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Be-be-bears

Опубликовано: 08.11.2018 в 16:50

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The cartoon «Be-be-bears» tells about the adventures of tireless funny animals: a brown bear named Bucky, polar bear named Bjorn and their friend named Littlefox. Bucky loves gadgets and equipment, Bjorn likes nature and Littlefox is the best housekeeper. With the help of this series, viewers can understand that one can live in harmony with nature and at the same time be developed, enthusiastic person of studious habits. Also it helps to understand that friendship overcomes any obstacles.

ANTON SMETANKIN: WE WANT TO TELL AMAZING STORIES

Anton Smetankin, CEO of Parovoz studio, spoke on specifics of Russian animation market, criteria for preparing of children’s content, and state support for studios in Russia on Culture Radio.

THE AGE OF AUDIENCE

The audience under 3 years old is as undemanding to the quality of content as possible, of course, we mean children. Parents are the main censors on a child’s way to the cartoons. Parovoz studio always searched for something catchy for a child in a cartoon, the reason he would want to see the cartoon again and again. We believe a gentle voiceover, almost mother’s intonations, likeable characters, bright picture and stories without violence and quick action are the key criteria.

As for 10 to 14 years old viewers, we have to talk about love and sometimes show some violence. I guess, we are not yet ready for it and still learning to tell stories to this audience. However, these viewers watch our Heroes of Envell and Fantasy Patrol animated series.

RUSSIAN ANIMATION MARKET

Unfortunately, there is still lack of content on Russian animation market today. Existing major players such as Soyuzmultfilm, Animaccord, Aeroplane, Melnitsa, Petersburg, and certainly our studio can’t provide enough content, because they have to compete not even with each other but with foreign content which comes to Russia with sponsor support and large budgets for broadcasting. Moreover, work experience is not transferred from studio to studio: the key players develop their own expertise without sharing it. That’s why each studio in a way has to reinvent the wheel.

The lack of content is acutely felt on industry events: the same cartoons are nominated for competitions from year to year. As for us, we strive to go beyond Russian festivals and nominate our works for international competitions. For instance, our animated series Fantasy Patrol and Paper Tales have become participants of Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France in 2016-2017.

There are a lot of professionals in the market, however each studio prefers preparing its own specialists «customising» them to its own needs. At they same time, animation and game industries fight for technicians who are few in number in the market. Our studio is only 4 years old but we have gathered more than 300 professionals by the moment. We also try to provide freedom for our creators to enable them to make author animation which is quite interesting for audience.

INTERNATIONAL MARKET

«Ми-ми-мишки» и «Лео и Тиг» захватывают мир • Netflix

Today, animated shows of the studio are watched on all continents where broadcast exists. In the past year, children from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, Papua New Guinea, Estonia, China, the Netherlands, Hungary, and Sweden had the opportunity to see the animated series of our studio.

Топовые видеохостинги Китая покажут мультфильмы студии • Паровоз

Our cartoons are very popular in China because their own market doesn’t produce such content: they are still learning and don’t know yet which plots to choose and how to tell an interesting story to audience.

ADAPTATION OF THE ANIMATED SHOWS

Dubbing and revoicing are provided not by the studio but by the right holder or directly by the buyer. This is how it works: colleagues give us the sound (english dubbing) and we adjust the picture to the sound.

STATE SUPPORT

The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation certainly tries to support animation through its grants as well as Cinema Foundation does, but the bigger issue here is that their patronage doesn’t extend to animated series. Yet there is some good news — the law which implies reducing of tax rates for animation studios is about to come.

PLANS FOR THE FUTURE

Настоящая история Кощея от анимационной студии Паровоз • Концепт города

We are eager to grow into creativity, we want to work with foreign companies and channels. It’s pleasant and interesting to make children’s content, yet we strive to learn how to tell amazing stories for teenagers as well.

ANIMATED SERIES OF PAROVOZ STUDIO ON A WORLD BROADCASTING MAP

Since its foundation, Parovoz studio was engaged with production of animation content for children’s channels of VGTRK holding such as Carousel, Moolt, Tlum HD, Ani, Moolt&Music. Today, animated series of Parovoz studio are presented on all continents where broadcasting exists. Let’s look in retrospect how animated shows of Parovoz studio have entered the world market over past year.

Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia and Papua New Guinea

United Media • Parovoz Animation

In 2017, channels of the largest media company on the territory of the former Yugoslavia – United Media – have shown Paper Tales and Magic Lantern animated series. It’s important to note that the total audience of company’s channels is 20 million people from European countries.
About this time, our animated shows Be-Be-Bears, Paper Tales, and Magic Lantern have become available for viewers of EMTV network — the leading media holding in Papua New Guinea. This resource has been «window to the world» for the country’s people over two centuries, and about 7 millions of TV viewers trust the information broadcast by the channel today.

Estonia

Eesti Rahvusringhääling • Parovoz Animation

In the same year, little viewers in Estonia could see four animated series: Be-Be-Bears, Rolando Locomotov, Paper Tales, and Magic Lantern.

The animated shows were purchased by national broadcasting company Eesti Rahvusringhääling (EER Estonia) and shown on channels ETV2 that broadcasts programs in Russian and children’s shows and ETV+ devoted to news, analytics, discussion, socio-political, cultural and entertainment programs, TV series, and modern independent films.

Africa and Asia

Rolando Locomotov and Magic Lantern will be shown at Africa and East

In early 2018, MBC Group, the leading company in the field of satellite broadcasting on the territory of Middle East and North Africa, acquired Russian animated series Magic Lantern and Rolando Locomotov produced by Parovoz studio.

The animated shows have become available on the first VOD platform in the region. The agreement on broadcast rights to the cartoons was concluded between MBC Group and Signal Media company.

China

Alibaba Group логотип

In March 2018, subscribers of the largest online cinemas in China ( Tencent Video, iQIYI, and Mango TV) with total monthly audience exceeding 1 billion of viewers saw episodes of Be-Be-Bears, Paper Tales, Leo and Tig, Fantasy Patrol, F.A.S.T., Magic Lantern, Rolando Locomotov, Woodventures, Cutie Cubies, and Heroes of Envell. The sale of media rights for the large pool of animated series with the volume more than 550 series has become the greatest one in history of Russia and China.
«Expansion» of our animated shows continued in May 2018, when little viewers of the biggest in China online cinema YOUKU (monthly audience over than 500 million people) could watch episodes of beloved series.

The Netherlands and Hungary

Мультсериал «Лео и Тиг» увидят зрители Венгрии в сети MTVA

Young audience loves Leo and Tig animated series not only in China but in the Netherlands as well. Nederlandse Publieke Omroep or NPO, state broadcaster and the largest media corporation in the Netherlands, has recently acquired rights for broadcasting of Leo and Tig. NPO manages three generalist channels and six thematic projects. The animated series Leo and Tig will complement the content profile of children’s channel NPO Zapp Xtra.

Already in 2017, the largest national media holding of Hungary MTVA has purchased 250 episodes of cartoons made by Parovoz studio among which were such popular projects as Be-Be-Bears, Paper Tales, and Magic Lantern. And in 2018, media holding has acquired media rights to animated series Leo and Tig. The episodes were intended for Hungarian public TV channel M2 broadcasting for kids and family.

Sweden

Barnkanalen Logo • Parovoz Animation

The animated series Fantasy Patrol was premiered on one of the most popular kid’s channels in Sweden — SVT Barnkanalen in June this year. Little viewers were much delighted from the first episode: the cartoon gathered 49,6% of all channel’s audience. Thus, almost nine from ten young viewers opted for the Russian series.

We fell in love with Fantasy Patrol and adventures of the brave girls, friends helping each other in everything

– Helena Nylander, programme director at SVT Barnkanalen, tells.

Fantasy Patrol has become the most popular show on Swedish kids & family channels such as Disney, Cartoon Network Nordic, Nickelodeon, Disney XD, Nick Jr, NickToons, Cartoon Network Sweden.

Global coverage

Netflix • Parovoz Animation

Animated series Be-Be-Bears and Leo and Tig are now available on Netflix. The company mainly supplies TV series broadcasted through multimedia platform with paid membership. According to the data of January 2018, the number of subscribers has reached 130 million, half of them live in the USA. It means that little viewers from 190 countries covered by Netflix can watch our animated shows. Children’s content is quite universal, there is often no need to adapt it in a special way except translating. The success of our animated series abroad proves it.

This is a remarkable event for the studio confirming the relevance of our concepts in all markets — in Europe, Asia, and in North America now. We will announce about new experiments encouraged by this success in the fall. And thanks to Signal Media for committed work

– Anton Smetankin, CEO of Parovoz studio, says.

