Dr. W on air in Germany and France by ARTE!

Dr.W's production officially ended this week, and in Mago Production we join one more reason to the celebrations: the sale of the series to ARTE. The prestigious franco-german tv channel has bought the digital terrestrial, satellite and cable broadcasting rights of the first season (26 x 4 ') of our 3D animated series. The release in Germany and France will be in January 2011. 

The series, directed by Muyi Neira and produced by Mago Production in collaboration with Television de Catalunya, and with the support of ICIC, was about a year and a half in production, and developed entirely at Mago's studio in Barcelona by a great team of 22 professionals. 

In addition, the national premiere of the series through TVC is previewed for this year. The transmission by the finnish channel YLE will start soon. YLE bought the rights of the first 8 episodes last April. Now, the completed series is expected to get sold to the other interested broadcasters. 

One of the projects of Mago Production for this year will start soon with the development: its The Flying Squirrels, the animated series which also has the support of TVC and ICIC.

Finnish television buys Dr.W!

A few weeks before the end of the production of Dr.W’s TV series from Mago Production, we are already celebrating the first sale. The Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE has acquired the first eight episodes - from 26 -, of the first season of this animated 3D series for children up from 6 years.

Dr.W, a co-production with TV3 (Catalunya Television), started to be developed in the beginning of 2009. The pilot episode participated at different international festivals, earning major awards, among them the Golden Cinéglobe at the Scientific Film Festival of CERN 2010 (Switzerland), the Autodesk Award in the category of TV series at the EXPOTOONS 2009 (Argentina), and the 2nd Prize for Best Short Film at the Cutout Fest 2009 (México). 

Apart from YLE, some other international broadcasters have shown interest in our series. The names are still a secret, but we hope to close deals and bring great news after our visit to the MipTV, which will take place from 12 to 16 of April in Cannes. There, at the booth of Catalan Films - R33, will be Sara Calatayud and Peter Keydel from Mago, representing the team and meeting with those interested in purchasing the Dr.W or others interested to coproduce our new star, the animation project: The Flying Squirrels!