It’s been a busy first half of the year for the sales team with the ACTF catalogue of new and award-winning programs in high demand.

BYU TV (USA) picked up Gristmill’s award-winning, live-action comedy favourites Little Lunch and The InBestigators, securing US Free TV rights for both hugely popular series.

RTE (Ireland) is the first international broadcaster to acquire Windcatcher, the heartwarming family feature film which premiered in Australia on local SVOD platform Stan in March this year to critical acclaim.

A package of programs for all ages has been acquired by First Nations Experience (FNX), an American television channel exclusively devoted to Native American and World Indigenous content, which includes the family film Windcatcher, the live-action tween adventure series MaveriX, animated preschool series Eddie’s Lil’ Homies, and the fourth season of Little J & Big Cuz, which premiered to Australian audiences on NITV and ABC on Monday 8 July.

Season 3 of the animated pre-school series Kangaroo Beach is currently in production, with Nickelodeon UK picking up rights for a 2025 UK launch.

A range of Australian children’s content will air in the Pacific Islands this year, with broadcasters ABC International and PacificAus TV both acquiring packages of content. ABC International will broadcast MaveriX, Ready for This S1, The Inbestigators S1, Hardball (Series 1 and 2), Handball Heroes, Little J & Big Cuz (Series 3 and 4) and Kangaroo Beach (Series 1 and 2). PacificAus TV, which provides content to Pacific Island broadcasters as part of an Australian Government initiative, has acquired Are You Tougher Than Your Ancestors?, Barrumbi Kids, Bushwhacked! (Series 1 and 2), Hardball (Series 1 and 2), Crazy Fun Park, Red Dirt Riders, Thalu, series 1 of The Inbestigators, Kangaroo Beach (series 1 and 2 and the Summer Special), and WAC (World Animal Championships).

The comedy-horror series Crazy Fun Park continues to ignite imaginations and has been acquired by Estonian Television, while French broadcasters Mediawan and TFOU have procured the Emmy Award-winning factual series Built to Survive and the Kangaroo Beach Summer Special will air in the Middle East and north Africa after being acquired by beIN Media.

And Emmy Award winning series Hardball will now be available to view on Netflix in Australia and New Zealand after being acquired by the streaming platform locally.

With an existing catalogue of wonderful content, and more exciting projects in production, the ACTF is looking forward to the second half of the year and bringing new Australian kids programs to audiences both at home and across the world.

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