 

Карта мирового покрытия Netflix Netflix global coverage on the map

All agreements on broadcasting rights to animated series of Parovoz studio were arranged by Signal Media company.
Thanks to our colleagues we made a breakthrough: the attention of experts purchasing cartoons for their countries was drawn to Russian animated show Heroes of Envell.
The animated show was screened on an exhibition of audiovisual content for children and youth MIP Junior within New Creative Territories section.

Studio Parovoz is a triumphant winner of Multimir award 2018

Опубликовано: 02.06.2018 в 15:51

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On 30 May, in the first day of Multimir festival, the winners of Russian industrial award in animation and licensing Multimir were announced during the ceremony that took place at 75 pavilion of VDNH. The winners were determined by results of the open voting on the festival’s site and upon the decision of the professional jury — experts in children’s television, animation, and representatives of children’s goods industry.

OUR AWARDS

This time, the representatives of Parovoz studio walked up to the podium more often than other nominees. We got the star statuettes for Fantasy Patrol project as the best series in jury’s opinion, for Littlefox from Be-Be-Bears and Snowy from Fantasy Patrol as the best female characters in jury’s and audience’s opinion, and for the song Believe in Yourself from Fantasy Patrol upon the jury’s decision.The Fantasy Patrol dolls also were called the toy of the year. They are produced by Gulliver company under licence from 0+Media company.

MULTIMIR AWARD

Multimir award is organised by VGTRK holding, Digital Television company, Russian Animated Film Association, and 0+Media company to stimulate the professional growth in Russian animation and children’s industry and to increase the share of children’s goods produced under the animation licences in Russian market.

Animated series of Parovoz Studio will be broadcasted in the largest online cinemas of China

Опубликовано: 18.03.2018 в 15:41

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On 15 March, Russian media group Digital Television Russia made at once several biggest deals selling media rights for the largest pool of cartoons in history with the volume more than 550 series! The deals were the biggest of a kind in the history of Russia and China. They will be soon available for subscribers of the major online cinemas of China: Tencent video, iQIYI, and Mango TV, the total audience of which exceeds 1 billion of viewers a month.

Chinese VODs will broadcast our animated series

Seven animated series of Parovoz Studio such as Be-be-bears, Leo and Tig, Fantasy Patrol, Magic Lantern, Rolando Locomotov, Woodventures, Cutie Cubies will be placed on the video platform of iQIYI online cinema which audience is more than 500 millions of people per month.

More about Tencent corporation

Tencent corporation, that is among the largest in capitalization world’s media companies, will also place 10 animated series of our studio such as Be-be-bears, Paper Tales, Leo and Tig, Fantasy Patrol, F.A.S.T., Magic Lantern, Rolando Locomotov, Woodventures, Cutie Cubies, and Heroes of Envell on its resources. Tencent actively promotes the QQ network for fast messages, WeChat system for text and voice messages, and one of the largest online cinemas Tencent Video. Monthly audience of the video platform exceeds 450 millions of people.

The same animated series will be available for more than 80 millions of active users of Mango TV internet service created by Hunan Broadcasting System and Hunan Satellite TV.

Serious deal for russian animation industry

Animated series produced by Parovoz Studio were adapted by Digital Television for promotion on China territory. The cartoons were translated and voiced in Chinese, graphics and scenario were changed according to cultural specificities of the country. Negotiating and purchase process were handled by Signal Media, an exclusive distributor of Digital Television content.

«In terms of international strategy of brand promotion, asian countries, where a half of world’s population live, are the priority for us. Undisputably, Chinese market stands alone as the largest market in Asia. We have been preparing our brands for entry to this market thoroughly adapting and dubbing them for national audience for two years. Partnership with the major video platforms of China is the highest evaluation of our work! Selling of the biggest pool of Russian cartoons to Chinese online cinemas with billion viewers makes this event historically significant for the whole domestic industry of animation. It is necessary to point out that video content is a part of promotion strategy for our animation brands. The games for smartphones based on our cartoons are already available and even popular on the territory of China»

Dmitriy Mednikov, chairman of board of directors, Digital Television company, said.

«Closing the deal with such video giants as Tencent video, iQIYI and Mango TV allows 10 animation brands to meet audience more than one billion of people. It is a great success for us, and yet a very serious challenge in content promotion on world’s media market!»

— Mikhail Kovalchuk, CEO of Signal Media, reported.

The third anniversary of Be-be-bears!

