Bidaya Media has signed a take care of impartial IP creator and children franchise firm Epic Story Media Inc. (ESM), a full-service youngsters franchise firm, because the content material and licensing agent for the brand new 2D animated sequence, The Adventures of Mansour: Age of AI.
The sequence will be part of ESM’s rising portfolio of franchises within the upcoming MIPTV occasion in Cannes, France, and shall be represented going ahead all through the upcoming licensing and content material distribution boards.
ESM will symbolize the brand new sequence globally (excluding within the MENA and China territories) with the purpose of securing broadcast rights throughout a number of linear and streaming platforms as a part of Bidaya’s efforts to globally promote the sequence.
The rebooted sequence will construct on the large success of the unique Mansour sequence, which presently has greater than two billion views on YouTube with greater than 25 million distinctive viewers. As an motion/journey sequence, developed and produced by Bidaya in English and Arabic, the sequence covers common points and themes that talk to the present era of kids globally.
The present playfully addresses the advantages and challenges of synthetic intelligence, the steadiness between the usefulness and overreliance on know-how, local weather change points and the complexity of social interplay within the digital age.
Nabil El Jisr, CEO of Bidaya Media, acknowledged: “Mansour has captured the creativeness of kids throughout the MENA area in a robust means. We’re impressed to construct on this success with the manufacturing of the brand new season of Mansour and by partnering with Epic to attain world attain and encourage a brand new era of kids around the globe. As a uniquely entertaining present that harnesses optimistic, common values, Mansour addresses the main influences affecting kids’s lives and has the potential to create a optimistic impression for future generations.”
“We’re extraordinarily excited to begin this partnership with one of many high manufacturing firms within the Center East and assist ship compelling tales that match our dedication to variety and discovering cultural and genuine content material, relatable for a world viewers.” says Ken Faier, President of ESM. “We’re proud to work with Bidaya Media and to carry Mansour to our distinctive slate that we’ll be presenting at MIPTV. As with all our initiatives, we love properties which have these distinctive parts that may ship an expansive 360 expertise. Mansour: Age of A.I. has a lot to supply followers who need to delve deeper into their favorite characters and tales, and we look ahead to exploring this over the approaching years with Bidaya.”
Bidaya plans to supply 4 seasons of Age of AI, of which the primary 26 episodes shall be prepared for Q3 2023.
The hero of the present is Mansour, a 12-year-old tech-wiz, who upgrades his sister’s favourite robotic gerbil plushie toy, Mr. Blinky, with some high-end chips and algorithms he pulls collectively. However to his horror, Mansour’s creation goes into overdrive downloading every part the technologically superior world of Salam Metropolis has to supply reworking him right into a loopy, mischievous digital shapeshifter, intent on sabotaging Mansour and his world. Within the earlier sequence, over 93 episodes have been produced and initially focused an under-served viewers of Arabic-speaking kids, aged 6-12.
ABOUT EPIC STORY MEDIA:
Based by Ken Faier, Epic Story Media as launched in 2017 to place creators on the centre of compelling and fascinating franchises for youths. In 2018 ESM secured strategic funding from Vancouver-based manufacturing and finance entity Bron Ventures. Epic now has an energetic and rising slate of properties in growth working with a few of the most proficient creators around the globe.
Ken beforehand served as SVP and GM after which SVP and govt producer for DHX Media following DHX Media’s acquisition of Nerd Corps Leisure, the place Ken served as President for over 10 years. Faier additionally bought DHX Media’s interactive division which operates as a subsidiary below the title Epic Story Interactive.
ABOUT BIDAYA MEDIA:
Bidaya Media is a number one manufacturing firm within the Center East and North African area devoted to creating unique content material for kids of all ages. Bidaya goals to encourage kids by stimulating their imaginations with content material that nurtures clever, inventive pondering and promotes social values of empathy, tolerance and friendship in a culturally various trendy world. In addition to the corporate’s major, unique IP ‘Mansour,’ Bidaya can be well-known for creating and producing ‘Iftah Ya Simsim’, a a lot beloved Arabic model of Sesame Avenue, the critically acclaimed instructional and entertaining early childhood TV present.
