Secures Pre-Sale of Hit Non-Dialogue Comedy with France Télévisions, Alongside Renewal of Previous Seasons

PARIS, October 14, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News:

Xilam Animation, Academy Award?-nominated French animation group, has greenlit a fourth season of its hit non-dialogue comedy franchise Where’s Chicky?, following the signing of a pre-sale with leading broadcaster France Télévisions (France), which has also renewed the first seasons of the series. The new season of the 52 x 1′ short-form animated series, written and directed by William Hoareau, is produced by Xilam’s CGI specialist studio Cube Creative Productions, is slated for delivery in April 2025.

Where’s Chicky? follows an adorable little chick who discovers a new place and/or an unknown object in each of his adventures. The new fourth season will see Chicky discover as yet unexplored objects that can be found in a child’s everyday life: toys, appliances and other gadgets that for someone as small as a chick can seem gigantic, not to mention enigmatic! There will be a mix of modernity and tradition, with objects that are emblematic of childhood as well as more hi-tech gadgets.

Where’s Chicky? is celebrating its 10^th anniversary year and is one of Xilam’s most popular digital IP, with five billion lifetime views accrued over on the series’ YouTube channel. The channel has also reached eight million subscribers this summer after only five years, with views per year totalling 1.5 billion. The series has also found popularity on TikTok, with four million subscribers and 20 million likes. Xilam has previously secured partnerships for Where’s Chicky? with leading international broadcasters, including in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and more, across SVOD, FVoD and AVoD platforms, and in China, the series counts more than five billion views across multiple platforms. The series also won the Unifrance Export Award for the best-selling French audiovisual program in the animation category in 2022.

Safaa Benazzouz, EVP Distribution at Xilam Animation, said: "In the ten years since its debut, Where’s Chicky? has delighted audiences around the world with charming and hilarious escapades that have made viewers laugh alongside educating them about the world, its places and objects. It’s fantastic to have our long-standing partner France Télévisions on board for the new fourth season, which is a testament to the ongoing success of the series as one of our leading IP, and we’re looking forward to seeing what adventures Chicky takes his viewers on next."