OUR FAVORITE ANIMATED SERIES BE-BE-BEARS CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY!

Viewers could watch the first episode of Be-be-bears on the Russian cinema screens within Moolt in Cinema project on 21 March 2015. By now, more than 150 episodes have been released for the last three years! It is already three years that Bucky and Bjorn began sharing their funny adventures in an entertaining way on Moolt and Tloom HD channels that are parts of Digital Television group (VGTRK and Rostelecom).
The cartoon tells young audience about true friendship, kindness, and love for nature. Brown bear Bucky and polar bear Bjorn, Chiky, Littlefox and other faithful friends learn to get along and to experience together all adventures.

BE-BE-BEARS AROUND THE WORLD

The series have won the viewers hearts not only in Russia, but all around the world as well during this period.
Global conquest of international market began in October 2016 with the ambitious launch on the top world markets MIPJunior and MIPCOM (Cannes, France).
Russian animated series Be-be-bears got into the top-15 of the most demanded TV projects for children in the world, according to results of MIPJunior’s screening.
Media rights for animated series were acquired by TV channels and cinemas across the world in less than a year.
Be-be-bears are translated into 10 the most popular languages including English, Arabic, Chinese, and Hindi. Little viewers from the USA, North Africa, Middle East met the characters of animated series and became so fond of them. Be-be-bears launched in China with a great success. More than 6 billions viewers watched the cartoons on the web sight of the biggest Chinese video streaming operator LeEco in the first three days.
Be-be-bears attract big family audience to TV screens, occupy leading positions in ratings, moreover, professionals of the industry appreciated the quality of animation. In 2016, Be-be-bears was honored with Grand Prix of 23rd Open Russian Animation Film Festival in Suzdal. Series also won in viewers voting in the category Morning Series with a Cup of Cacao and a Bun within 10th Big Cartoon Festival.
Nowadays, Be-be-bears series are more than just cartoons. The cartoon has its own licensed products, 7 games for smartphone and tablets.

BE-BE-BEARS AND MULTIMIR

Bucky and Bjorn participated across the whole Russia in the annual major children’s festivals in the country «Multimir» and «Multimir. Bright Summer» which had more than 170 000 visitors in 2017! The bears took part in theatrical scenes, photographed with all who wished, and helped children to take a closer look at a fantasy world. Earlier, in 2016, Be-be-bears held their own winter Olympic Games – The Bears Competition with much success. In the end of 2017, the Moolt Store opened at the Riviera shopping mall in Moscow. There are more than 350 top selling licensed products based on Be-be-bears animated series.

DANCE WITH BUCKY AND BJORN

In april 2018, all the young fans will meet new dancing competition from the main characters Bucky and Bjorn.
The Digital Television children’s channels will arrange a marathon of stories about Be-be-bears for the birthday of favorite characters. Tloom HD channel starts celebrating on Saturday 17 March, from 06:00 till 18:30, and will continue up to 21 March inclusively.
Moolt channel scheduled Be-be-bears Day for 24 March from 06:00 till 19:00, and for 25 March from 10:00 till 14:00. During the week from 26 March to 1 April, young audience will watch favorite animated series in Be-be-bears blocks.
On Mooltimusic channel Be-be-bears Day will be on 21 March. Viewers will enjoy songs and dances in the company of favorite characters for the whole day!
Young viewers in Latin America will have the opportunity to watch the favorite Russian animated series on Moolt channel from 19 to 23 March at 08:00, 16:00, 20:00 and on 25 March from 10:00 till 18:00.

 

 

New game for iOS and Android: Be-be-bears in space

Опубликовано: 15.03.2018 в 15:39

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NEW MOBILE GAME

Bucky and Bjorn have managed to make their fondest dream come true – together with friends they went to cruise across an immense cosmos in a new game!

In February, Interactive Moolt publishing house released mobile app Be-be-bears in Space based on Be-be-bears animated series by Parovoz Studio. This is the third game about bears Bucky and Bjorn, and their friends. The app Be-be-bears in Space allows young players to fly on a cosmic ship. Or, for example explore the outer space, experience the state of weightlessness, and to observe stars. Together with favorite characters, children can make incredible discoveries, have fun, and go traveling through the galaxy!

