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DeAPlaneta Entertainment is pleased to announce that on May 1st, on the occasion of Labor Day, 8 special episodes of Milo will be available on Italian on-demand TV platform TimVision. The eight episodes will be translated into Italian Sign Language (LIS) for deaf and cognitively impaired children, and with an audio-description version for blind and visually impaired children.

These episodes will reach an increasingly broad and diverse audience by conveying the defining values of Milo: optimism, empathy, and a commitment to diversity and inclusiveness, while introducing preschoolers to a variety of professions in a positive, fun way whose underlying message is that all jobs are AMAZING.

The first 25 episodes of the 1st season of Milo (consisting of 52 episodes of 11 minutes each) are already available on TimVision. Milo, which is already broadcasted on more than 170 countries and has been dubbed into more than 20 languages, follows the adventures of Milo and his good friends Lofty and Lark, who use role play to explore the wonderful world of vocations – from doctors and mechanics, to hairdressers, chefs and postal workers, introducing preschoolers to a variety of professions in a positive, fun way. The quality of the animation and relevance of its message helped Milo win the prize for Best Children’s series at the prestigious British Animation Awards in 2022, and Bronze at the New York Festivals TV & Film Awards that same year. This year, Milo was one of the finalists in the Best International Animated Series category at 2024 British Animation Awards.

DeAPlaneta Entertainment launched recently the official App of Milo, which is currently available worldwide in five languages: Spanish, Italian, English, French and Portuguese. Season two of this successful award-winning pre-school animated show premiered recently in the UK and will be released worldwide in Fall 2024. Milo is produced by Fourth Wall and DeAPlaneta Entertainment, an industry-leading European entertainment company. The production was backed by the UK government-funded Young Audiences Content Fund, managed by the BFI, which fosters the development of distinctive, high-quality content for young audiences.

DeAPlaneta Entertainment and Fourth Wall’s award-winning hit animated preschool coproduction MILO launched on Chinese screens on Monday, January 30 via Mango TV

This latest release consolidates the international strategy rolled out for the show, which is already broadcast on four continents, airing in Spain (Clan TV), UK(Milkshake/Channel 5), Portugal (RTP), Poland (MiniMini+ and Pulse TV), Italy (RAI YOYO, DeAJunior and TIM Vision), Australia (ABC Kids), Hungary(MTVA), Switzerland (RSI), Netherlands (Kidzone), former Yugoslavia (Talent Show), Middle East (JimJam and Majid), Russia (Ivi), Latin America(via Cartoonito and HBO Max), Finland (YLE), Sweden (SVT), and Czech Republic (Česká televise). MILO is also coming soon to New Zealand (TVNZ), Portugal (Canal Panda) and Israel (Noga).

MILO is continuing its global expansion with multiple licensing deals, covering several categories (fashion, publishing, educational games and toys, food, etc.) and territories (Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, UK, Ireland, Andorra, Norway, Sweden and Denmark, as well as Latin America and Spanish-speaking areas in the US) Furthermore, this year renowned brand Bandai will roll out the first ever MILO toy range, including soft toys, figurines and playsets, vehicles and electronic educational devices, among others. 

Since its launch in the UK on Channel 5’s kids’ channel Milkshake!, MILO has enjoyed high ratings and reached more than 6 million views on the official YouTube channel in English. MILO has also launched YouTube channels in another five languages (Spanish, LATAM Spanish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese and Polish), which have accumulated 9.5 million views and 4.1 million individual viewers.

MILO’s community is growing constantly on social media: MILO has over 65K followers on Zigazoo, the biggest social network for kids, and recently created pages on Instagram and Facebook in English, Spanish and Italian, as well as a profile on LinkedIn. 
MILO (whose first season consists of 52 x 11 minute episodes), is an animated series for preschool audiences with a bright, colourful look that brings a very contemporary graphic style to young children. Accompanied by his good friends Lofty and Lark, MILO uses role play to explore the wonderful world of vocations – from doctors and mechanics, to hairdressers, chefs and postal workers, introducing pre-schoolers to a variety of professions in a positive, fun way.

The series’ underlying message is that all jobs are incredible. The quality of the animation and relevance of its message helped MILO win the 2022 Best Children’s series at the prestigious British Animation Awards, and Bronze at the New York Festivals TV & Film Awards. 

MILO is a preschool television series produced by Fourth Wall and DeAPlaneta Entertainment, a leading European entertainment company. The production was supported by the British Government’s Youth Content Fund, which is managed by the BFI and supports the creation of distinctive and quality content for young audiences. The fund aims to provide content that informs our understanding of the world, stimulate knowledge and learning, while representing diversity and alternative points of view. DeAPlaneta Entertainment owns and manages worldwide consumer products rights for the series. 

