Pocoyo on your iPad!

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The second Pocoyo application, “Coloring with Pocoyo and Friends,” is now available! You can view the app at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jFenBbAXI0
The new “Coloring with Pocoyo and Friends” app can be downloaded globally, exclusively from the iTunes/App Store to the iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch for US $1.99, for an initial 60-day period from December 21, 2010. The application will provide children, parents and caregivers the opportunity to let their imaginations run wild as they paint Pocoyo and his friends’ coloring pages, experimenting with creativity and color as they let their inner artists out. New sets of coloring pages will be available on demand via the app. This latest app is a natural extension of the Pocoyo brand which has consistently garnered strong interaction with fans of all ages across the globe.

Downloading the application provides seven days premium access to the Premium Club at pocoyworld.com, Pocoyo’s virtual world online destination.

The first “Pocoyize” app was initially released for Christmas 2009 for the web with 10 million users to date. In June 2010, the Company unveiled the “Pocoyize” app for the iPhone, iPod touch and the iPad, which has received over 550,000 downloads, in addition to being a Top 5 seller in both Spain and Japan. The “Pocoyize” app allows users to create personalized Pocoyo-style avatars. Completed creations can be used as iPhone profile pictures, sent to friends, or posted on social networking sites such as Facebook.

Following the adventures of three-year-old Pocoyo, the CGI television series brings children into the bright world of an inquisitive and fun-loving boy and his animal friends, Elly (the elephant), Pato (the duck) and Loula (the dog). Co-produced by Zinkia and ITV STUDIOS Global Entertainment, the international smash hit series Pocoyo, which has been broadcast in over 100 territories worldwide, has gained a large following of young fans in the United States with episodes airing daily at 4:25 pm on Nick Jr., Nickelodeon’s 24-hour commercial-free, educational preschool network in the United States, as well as airing on PBS, Univision and Discovery Familia.

An extensive line of toys debuted for Holiday 2010 from by Bandai America Incorporated, the master toy licensee for Pocoyo in the United States and Canada. Featuring characters from the multi-award winning animated series, Bandai’s toys capture the vibrant and exuberant world of Pocoyo and his animal friends for preschool children ages one through three, encouraging them to learn through laughter. The toys are available at retailers including Toys“R”Us, Toysrus.com and Amazon.com. The toy line includes Mini-Plush, Sqeeze n’ Play Plush, Bath Figures, Pocoyo Water Taxi and the Bump n’ Go car.

Pocoyo is available on DVD from NCircle Entertainment.