OTHER GAMES ABOUT BE-BE-BEARS

The first two games have already gained the popularity. The Be-be-bears app has become the game of the year in 2016, and Be-be-bears – Planet of Creativity many times got into app ratings in Children category. The Be-be-bears in Space app has already become a leader in the number of installations on iPad. Developers think that the app’s success derived not only from animated series popularity, bright graphics, and attractive game mechanics, but also from the fact that Moolt Interactive provided Be-be-bears in Spaces with added reality. It allows players to get completely lost in atmosphere of space adventure!

First Family Interactive Cinema Moolt VR is Created in Russia

First VR Cinema in Russia

In the beginning of 2018 Parovoz Animation Studio, Interactive Moolt and Digital Television company will launch the first family VR cinema Moolt VR with game and interactive options.

Location From "Heroes of Envell" Animated Series

Location From “Heroes of Envell” Animated Series

Moolt VR is application for smartphones that support VR glasses. It combines favorite activities of families with children: playing, cartoons watching, going into the cartoons atmosphere, communicating with animation characters as well as visiting cinema. Before watching users can choose location from cartoon where the VR session will take place and animation characters that will accompany them at cinema.

Content Inside Moolt VR App

Some locations have been already created on the basis of animated series of its own production: Be-be-bears for the little ones and Fantasy Patrol and Heroes of Envell for an older audience. The app creators plan to agree with right holders on cartoons produced by other animation studios and to create new locations with favorite characters on their basis.

Interface for Choosing Characters and Locations

Interface for Choosing Characters and Locations

11 animated series are available on the first stage in Moolt VR: Leo and Tig, Be-be-bears, Fantasy Patrol, Woodventures, Heroes of Envell, Cutie Cubies, F.A.S.T., Paper Tales, Tima and TomaRolando Locomotov, Magic Lantern. Users will also be able to watch releases of new animation projects in the app. Some of the animated series, for example, Heroes of Envell, will be available in 3D stereo for the first time in Russia and in the world. 3D cartoons are created specially for the app.

Most of Moolt VR possibilities haven’t been used in mobile VR apps before that’s why this application is unique.

Location From "Fantasy Patrol" and "Be-be-bears"

Location From “Fantasy Patrol” and “Be-be-bears”

Moolt VR Will be Launched in the Beginning of 2018 All Around the World

Moolt VR is released in three languages – Russian, English and Spanish. The app will be released in Russia simultaneously with other countries: the USA, Spain, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Latin America countries.

It will be possible to install Moolt VR app on Samsung smartphones that support Gear VR. One can also download it in Oculus store for the same name headset.

Moolt VR – is the second app involving virtual reality technologies developed by Digital Television company and Parovoz Animation Studio. In February Interactive Moolt studio released Magic Lantern VR project – the game for VR devices based on the same name animated series. Russian VR game is available for every user of Steam – global game service that totals hundreds of millions of players all around the world.

Estonian audience will be able to see Parovoz Studio’s TV series

Estonia is to Broadcast Our Cartoons

Signal Media Company concerned with distribution of Parovoz Studio animated series and state broadcaster ERR Estonia have closed the transaction regarding the sale of media rights for four cartoon series — Be-be-bears, Rolando Locomotov, Paper Tales and Magic Lantern.

ETV2 and ETV+

Animated series produced by VGTRK request and adapted for international sales by Digital Television Russia will become available for the whole audience of Estonia. They will be shown on the major state broadcaster’s channels — ETV2 and ETV+. The agreement is supposed to prolongate the previous year august contract concerning cartoons TV broadcast. ERR Corporation includes five radio stations, internet news portals in Estonian, Russian and English languages and three national channels. Two of them — ETV2 and ETV+ — will broadcast our cartoons.

Be-be-bears have picked up the first award of the krok festival

Опубликовано: 27.09.2017 в 15:05

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Bears have won a prize

Vera Myakisheva, the producer of the Parovoz studio, took a bonus prize from the TASS news agency for working on the animated series «Be-be-bears» at the KROK festival.

When?

The XXIV International Animated Film Festival has completed in St. Petersburg on September 20, 2017. The festival took place on board ship, which took a week trip from Moscow, visited Uglich, Goritsy, Mandrogi, Petrozavodsk, Valaam and finished in St. Petersburg.

What is the KROK?

The International Animated Film Festival has been held since 1989. This year, 972 applications have been received from every corner of the world. 131 films from 36 countries have been selected for the competitive program. Sergey Merinov, the president of the Guild of Professionals of the Animated Film Association, has presented the prize to “Be-be-bears”.