Canada's DHX Media Inks Content Streaming Deal With LoveFilm in the UK

TORONTO – Canadian kids TV producer DHX Media has inked a distribution deal with the LoveFilm streaming service in the UK for nearly 1000 half-hours of library content.

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LoveFilm will also offer its members DHX library series like Mona the Vampire, Paddington Bear and Sonic the Hedgehog.

“We are noticing that more of our customers than ever before are using our streaming service as a quick and easy way to entertain their families, so naturally the addition of shows such as Mona the Vampire and Paddington Bear is an exciting prospect for us,” Jim Buckle, managing director at LoveFilm, said in a statement Wednesday.