Cartoon One Srl, founded in 2005, is one of the most active european companies in the animation television series productions for children (preschool age) and children (6-12 years). The company has produced some series in coproduction with the major national broadcasters - such as RAI - and international companies - such as, BKN Spain, HAHN FILM Germany, EPIDEM ZOT Finland. The television series produced by Cartoon One are broadcasted through the most important TV channels in Europe, including RAI 2 Italy, Disney Channel France, RTP Portugal, RTL2 and KIKA in Germany, Canal Plus France, MTV OY Finland, Norway, NRK, ORF in Austria, Duna TV, Hungary etc.. Cartoon One has more than 3,600 minutes of animation products
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Since its foundation in 2005, Cartoon One has distinguished itself for its ability to combine professional experience in complementary areas, such as production and marketing in order to achieve a gradual and progressive growth. The company has immediately highlighted on the international market by signing important coproduction agreements. The core business which has always differentiated Cartoon One by other companies, mainly Italian, is the research and the production of projects of the highest artistic quality.
Just three years after its establishment, Cartoon One receives the award for "Studio of the Year 2008" at the Cartoons on the Bay, the international animation festival organized by RAI. In 2008 Cartoon One receives the nomination as "BEST PRODUCER AND DISTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR" at Cartoon Forum, the most important event in European animation. In 2008 the animated series "School of Vampires" was nominated in the category "Best Cartoon for Childrens" at the Cartoons On The Bay. In August 2009 Cartoon One signed an acquisition contract for the TV series "Teen Days" with Disney Channel France. It's the first time Disney Channel France buys a project entirely designed in Italy. France is the first Disney Channel in Europe, second in the world after the U.S. In 2011, "Teen Days" was nominated for "Best animated TV Series" in the category Teens /Tweens at the KIDSCREEN Awards.
The corporate strategy is aimed at risk reduction and overall business development of its market position, including:
Coproduction agreement with other production companies
With european producers: risk-sharing and synergy in the creative and production process
With non-European producers: optimization of production costs
Contracts with "guaranteed minimum"; with national and international distributors for a worldwide recoupment of the investments
Co-production with pre-acquisition rights Free TV
Minimizing the cost of financing and production by meeting the quality criteria
Finding the right balance between ROI and minimal risk
Marketing policy from production, to encourage a return on investment
Narrative contents and creative exploited in different markets (cinema, TV, Internet, Merchandising ..)
Maximizing the exploitation of the primary and secondary rights
Changing the hierarchy of the media / synergies between traditional media and new media
Use of expertise and international relations in order to exploit new media
Creation of animation products for international market with strong commercial potential
Consolidation of Cartoon One position
in Italy and on the international market
Contribution to the growth of the Italian audiovisual
Development of the distribution process on the Italian and foreign products of its own and third parties (national and international producers)
Application of new technologies for the production of animated products
Teen Days Music Comedy Series 26 x 23’ eps
2D animation for teenagers aged 8-12
A group of high school kids who attend the Musix School, a high school for Music and the Performing Arts, form a band to participate in the International Competition for music schools – Music One. In order to get to the finals, they have to learn how to get along with each other, how to deal with the demands of school- and with their
competitors.The six members of the Teen Days experience all the highs and lows of life as a teenager – love, disappointment, friendship and rivalry. Along the way, they have a lot of fun – and make a lot of music. In TEEN DAYS, the music is as much of a star as the six members of the band.Original pop & rock songs feature prominently in each episode - in the band’s lively rehearsals, in music videos, and in concert performances. The kids live for their music – and the music drives the show.
Stone age music comedy Series 52X13’ episodes
2D animation for teenagers aged 6-9
Welcome to ROCKVILLE – your average town where people live in stone houses, now their laws every Saturday and keep their gardens fresh and well tended…a happy and healthy suburban lifestyle. But there is something a little bit different about Rockville – you see, this town exists in the STONE AGE !
RED CAPS Action Adventure Series 26 x 26’ episodes
2D animation for teenagers aged 6-9
The Series features the RED CAPS, Santa’s team of dynamic
helpers, who are endowed with special powers.
The RED CAPS help children all over the world to stand up for their rights and take responsibility for our planet and the
environment.
Each episode features the RED CAPS’ action-packed adventures in different parts of the world as they race against time - and Santa’s evil twin brother Basil - to find the 26 fragments of the Magic Crystal. A cross-media project offering a wide range of
multimedia opportunities, including publishing and
merchandising rights.
RED CAPS is supported by UNICEF.
School for VampiresSchool For Vampires Action Comedy Series Oskar is a friendly, clever little vampire with an incurable blood phobia. He is torn between his Uncle’s high hopes of making him the greatest vampire in history, the secret friendship with a young mortal girl called Sunshine, and his own ability to throw himself headlong into trouble. Together with a gang of quite peculiar schoolmates, he attends a vampire school in an abandoned castle, where most of our adventures take place. Located in an old castle, abandoned by humans, the Von Horrificus school is a beautiful – well, kind of – boarding school for little vampires. The undead students come from all over the world to be trained as the “crème de la crème” of vampiredom, the top guns of bat transformation, the elite of the sharpened fang…. |
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