Viewpoints: acquisitions strategies

Jolanta Adamowicz
MiniMini, ZigZap/Hyper channels director
CANAL+ Cyfrowy sp. z o.o.
Poland
What are your acquisition strategies?
We are acquiring high-quality kids programs for pre-school children & teens and anime for teens & young adults. We follow what happens on the market to catch novelties but we are looking also for classic, recognized properties.

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What products are you looking for?
For the MiniMini С hannel, we are looking for high quality animated series for pre-school children, with educational values, free of violence, with positive characters and values. For the ZigZap Channel, we need animated & live-action series and feature films for children from 8 to 14; highly entertaining, comedies and action - adventure; willingly interactive with possibility to be translated to online & mobile platforms. For Hyper Channel we are looking for high quality anime for teenagers & young adults. We buy productions from Europe, USA, Canada, Asia, Australia, and Japan.
What were your key acquisition deals in 2007?
Clifford's "Puppy Days", "Thomas & Friends", Sesame Workshop specials, "Mama" Mirabelle's Home Movie, "Pic Me", "Instant Star III", "Flight 29 Down", "Code Lyoko 3&4", "Full Metal Alchemist".
What are your plans for MIPTV?
Meeting our main partners, trying to find new distribution companies.
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