Liz Young retains her presidential status, while Mike Young becomes co-CEO.

In this article, we also hear about Nicolas Atlan, ex-executive producer of Code Lyoko among other things. It's already been a while since Nicolas Atlan moved from Moonscoop to work with its American branch. The Youngs have trusted him with the co-CEO role with this new beginning, so he's doing better than his French coworkers, who very few of (two) wil keep their jobs with Dargaud and its subsidiaries.

For the nostalgia lovers who are better informed on the behind-the-scenes aspect of the series, you should remember that Nicolas Atlan is a close collaborator of the Di Sabatino brothers and a big Moonscoop big-shot. This trio has also served as the inspiration for the emblematic band in the series: the Subdigitals. Chris, the drummer with white hair, was based on Christophe di Sabatino; Ben, the bearded one of the trio was based on Benoît di Sabatino; and finally Nico, the final brunet, was based on Nicolas Atlan.


Talking, talking...

"Moonscoop has finalised agreements with Clan TVE and Canal Panda on the airing of seasons 1 and 2 of Chloe Magique. The series The Fantastic 4 was bought by France 4 and by the new German children's channel Yep. The renewals of seasons 1 to 3 of Code Lyoko and the acquisition of Code Lyoko Evolution were negotiated with RAI Gulp and the pre-purchase of Burney's Odyssey with Rai Yoyo. In Finland, MTV3 renewed rights to Geronimo Stilton 2, and Teletoon Poland renewed Tara Duncan and Titeuf. In Sweden, SVT bought season 2 of Casper's Scare School and, in Greece, Megachannel launched Code Lyoko and Chloe Magique in September. In the USA, Moonscoop sold The World of Todd and Dive Olly Dive to Qubo. The Hispanic channel Somos TV renewed Ava Riko Teo for Central America."

"In Asia, Moonscoop signed a global deal with the telecommunications company Viettel on the entire catalogue (1200 half-hours) available in Vietnam. Elsewhere, Disney Korea and Korea Telecom Hitel bought the rights to season 2 of Chloe Magique and a package deal was reached with TrueVisions in Thailand for 350 half-hours of programmes (Titeuf, Bunny Maloney, Ava Riko Teo, Dive Olly Dive, Gasp, The Davincibles...)."

Note in the paragraph here that Code Lyoko's arrival in Vietnam may be soon!

"(...) season 2 of Jungle Book (52x11') by Moonscoop and DQ Entertainment (...) will be launched on TFou during the 2013/2014 season"

"BRB Internacional and Moonscoop concluded a deal reciprocating their catalogues in VOD and as digital media. BRB will manage Moonscoop's properties on the Iberian Peninsula and the Spanish-speaking territories, Moonscoop will manage BRB's in France and in French-speaking territories."

"Bangoo's SVOD application, by Moonscoop, is now present in the main Android stores. It's also promoted and shipped on children's Lexibook and Teknofun tablets."

"Sold in more than a hundred territories, Geronimo Stilton is a partnership between Atlantyca Entertainment and Moonscoop, with Rai Fiction, France Télévisions and M6."


And there you go! A long list that really proves that the Moonscoop Group is still going strong, despite what we've heard from the media in the past months. On the subject of the famous quarrel within Moonscoop that has been relayed through the press in recent months... The newsletter also has a paragraph on that:

"The production and distribution group Moonscoop is in receivership since the 20th of June. Benoît and Christophe di Sabatino were dismissed on the 31st of July from their respective duties as a member of the Supervisory Board and CEO. They remain employees of the company. In early August, the Commercial Court of Paris has expanded the powers of the administrator in charge of the company, Mister Gérard Philippot, so that he may become its representative."

In other words, contrary to what some overzealous people have been peddling, the Di Sabatino brothers are still active in the Moonscoop company. Company which isn't doing too badly. The stir in recent months is indeed a conflict between shareholders of internal nature.

And yes, some days, the number of news posted reaches new heights! And this is the case today with another little newsflash! We are going to speak of a related product interesting enough for those who can appreciate it. The Code Lyoko glasses/mugs (6 glasses + 1 pitcher to be exact): where are these from? From the mass production of related products made by the Spanish during the years 2010/2011, the time when the series was a huge success over there. These glasses are coming to France for a VERY limited time. They are for sale in "Babou" stores throughout France. If you are interested, hurry up, because they could disappear very quick after their circulation.

Here is a little picture to illustrate:

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