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Thunderbird Distribution Reaches New Audiences With More Sales for

Thunderbird Distribution Reaches New Audiences With More Sales for

Business Wire21-05-2025
VANCOUVER, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc. (TSXV: TBRD, OTCQX: THBRF) ('Thunderbird' or the 'Company'), a global award-winning, full-service production, distribution and rights management company, is pleased to announce that Thunderbird Distribution has secured new distribution deals for innovative children's series BooSnoo!, a Sky Kids Original produced by Visionality Media and Mackinnon & Saunders, as well as the adorable live-action preschool series Mittens & Pants, from Windy Isle Entertainment, and the original animated series Mermicorno: Starfall, produced by Atomic Cartoons in partnership with tokidoki. In addition, the Company revealed several catalogue-title sales across scripted and unscripted genres.
BooSnoo (41 x 7') is an innovative multi-media series originally produced for neurodiverse children that helps all children unwind throughout the day. Season 1 has been picked up by HITN-owned EDYE. The series will be dubbed into Spanish for broadcast through their channel in the US and Latin America. There are also plans to dub the series into Brazilian Portuguese for eventual broadcast in Brazil. Additional international broadcasters picking up BooSnoo! include LRT Lithuania (Seasons 1 and 2), PTS Taiwan (Seasons 1 and 2), Estonia ERR (Season 1), and SVT Sweden (Season 2). CBC Kids and Sky Kids-commissioned Mittens & Pants (81 x 7') follows best friends Mittens the kitten and Pants the puppy on their adventures through Kibble Corners. The series expands its reach with Season 1 being picked up by Xumo USA, as well as HITN-owned EDYE for the US and Latin America. Mermicorno: Starfall, the epic animated comedy-adventure series based on the beloved characters from the tokidoki brand, explores new territory with ejunior in the Middle East licensing the Thunderbird-owned IP series for the region. Plans are underway to begin broadcast in June 2025.
Along with new distribution deals for BooSnoo!, Mittens & Pants, and Mermicorno: Starfall, Thunderbird sold a range of catalogue titles to meet demand from media platforms worldwide. The original drama series Endgame will now be available on Tubi USA and Amazon US, and will also head to Roku in the US and Canada in early June 2025. Pluto Canada has picked up eight by 90-minute installments of the documentary series I Am…, including I Am Chris Farley, I Am Heath Ledger, I Am JFK Jr., I Am MLK Jr., I Am Patrick Swayze, I Am Paul Walker, I Am Richard Pryor, and I Am Sam Kinison. These same documentaries were also picked up by Xumo Canada, along with the crime drama Intelligence, American fantasy horror film Dark Harvest, sci-fi and fantasy film Entanglement, award-winning animated features Long Way North, and the sci-fi dystopian film High-Rise, which stars Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, and Elisabeth Moss.
'With additional sales for innovative series like BooSnoo! and Mittens and Pants, and Thunderbird-owned IP Mermicorno: Starfall, along with continued interest in Thunderbird's comprehensive library, we know that our partners trust Thunderbird to deliver premium quality content to audiences around the world,' said Richard Goldsmith, President of Global Distribution and Consumer Products. 'As we continue to grow our Company, we do so with a focus on diversification – not only does this strengthen our business through varied revenue sources, but it also ensures that we offer something for every type of audience.'
For information on Thunderbird and to subscribe to the Company's investor list for news updates, go to www.thunderbird.tv.
ABOUT THUNDERBIRD ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC.
Thunderbird Entertainment Group Inc. is a global award-winning, full-service multiplatform production, distribution and rights management company, headquartered in Vancouver, with additional offices in Los Angeles and Ottawa. Thunderbird creates award-winning scripted, unscripted, and animated programming for the world's leading digital platforms, as well as Canadian and international broadcasters. The Company develops, produces, and distributes animated, factual, and scripted content through its various content arms, including Thunderbird Kids and Family (Atomic Cartoons), Thunderbird Unscripted (Great Pacific Media) and Thunderbird Scripted. Productions under the Thunderbird umbrella include Mermicorno: Starfall, Super Team Canada, Molly of Denali, Highway Thru Hell, Kim's Convenience, Boot Camp and Sidelined: The QB and Me. Thunderbird Distribution and Thunderbird Brands manage global media and consumer products rights, respectively, for the Company and select third parties. Thunderbird is on Facebook, X, and Instagram at @tbirdent. For more information, visit: www.thunderbird.tv.
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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information
This news release includes statements containing 'forward-looking information' for purposes of applicable securities laws ('forward-looking statements'). Forward-looking statements are indicated by the use of words such as 'anticipate', 'continue', 'estimate', 'expect', 'forecast', 'may', 'will', 'plan', 'project', 'should', 'believe', 'intend', or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements in this document include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to plans to continue building out Thunderbird Distribution's operations with third-party titles and original series, anticipated launch dates of Mermicorno: Starfall, BooSnoo, Mittens & Pants, and other catalogue titles, and the performance, results and outcomes related to these titles, strengthening Thunderbird's business through varied revenue sources, and a continued focus on content diversification.
Forward-looking statements are necessarily based on a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results and future events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to: general business, economic and social uncertainties; legislative, environmental and other judicial, regulatory, political and competitive developments; product capability and acceptance; and other factors set out in the 'Risks and Uncertainty' section of the Company's management discussion and analysis for the period ended March 31, 2024. and technology changes. The foregoing is not an exhaustive list. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to Thunderbird or that management believes to be less significant may also adversely affect the Company and the assumptions and estimates relied upon in connection with making the forward-looking statements contemplated herein.
The forward-looking statements or information contained in this news release represent the Company's views as of the date hereof and as such information should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this news release. The Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless so required by applicable securities laws.
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