Singapore and Mumbai-based Cosmos-Maya, Asia’s leading animation studio and the largest producer of original Indian animation content, is set to exclusively produce and distribute Kukuli, a children’s series from Turkey’s Fauna.
Under the terms of the deal, Cosmos-Maya holds the Hindi-language rights to Kukuli and is also entitled to produce and distribute local versions of the show on YouTube.
To date, the animated program has more than 1.7 million fans on Facebook and more than 800 million views on YouTube. The show also airs on Turkey’s National kids’ broadcaster TRT Çocuk.
Kukuli follows the adventures of a monkey who likes to Sing, Dance and Play the ukulele. Earlier, Studio 100 and m4e has picked the rights of the show for English-speaking countries. Its licensing and merchandising program already includes more than 200 licensed products sold in Turkish and European markets.