Sonic animated series booms in new territories

France’s LE Rights has shopped the new Sonic the Hedgehog animated series to a raft of international broadcasters.

Sonic Boom, which is produced by by Sega and Ouido! Productions, has been picked up by broadcasters including RTVE in Spain, RTBF in Belgium, SIC in Portugal and Noga in Israel.

In the US the 52x11mins series goes out on Cartoon Network and the Turner channel has now also acquired it for a host of international territories including the UK, Lat-Am, Australasia and the Middle East.

LE Rights, the sales arm of French broadcast and media group Lagadère, said that an Italian deal is also in the offing.