YO GABBA GABBA! ARRIVES ON T4
08 April 2009
RDF Kids & Family, part of the RDF Media Group, is delighted to announce that Channel 4 has acquired the hit kid’s show Yo Gabba Gabba!. The BAFTA winning live-action series will feature as part of the channel’s T4 strand and its first 20 x 30’ series will air later this spring. Yo Gabba Gabba!, created by Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz, is executive produced by Jon Berrett and Charles Rivkin and is produced by The Magic Store and W!LDBRAIN.
Henrietta Hurford-Jones, Director of International RDF Kids & Family said:
‘We are delighted Yo Gabba Gabba! will be making its UK premier for Terrestrial TV with T4. T4 is perfect positioning for this, the hippest kids series, and we look forward to T4 audiences joining the existing worldwide following for the show. ’
Neil McCallum, Head of T4 & Music, said: ‘We’re constantly looking to refresh the T4 schedule with new and exciting programming, that will surprise and entertain our audience. Yo Gabba Gabba! looks set to do exactly that, as we look to build on its cult status and make it must see T4 viewing’.
In addition to Channel 4 & Nick Jr. (where it premiered in the UK) RDF Kids & Family has sold Yo Gabba Gabba! to more than ten major international territories. Deals include sales to major broadcasters such as ABC Australia, Nick Australia, Treehouse TV in Canada, Disney Channel Latin America, Nickelodeon Asia, Hop! TV in Israel, Jetix Netherlands and SABC in South Africa.
RDF Kids also represents all UK & international licensing & merchandising rights to the property.