(Aug. 2) – After being one the most popular toys in Italy, the Gormiti are ready to be discovered by children from all over the world. The Italian group Mondo TV has concluded a multi-territory deal with Turner Broadcasting, a subsidiary of Time Warner, for the broadcast rights to their new animated TV series “Gormiti” in over 130 countries across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The series is co-produced by Mondo TV and Giochi Preziosi – the toy company founded by Enrico Preziosi in 1978 – and screenplays are written by the leading action adventure writing team U.S. based “Man of Action”. Turner Broadcasting has additionally secured licensing and merchandising rights for the series in EMEA (excluding Italy, San Marino, Vatican City and France), while Mondo TV Consumer Products will act as sub-agent in the territories of Russia, Eastern Europe, Ex-Yugoslavia, Greece, Spain and Portugal. World TV Consumer Products, a subsidiary of World Television, will act as sub-distributor of Turner in Russia and Eastern Europe, the former Yugoslavia, Greece, Spain and Portugal. The series will debut this year on Boing Turner Broadcasting networks in Italy and Spain and in 2013 will land abroad on Cartoon Network. (red)
