JAM Media is one of several Irish exhibitors showcasing at MIPTV 2017 in Cannes this week from 3-6 April. Production companies from around the world will be in attendance bringing an attractive slate of their programmes to spring's largest global TV & online distribution market and leading content development event.
Jam Media’s Chief Commercial Officer John Reynolds, is currently over at MIPTV in Cannes representing the company. The two main shows on JAM Media’s slate being focusing on at the event are Little Roy and Zig and Zag.
Little Roy (52 x 14mins) is a preschool live action series which tells the story of 5-year-old Roy O’Brien, an enthusiastic, inquisitive and playful little boy. He’s just like every other kid his age, except for one thing, he’s a cartoon. It has so far been broadcast by CBBC and CBeebies in the United Kingdom.
JAM Media also make Roy, (52 x 28mins) a live action animation filmed as a fly on the wall “mockumentary” which follows the older 11-year-old Roy, a cartoon boy who lives in Ballyfermot, west Dublin, with a real family and real friends. Roy has been broadcast on both TRTÉ and CBBC.
Zig and Zag (26 x 11mins) is an animated sitcom aimed at 6 to 9 year-olds based on the “fish out of water” adventures of Zig and Zag, two tween alien brothers who crash land in humdrum suburbia and set up home. On their fun-filled adventures they make the most of what Planet Earth has to offer; with death-defying stunts, crazy inventions and plenty of silly sibling stuff. Zig and Zag has been broadcast on both RTÉjr and CBBC. The animated series features the original voices of the creators and writers of the puppet duo Ciaran Morrison and Mick O’Hara. The puppets Zig and Zag made their first television debut on RTÉ’s Dempsey’s Den in 1986.
Other Irish production companies attending MIPTV in Cannes this week with slates of their programmes include; Element Pictures, Kavaleer Productions, Like It Love It (International), Metropolitan Films, Ripple World Pictures, Kite Entertainment, Screen Scene, ShinAwiL, Telegael, Tyrone Productions, Monster Entertainment, Kite Entertainment, Fitzpenny productions, Soho Moon Pictures, Storyful and broadcasters TG4 and RTÉ.
JAM Media has operations in both Ireland and the United Kingdom. It is one of the leading creators and producers of multi-award winning animated and live action content for children and pre-school audience.
They pride themselves on delivering high quality, innovative, story-driven brands across multiple platforms based around engaging characters with humour at its heart.The company was founded in 2002 by animator friends John Rice, Alan Shannon and Mark Cumberton.
