PORTFOLIO ENTERTAINMENT SECURES MILESTONE DEAL WITH CHINA’S iQiYi: The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! and DOKI to debut

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September 21, 2017

 
(September 21, 2017 – Toronto, Canada) – Leading children’s content producer and distributor Portfolio Entertainment has signed its first-ever deal with China’s prestigious iQiYi Kids video-on-demand platform.  86 half hours of Portfolio’s highest profile, animated preschool series CITH and DOKI, will run on the service in Mandarin.

The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! (60 x 30’) and DOKI (26 x 30’) both air throughout Asia.  “Mainland China has a very robust digital environment, and millennial parents gravitate to the internet and SVOD’s specifically for high quality educational content for their kids.  iQiYi is the perfect home for these two iconic series.” says Co-Founder and CEO, Joy Rosen. Both Portfolio series are laced with humour, adventure and science and nature themes.  The series are dubbed into Mandarin and also subtitled in English so that viewers can learn English while watching.

About Portfolio Entertainment

Portfolio Entertainment produces and distributes kids, factual and unscripted entertainment to television and digital media content providers worldwide. Portfolio’s most notable projects include The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! (PBS/Treehouse); DOKI (Discovery Kids); and Freaktown, a new animated kids’ series for 2016 (TELETOON). The company’s Toronto headquarters house Portfolio Animation, a creative-driven animation studio staffed with top-tier talent and cutting-edge technology. In 2015, the company expanded into live-action and primetime development, and bolstered its factual and lifestyle development division. Portfolio was founded by Lisa Olfman and Joy Rosen.

www.portfolioentertainment.com

Media Contact:

Caitlin Foster

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Portfolio Entertainment

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