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Abbeydorney native, John Rice, of Jam Media.
The BAFTA award-winning company Jam Media, which has an Abbeydorney man as its Chief Executive, has secured a 52-episode commission for a new animated series on the BBC.
As a result of this commission for ‘Little Roy’, the company is to increase its workforce from 60 to 90 employees in its Dublin and Belfast offices.
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“We are thrilled once again to be working not only with CBBC but also CBeebies to build the franchise together and take the show to a new audience,” said Chief executive John Rice, a former CBS The Green student, said in a statement on Thursday.
The new series, “Little Roy”, will follow on from the original “Roy” which won Jam a 2012 Bafta award and is now shown in more than 100 territories.
“Little Roy” is to air on both CBBC and CBeebies, while a separate deal was also announced by the company for a spin-off series “The Roy Files” on CBBC.
