they want to hunt their monster idols? They love dangerous paranormal creatures. So they find a way to save the monsters.

The show is great fun, with lots of excitement and humour as well as bigger themes, like families, relationships and coping with our fears, all delivered with wit, energy and stylish, skilled animation. And – of course – there are lots and lots of monsters and comedy!

Monster Loving Maniacs is produced by Ja Film and co-produced by Mondo TV, Belvision and Ginger Pictures. The series is distributed internationally by Toon2Tango and Mondo TV.

Agent 203 is a 26 x 22’ CGI adventure comedy and the world’s first Spy-Fi show, primarily targeted at girls aged 6-10 – and it has now been sold to over 100 countries!

Imagine Zoe Stranek’s surprise when she finds out her dad used to be a secret agent protecting our planet against alien invasions. Together with her new alien bestie Ulav and her best friends Quigley and Rock, she follows in his footsteps, protecting our planet from General Gore, the ultimate badass alien, and hoping to find out what happened to her father.

Agent 203 was commissioned by Super RTL on which it will launch in November, and is a co-production between Toon2Tango, Mondo TV and Cosmos Maya Animation. The show is distributed by Toon2Tango and Mondo TV.

Among broadcasters on board there’s RAI KIDS Italy, Minimax pay tv in Central and Eastern Europe, leading public broadcaster TVP ABC Poland, MINIKA in Turkey, MBC3 (in Arabic) in MENA, and Canela Kids (in Spanish) for the US and Latin America, The Media Pioneers in China and Spectrum Film in Indonesia.

Mondo TV Group, Toon2Tango and ZDF Studios are jointly co-producing a new series, based on the classic property Grisù, created by its original authors Nino and Toni Pagot. The new series of Grisù will boast 52 new episodes of 12 minutes each and will make its small screen debut in Italy around Christmas 2023.

The series follows the adventures of Grisù, a brave, positive, determined young dragon – just like the firefighter he wants to be when he grows up. There’s just one problem: he is supposed to be a fire-breathing dragon when he grows up! This ambition is the theme of all of his adventures – and his positive can-do attitude will give his 4-to-7-year-old audience a little hero that they can identify with.

ZDF Studios is responsible for the worldwide distribution of the audiovisual rights to Grisù (excluding Italy, France, Spain and China, which are handled by Mondo TV). Already confirmed are broadcasting agreements with ZDF in Germany and Rai YoYo in Italy. Merchandising plans, also well under way, include publishing and toys.

Among the shows for which Mondo is managing exclusive worldwide distribution are Action Kidz, a children's action series designed to introduce kids to sport and inspire them to lead an active life, featuring 35 different and unique sporting pursuits.

Matteo Corradi, Mondo TV CEO, says: 'The continuing success of MeteoHeroes and the strong interest from major media players in Monster Loving Maniacs, Agent 203, and Grisù are a confirmation of the continuing strength of our productions in a highly competitive market. Creative excellence, originality and great entertainment are the hallmarks of these shows and Mondo’s forthcoming productions and the great picks on the distribution – as we will demonstrate to the many visitors and potential partners we expect to meet at this year’s MIPCOM!'

 

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