Snoopy might need to pack a bigger suitcase.
Then again, knowing him, he’ll probably just climb on top of his doghouse and fly there himself.
“The Snoopy Show,” “Snoopy in Space” and “Camp Snoopy” are heading to even more television screens around the world as WildBrain has secured a large collection of new international broadcast deals for the three animated “Peanuts” series.
And when we say around the world, we really do mean it.
The new agreements span Europe, North America, Africa and Asia-Pacific, bringing Snoopy, Woodstock, Charlie Brown and the rest of the “Peanuts” gang to broadcasters in countries including Switzerland, Portugal, Canada, Mexico, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Bangladesh, China and more.
It’s another reminder that Snoopy doesn’t exactly need much of an introduction wherever he lands.
In Europe, RSI in Switzerland and Panda Kids in Portugal have acquired all three seasons of “The Snoopy Show” and both seasons of “Snoopy in Space,” with Panda Kids also picking up the first season of “Camp Snoopy.” Leonine in Germany has additionally acquired home entertainment rights for all three series.
The gang is expanding its television presence closer to home too. Knowledge Kids in Canada and TV Azteca across Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras have picked up all three seasons of “The Snoopy Show,” both seasons of “Snoopy in Space” and the first season of “Camp Snoopy.”
Across Africa, MBC5 Channel in Mauritius will carry the same collection, while Ludikids/A+Kids has acquired both seasons of “Snoopy in Space” for Sub-Saharan Africa.
And Snoopy is doing quite a bit of traveling across Asia-Pacific.
TV Derana in Sri Lanka, ViuTVsix in Hong Kong and Macau, and Canal Macau in Macau and Guangdong have signed on for “The Snoopy Show,” “Snoopy in Space” and “Camp Snoopy.” PTS in Taiwan has acquired “The Snoopy Show” and “Camp Snoopy,” while Duronto TV in Bangladesh, Hakka TV in Taiwan and Youku in China are adding all three seasons of “The Snoopy Show.” Boomerang in Thailand has also picked up the first season of “The Snoopy Show.”
That’s a lot of frequent flyer miles for one beagle.
But there is also something particularly fitting about seeing these three shows traveling together because each one captures a different part of what makes Snoopy such an enduring character.
“The Snoopy Show” lets the happy-dancing, big-dreaming beagle simply be Snoopy, following him, Woodstock and the rest of the gang through three seasons of adventures. “Snoopy in Space” takes those enormous dreams considerably farther as Snoopy finally gets his chance to become a NASA astronaut, explore the International Space Station and venture toward the Moon and beyond.
Then there is “Camp Snoopy,” which brings everything back down to Earth — quite literally.
After learning their troop is in danger of disbanding, Snoopy and the Beagle Scouts head into the great outdoors with their trusty Beagle Scout Manual, while Charlie Brown and his friends spend the summer at Camp Spring Lake. Hiking, swimming, campfires and all the familiar chaos of summer camp follow.
Three very different adventures, all centered around one remarkably versatile dog.
The international expansion also gives families more ways to encounter these newer “Peanuts” stories through traditional broadcasters and home entertainment in their own markets. “The Snoopy Show,” “Snoopy in Space” and “Camp Snoopy” remain available on Apple TV, the exclusive streaming home for “Peanuts,” while these new agreements take the shows onto additional screens around the world.
And that worldwide reach feels especially appropriate for characters who have already spent generations crossing borders, languages and age groups.
Charlie Brown can worry anywhere.
Woodstock can chirp anywhere.
And Snoopy?
Apparently Snoopy can go just about everywhere.
From summer camp to outer space and now television screens across the globe, there really isn’t much territory left for the world’s most famous beagle to conquer.
Although knowing Snoopy, he’ll find somewhere.
Facebook
Twitter
Google+
YouTube
RSS