{"id":646131,"date":"2026-10-14T12:26:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T12:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/646131\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T12:26:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T12:26:18","slug":"banijay-kids-family-sells-little-princess-to-sky-u-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/646131\/","title":{"rendered":"Banijay Kids & Family Sells ‘Little Princess’ to Sky U.K."},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cLittle Princess<\/a>,\u201d the British pre-school animation classic, is heading to Sky UK, in a deal struck with Banijay Kids & Family which sees the pay TV buying its complete catalog.<\/p>\n

\n\tFurther new distribution deals on \u201cLittle Princess,\u201d a four-time BAFTA nominee, have been struck with Nordisk Film<\/a>, RTV Slovenia and Italy\u2019s TIM.<\/p>\n

\n\tBased on the best-selling children\u2019s books by award-winning author and illustrator Tony Ross, \u201cLittle Princess\u201d launched on the U.K.\u2019s Channel 4 \u201cMilkshake\u201d children\u2019s TV block in 2006 and ran through four seasons of a total 135 episodes, the last ending in 2020.<\/p>\n

\n\tFirst time round, when on linear TV, \u201cLittle Princess\u201d was released in 140 territories. The deal announced by Banijay Kids & Family on Wednesday at Mipcom<\/a> o underscore that what the market is looking for is evergreen brands, not necessarily brand new linear TV shows.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cLittle Princess\u201d has, however, cultivated from 2008 to a fandom base on YouTube and other platforms, underscoring its resilient appeal.<\/p>\n

\n\tSky U.K. has acquired all series and specials. Nordisk Film has acquired Seasons 1-3 and the series\u2019 specials for SVOD across the Nordics; RTV Slovenia has Seasons 1-2, and Telecom Italia\u2019s TIM for its Italian streaming platform aggregator, TIMVision<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cLittle Princess\u201d is produced by The Illuminated Film Company, also behind Eric Carle\u2019s \u201cThe Very Hungry Caterpillar and Other Stories\u201d and the RTS Award winning \u201cThe Rubbish World of Dave Spud.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tSet in a comfy world of gentle blocked colors, an ever blue sky, lovely grass low hills stretching to the horizon, and a purple-bricked castle, \u201cLittle Princess\u201d turns on the antics of the bubbly, ever inquisitive and endearing titular character.<\/p>\n

\n\tSporting a permanent yellow crown teeth and craggy mild teeth who confronts every day problems \u2013 such as getting a scratch after a very minor accident on \u201cI Need a Plaster. Coddled by her parents and the cast service, she learns, however, that she might be a princess but won\u2019t always get her own way. Each episode, as Banijay Friends & Family notes, is told with a warm blend of humor and surprise.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAcross the industry, we\u2019re seeing continued demand for trusted, established IP that can cut through in an increasingly crowded landscape. With a new U.K. home on Sky and partners across Europe, \u2018Little Princess\u2019 demonstrates the enduring value of distinctive characters and storytelling that audiences know and love,\u201d said Julia Rowlands, SVP Sales, Co-Productions and Acquisitions, Banijay Kids & Family.Led by CEO Beno\u00eet Di Sabatino, Banijay Kids & Family brings together leading production companies \u2013 Monello Productions, Movimenti Production, Procidis, Tiger Aspect Kids & Family, Zodiak Kids & Family France, and Zodiak Productions UK \u2013 spanning France, Italy, and the U.K.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt is behind preeminent kids\u2019 brands including \u201cTotally Spies!,\u201d \u201cMr Bean,\u201d \u201cOnce Upon a Time\u2026, LoliRock,\u201d \u201cSuper Happy Magic Forest,\u201d \u201cStreet Football\u201d and \u201cMiniHeroes of the Forest.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cLittle Princess,\u201d the British pre-school animation classic, is heading to Sky UK, in a deal struck with Banijay…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[231668,146,85,46,290667,28178,290668,290669,290670],"class_list":["post-646131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-banijay-kids-family","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-little-princess","tag-mipcom","tag-nordisk-film","tag-sky-uk-broadcasting","tag-timvision"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}