Industry | Children's entertainment |
---|---|
Founded | 2008 |
Founder |
Philippe Soutter Guillaume Soutter |
Headquarters | Paris |
Website | www.pgsentertainment.com |
Philippe Soutter
PGS Entertainment is a privately owned investment family group dedicated to brand management of independent producers' children's television programming.
PGS' broadcast and media partners include Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, Cartoon Network, and free-to-air broadcasters such as Super RTL, RAI, ABC, and Neox.
PGS Entertainment was formed in 2008 by brothers Philippe and Guillaume Soutter. The company distributed Method Animation's reboot of Iron Man from Marvel in 2009. In 2010, PGS was named as the distributor for Method Animation's The Little Prince, based on the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry novella of the same name. PGS gained distribution rights to the Chaplin & Co TV series in 2011.
Since January 2013, PGS has owned the global distribution and licensing rights to the series The Jungle Bunch, produced by TAT productions, which includes TV specials, series, and movies. The series was successful at the Emmy Awards. The company launched PGS H.K. Ltd, a Hong-Kong based company to represent its animation catalogue in Asia in August 2013. In October 2013, PGS acquired the global distribution rights, excluding the U.S and France, for the ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks TV series with Bagdasarian Productions and Technicolor Animation. The show is produced and owned by Bagdasarian Productions and created by Janice Karman.
In 2014, the company partnered with Zagtoon and Bandai on Miraculous Ladybug,Zak Storm, and Ghost Force. That same year, PGS was named as the distributor for the Super 4 TV series based on Playmobil characters and produced by Method Animation and Morgen Studios.