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After closing a co-production agreement between Zinkia Entertainment, creator of the brand, and the Canary Islands studio Koyi, a team of 70 professionals will work on this new season, which will involve an investment of three million euros.

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Pocoyo has chosen Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) to continue growing. The new chapters of the most internationally successful Spanish animated series will be animated in studios located at the Canary Islands Fairgrounds (Infecar), after closing a co-production agreement between Zinkia Entertainment, creator of the brand, and the Canarian studio Learn. The production of the new season of Pocoyo, made up of 36 chapters of 7 minutes each and 20 music video clips, will mean a estimated investment of three million euros and the participation of a team made up of 70 professionals.

Victor M. LopezVictor M. Lopez, general director of Zinkia, assures that “today the Canary Islands are an excellent opportunity for the audiovisual sector, not only because of the interesting policy of tax incentives sponsored by the different public administrations and always with the support of the EU, but because we are finding a perfect fit to be able to produce in Gran Canaria without losing one iota of the quality it possesses. Pocoyo”.

Luis Armengol“For Koyi, having the opportunity to produce the new season of Pocoyó is the definitive boost for the start of the company, without forgetting the invaluable support of the Cabildo,” he declared. Luis Armengol, founding partner of Koyi, who has also announced that “they will launch a continuing training program for professionals who join the project in coordination with other production companies installed on the Island and the Gran Canaria Economic Promotion Society (SPEGC).”

La nueva temporada de Pocoyó recupera la esencia de la serie y su característico lenguaje. Todo ello combinado con una música que se ha convertido en la banda sonora de los primeros años de vida de varias generaciones y que conforman un mundo único. Siguen muy presentes valores como el respeto, la tolerancia o la amistad, el espíritu didáctico y la curiosidad del personaje de las anteriores entregas.

Desde que se estrenó por primera vez en 2005, la serie Pocoyó se ha emitido en más de 150 canales de televisión de todo el mundo convirtiéndose en una de las marcas infantiles más reconocidas, con 38 premios internacionales, entre ellos, el premio BAFTA, concedido por la Academia Británica.

En la actualidad, es uno de los contenidos infantiles de más éxito en Youtube, plataforma en la que ha superado los 16.000 millones de reproducciones y cuenta con 16 millones de suscriptores. Junto a ello, Pocoyó está presente en otras 40 plataformas de VOD, entre ellas Netflix, HBO o Amazon; es el protagonista de 50 apps, que han superado los 54 millones de descargas y bajo su licencia se han vendido millones de juguetes, libros, textil y un largo etcétera de productos.

By, Oct 22, 2019, Section:Business, Television, TV Production

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