Fantawild Launches its hit series Boonie Bears on Korea’s Top 3 IPTV

Fantawild has sealed a deal with Media to Media in South Korea to bring two seasons of the popular Boonie Bears series to the Korean audience. The distributor has acquired IPTV&VOD rights for two seasons of Boonie Bears: Four Seasons, Sunsational Summer and Snow Daze, a total of 104 episodes.

Four seasons is part of the Boonie Bears franchise, which boasts more than 700 episodes, and five hit movies that yield more than $310 M in China. The series, previously sold to Netflix, has the distinction of being the highest-grossing series in the history of Chinese broadcast television.

The shows will be available on SK Broadband’s SKBTV in May, one of South Korea’s top 3 IPTV players, and “oksusu,” its OTT streaming platform.

This is the first time Fantawild’s signature brand Boonie Bears enter the Korean TV market. “Both Fantawild and Media to Media are super excited about this,” exclaimed Daniel Bort, Head of International Office of Fantawild Animation. “Things moved really fast. We first met with them at ATF, and they loved our shows at first sight. It’s strange that it hadn’t happened earlier, but sometimes you just need to hit the right note at the right time.”

The brand is previously known in Korea through its five films released theatrically in the territory. Fantawild also stroke a distribution deal for its film Fantastica with local distributor Activers, who plans to release it in theaters in 2019.

Fantawild Animation is a leading entertainment company in China, known for its animation brand Boonie Bears. Every year, the company creates 52 to 104 episodes and a film for the franchise. Though the company keeps a relatively low profile, it has left solid footprints globally. The Boonie Bears brand alone has been distributed to over 80 countries and is available on Disney, Netflix, and Sony.

“We have big plans lined up for 2019, and this is a wonderful start,” commented Buble Tang, Fantawild’s Deputy Director of International Distribution. “We keep producing new content and having in-depth conversations with distributors globally. It is gonna be a really fruitful year.”

The sixth installment of the franchise, Blast into the past, is slated to open in the upcoming Chinese New Year on approximately 7,000 screens around China. It is anticipated to break the record set by the latest film The Big Shrink which totaled more than $97 M in domestic box office. You may find the latest version of the trailer for Blast into the Past here: https://vimeo.com/310243801