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KidsCo acquires more Australian content

Snake TalesThe pay-TV network has licensed Snake Tales and Misery Guts from Beyond Distribution, to air locally and on their Asian/African channels.

“These series are great additions to our schedules in Australia, Asia and Africa,” said KidsCo CEO Paul Robinson.

Snake Tales first screened on the Nine Network in September 2009. It is a 13×60′ live action family comedy starring Peter Rowsthorn and Leah Vandenberg. It will start airing on KidsCo in April.

Misery Guts (13×60′) is based on a story by writer Morris Gleitzman.

The deal follows the agreement with Beach Crew Productions for The Beach Crew, another Australian production that will air on KidsCo Australia and Asia in June.

The channel was launched locally in November 2009, and at the time Robinson told Encore that they were not only looking at acquiring pre-existing content, but that co-productions were also an option they would explore this year.

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