In just over a year, DeAPlaneta Entertainment has signed various deals taking the MILO franchise all around the world

The successful, award-winning preschool animation series produced by Fourth Wall in association with DeAPlaneta Entertainment has grown to include eleven licensing programmes, carving out a path on three continents and being broadcast all over the world.

The licensing programmes include a wide range of fashion-related products, including costumes and accessories by Spanish brand MOM, and a British collection of underwear and urban clothing created by Fashion UK. Character World will design a range of home textiles for the UK and Ireland.

Three publishing deals have now been signed and more are pending. Editorial Planeta Junior and Penguin Random House Portugal will publish a collection of MILO books in Spain and Portugal. Editorial Planeta Mexicana will publish a wide range of reading books, colouring books and audiobooks for sale in Latin America and Spanish speakers in the US.

The alliance between MILO and Tonies GmbH will see the creation of Tonies figures  of the main character with built-in musical or audio content that can be played on a Toniebox. MILO Tonies figures will be marketed in the UK and France, as well as in a number of French-speaking European countries. In Spring 2023, CYP Brands will launch a line of accessories allowing children in Spain, Portugal and Andorra to take their new favourite character to school.

Some of the most recent deals expanding this franchise include one with Educa Borrás, launching a range of educational games such as 2D puzzles in the second quarter of 2023, and with Ravensburger Verlag GbmH who will design MILO jigsaws, boardgames and crafts for pan- European distribution (in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Greenland, etc).

The prestigious toy brand Bandai will launch the first toy line of MILO, which will include playsets & figurines, role play, vehicles, electronic educational games and plush toys in spring 2023. The agreement with Bandai as a master toy will reach territories including the UK, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, France, Germany and Italy.

Finally, DeAPlaneta has secured the global expansion of this IP through an alliance with WP Brands, Lotus Global Marketing LATAM and Lotus Brazil, the international agents responsible for respectively managing and strengthening the brand in: Australia, LATAM and Brazil.

MILO has secured significant audience ratings since its UK launch on Milkshake! by Channel 5. It’s also available for online viewing on My5, the VoD platform by the same channel. Since the programme launched in May 2021 in the UK, MILO has reached one million children aged between 4 and 15, achieving an average audience of 53,000 children and 17% share.* MILO has also achieved over 4 million views on its official English YouTube channel, and YouTube channels are also available: Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Polish. Together, these channels have accumulated over 9 million views and 3.7 million unique users.

*Source: BARB, Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board, February 2022

The series is currently broadcast in Spain (Clan TV), Portugal (RTP), Poland (MiniMini+ and Pulse TV), Italy (RAI YOYO, DeAJunior and TIM Vision), Australia (ABC Kids), Hungary (MTVA), Switzerland (RSI), the Baltic Countries (Kidzone), Former Yugoslavia (Talent Show), the Middle East (JimJam and Majid), Russia (Ivi), Latin America (Cartoonito and HBO Max), Finland (YLE), Sweden (SVT) and the Czech Republic (Česká televise). It will also be released in New Zealand (TVNZ), Portugal (Canal Panda) and China (Mango TV).

MILO (whose first season consists of 52 x 11 minute episodes), is an animated series for preschool audiences with a bright, colourful look that brings a very contemporary graphic style to young children. Accompanied by his good friends Lofty and Lark, MILO uses role play to explore the wonderful world of vocations – from doctors and mechanics, to hairdressers, chefs and postal workers, introducing pre-schoolers to a variety of professions in a positive, fun way. The series’ underlying message is that all jobs are INCREDIBLE. The quality of the animation and relevance of its message helped MILO win the 2022 Best Children’s series at the prestigious British Animation Awards, and Bronze at the New York Festivals TV & Film Awards.

MILO is a preschool television series produced by Fourth Wall in association with DeAPlaneta Entertainment, a leading European entertainment company. The production was supported by the British Government’s Youth Content Fund, which is managed by the BFI and supports the creation of distinctive and quality content for young audiences. The fund aims to provide content that informs our understanding of the world, stimulate knowledge and learning, while representing diversity and alternative points of view. DeAPlaneta Entertainment owns and manages worldwide consumer products rights for the series.

