‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs’ is Coming to UK’s Virgin TV Thanks to DHX Media

Matt Lopez
Jul 20, 2017 · 2 min read

Virgin TV UK has inked a streaming deal with DHX, a children’s content and brands company. Under the new agreement, a total of 30 titles from DHX Media’s library have been licensed, on a non-exclusive basis, to the UK SVOD service.

The deal includes seasons 15 to 19 of “Bob the Builder,” seasons 6 to 9 of “Fireman Sam,” seasons 1 to 5 of “In the Night Garden,” seven “Air Bud” movies and the DHX Media original, “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.”

“We’re thrilled to have signed our third and largest deal to date with Virgin TV,” said Wiebke Hoefer, DHX Media’s Senior Director of Sales. “[This] reinforces our position as a go-to provider of kids’ content to the world’s top SVOD and linear broadcasters.”

“Our youngest viewers have never had a broader, bigger and more diverse choice of entertainment! Kids’ content is a clear focus for us at Virgin TV and it is great to have DHX Media on board as a key supplier to bring children and their parents more of the programming that they want to watch.”

“Our youngest viewers have never had a broader, bigger and more diverse choice of entertainment!” boasted David Bouchier, Chief Digital Entertainment Officer at Virgin TV. “ Kids’ content is a clear focus for us at Virgin TV and it is great to have DHX Media on board as a key supplier to bring children and their parents more of the programming that they want to watch.”

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