MUMBAI: Edebé Audiovisual, leading publishing group in Spain and Latin America, has presold the rights to its new show, Four and a Half Friends, to Viacom18’s Nick in the Indian subcontinent.

The series, which is being made in 2D format digital technology using the frame-to-frame paperless as a basis for animation, is scheduled to complete production by 2013.

“Yes we have struck a deal with them for this show for the Indian subcontinent,” Sonic & Nick India EVP & GM Nina Jaipuria told Indiantelevision.com.

Edebé will co-produce the show with TV3 in Spain, ZDF in Germany and Yowza Animation in Canada. Pre-sales for the show have also been done with HRT in Croatia, RTP in Portugal, and Tooniverse in South Korea.

The series is all about the detective adventures of Charly, Stefy, Radish and Fred and Their special friend - a small, mangy street dog Called Dandy. They love having fun and being together, but most of all they love solving mysteries, while facing the challenge of growing up.

The TV series is based on the series of books written by Joachim Friedrich that have been translated into more than 20 languages with more than 20 million copies sold in country clubs such as Germany, Spain, Eastern Europe, China, Japan and the US.