PGS Entertainment

PGS Entertainment
Industry Children's Entertainment
Founded 2008
Founder

Philippe Soutter

Guillaume Soutter
Headquarters Paris
Website www.pgsentertainment.com

PGS Entertainment is a privately owned investment family group dedicated to brand management of independent producers' children's television programming.

Formed in 2008 by brothers Philippe and Guillaume Soutter, PGS’s slate includes adaptations with Method Animation such as Antoine de Saint Exupéry’s The Little Prince which has the biggest budget for a TV series in Europe;[1] the reboot of Iron Man from Marvel[2] and Super 4 from Morgen Studios,[3] the first TV series featuring the Playmobil® characters.

PGS also distributes the series Jungle Bunch, for TAT productions, which includes TV specials, series, movies, and global licensing. The series was successful at the Emmy Awards.[4][5]

Later, PGS teamed up with Zag and Bandai on Miraculous Ladybug,[6] Zak Storm[7] and Ghost Force.[8]

With Bagdasarian Productions and Technicolor Animation, the company is participating in the new ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks’ TV series, produced and owned by Bagdasarian Productions and created by Janice Karman.[9]

PGS' broadcast and media partners include Nickelodeon,[10] Disney,[11] and Cartoon Network,[12] and free-to-air broadcasters such as Super RTL,[13] RAI,[14] ABC,[15] and Neox.[16]

PGS won Best Distributor of the Year in 2011 for The Little Prince,[17] in 2013 for The Jungle Bunch,[18] and in 2015 for Alvinnn !!! & the Chipmunks.[19]

In the past few years, PGS has opened offices in Asia and Los Angeles.

Productions

References

  1. ↑ "PGS Gets Royal Treatment for Method's 'Little Prince'". Animation Magazine. 2015-02-03. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  2. ↑ "PGS Announces Global Sales For 'Iron Man: Armored Adventures'". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  3. ↑ "PGS Secures Multiple Sales for 'Super 4'". Animation Magazine. 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  4. ↑ "Les As de la jungle sacrés à New York par un Emmy Awards - France 3 Midi-Pyrénées". France 3 Midi-Pyrénées. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  5. ↑ "PGS Announces Sales of 'The Jungle Bunch to the Rescue!'". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  6. ↑ "PGS Secures Deals For 'LadyBug'". Animation Magazine. 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  7. ↑ "Bandai America grabs Zak Storm master toy license". Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  8. ↑ "PGS, Zagtoon join forces". C21media. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  9. ↑ "'Alvin and the Chipmunks': PGS Entertainment Takes Global Rights to New TV Series". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  10. ↑ "Nickelodeon Picks Up PGS Series 'Alvinnn!!! and The Chipmunks'". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  11. ↑ "PGS Secures Deals For 'LadyBug'". Animation Magazine. 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  12. ↑ "Playmobil Series 'Super 4' Headed to Cartoon Network". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  13. ↑ "PGS Entertainment Signs New Streaming Deal in Latin America". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  14. ↑ "PGS Entertainment Signs New Streaming Deal in Latin America". Animation World Network. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  15. ↑ "PGS Secures Further 'Iron Man' Sales". Animation Magazine. 2015-03-31. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  16. ↑ "PGS Entertainment Secures Raft of Global Sales For Animated TV Series Super 4 - The Licensing Book Online". licensingbook.com. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  17. ↑ "The Little Prince Wins Top French Export Award". Animation Magazine. 2011-12-06. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  18. ↑ dotAgency. "A ‘Jungle Bunch’ of globetrotters | LTW Magazine". www.ltwmag.com. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  19. ↑ "TVFI awards Zodiak, PGS and France Télévisions - TBI Vision". TBI Vision. 2013-12-12. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
  20. ↑ 'Alvin and the Chipmunks': PGS Entertainment Takes Global Rights to New TV Series by Elizabeth Guider of The Hollywood Reporter on 5 October 2014

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