Milo, the award-winning series produced by Fourth Wall in association with DeAPlaneta Entertainment, will premiere on Rai YOYO, the TV channel for 4-7 year olds belonging to Italian pubcaster RAI, on 26 October

Lucia Vismara, Head of Media Sales Italy, CEE and Eastern Countries at DeAPlaneta Entertainment notes: “After all MILO’s major international successes around the world, we are delighted to announce the series launch on an Italian public channel with such a loyal audience as RAI YOYO. This new deal confirms Milo’s global expansion is unstoppable!”

Annalisa Liberi, Head of Acquisitions at Rai KIDS, adds: “We are happy to welcome MILO to Rai Yoyo: this brilliant series allows our children to explore the world of vocations, and learn that every job is incredible.”

Series hero Milo is an adventurous five-year-old cat, who, together with his best friends Lofty and Lark, uses role play to explore the wonderful world of vocations: from doctors and mechanics, to hairdressers, chefs and postal workers, introducing pre-schoolers to a variety of professions in a positive, fun and inclusive way. The series’ underlying message is that all jobs are AMAZING and children can be anything they want to be when they grow up.

Since its UK launch on Milkshake! Milo has achieved big ratings and won major industry awards including the 2022 British Animation Awards (held in March) and the Bronze 2022 NEWYORKFESTIVALS© TV & Film Award.

The series is now broadcast in the UK (Milkshake!)  Spain (Clan TV), Poland (MiniMini+ & Pulse TV), Italy (DeAJunior), Australia (ABC Kids), Hungary (MTVA), Latin America (HBO MAX) and Finland (YLE) and has recently launched in China (Mango TV),   the Czech Republic (Česká televise), Sweden (SVT), the Baltic Countries and MENA (Middle East North Africa). It’s also coming soon to Portugal (RTP).

Thanks to multiple deals since 2020, when the property was launched, DeAPlaneta Entertainment has positioned MILO as one of the most prolific series in the pre-school licensing sector. These agreements cover a wide range of products, including: toys, educational games, editorial publications, school accessories, clothes, etc.

Milo was produced by Fourth Wall in association with DeAPlaneta Entertainment. The production was supported by the British Government’s Young Audiences Content Fund, which is managed by the BFI and is designed to support the creation of distinctive, quality content for young audiences. The fund aims to provide content that informs our understanding of the world, stimulates knowledge and learning, while representing diversity and alternative points of view.

Milo, the preschool TV series produced by Fourth Wall in association with DeAPlaneta Entertainment has won the 2022 Best Children’s series at the British Animation Awards

The British Animation Awards take place every two years on a night where the animation community comes together to celebrate all that is great about animation in the UK.

Since launching in the UK on Channel 5’s Milkshake! Milo has enjoyed high ratings and is also available on the broadcaster´s on-demand platform My5. Ahead of well-known series, since the launch in May 2021, Milo reached 1m kids between 4-15 and 3.3 million individual 4+ in the UK. Overall, Milo achieved an average audience of 53k Kids and a 17% share*.

Milo, which already has more than 4 million views on its official YouTube channel, will soon be expanding on to new YT channels in other countries.

The series is also broadcast in Poland (MiniMini+), Italy (DeAJunior), Australia (ABC Kids), Hungary (MTVA). The show continues to expand across the globe and will launch in and China (Senyu) shortly. Next spring, Milo will also land in Latin America (Cartoonito & HBO Max), Finland (YLE), Spain (Clan), Poland (Pulse TV) and the Czech Republic (Česká televise). The series will also receive its free TV launch in Italy (Rai Yoyo) and Sweden (SVT) this summer.

In late March and early April, Milo will be featured alongside other properties at the Bologna Licensing Trade Fair (21-24 March 2022, Bologna), Miptv (4-6 April 2022, Cannes) and Cobrandz (7-8 April 2022, Paris). 

Milo (52×11’ episodes) is bright, colourful and brings a contemporary graphic style to the small screen. Together with his best friends Lofty and Lark, Milo uses role-play to explore the wonderful world of vocations – from Doctors and Mechanics, to Hairdressers, Chefs and Postal Workers – introducing pre-schoolers to a variety of professions in a positive and entertaining way. The series’ underlying message is that every job is amazing. 

Milo was produced by Fourth Wall in association with DeAPlaneta Entertainment, a leading European entertainment company. Production was supported by the UK-Government funded Young Audiences Content Fund, which is managed by the BFI and supports the creation of distinctive, quality content for young audiences. The fund is intended to provide content that informs our understanding of the world, stimulates knowledge and learning, while representing diversity and alternative viewpoints.

DeAPlaneta Entertainment holds and manages worldwide consumer product rights to the series and is working with Lisle Licensing in the UK to build a strong brand presence and licensing programme.

*Source: BARB, Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board, February 2022