Jetpack Distribution Hires DHX Media’s Sophie Prigent For Sales Role
Kids distributor Jetpack Distribution has hired DHX Media's Sophie "Kido" Prigent to serve in the newly created role of Sales Director. She will be based in Paris and reports directly to Jetpack Distribution CEO Dominic Gardiner. Sophie, who takes up post immediately, will be responsible for securing sales for the company's slate of programming across all French speaking territories, Central Eastern Europe, Greece, Middle East, Africa, Latin America and USH. 
Jetpack Distribution is addition two of CHF Media Group's pre-school series. The kids distributor has secured the international distribution rights to Pip Ahoy! and Daisy & Ollie. 
Jetpack Distribution is making a move into live-action. The kids distributor has secured the exclusive worldwide international distribution rights to all three seasons of New Zealand based teen sci-fi drama The Cul de Sac. They will launch the series to international buyers at MIPCOM. 
Jetpack Distribution is adding to their slate. The global kids content distributor has acquired international distribution rights to three CBeebies original series: My Petsaurus, Our Family and Time for School. Jetpack has picked up rights to two seasons of My Petsaurus, consisting of a total of twenty episodes; two seasons of Time For School, consisting of forty episodes; four seasons of Our Family, consisting of eighty episodes and twenty-five shorts. 
Justin Time Go! is heading to Germany and Italy. The series, which is in fact the third season of Justin Time, has been sold to Super RTL in Germany and Turner's Cartoonito channel in Italy. The new season comprises twenty-two eleven minute episodes and two twenty-two minute mini-movies. 
Jetpack Distribution has secured international distribution rights to Dennis & Gnasher Unleased, the latest series featuring Dennis The Menace.