Alliance moves into Hungary, animation

Toronto-based Alliance Communications has acquired a minority interest in Budapest 3, Hungary’s first private television station. Alliance has also signed a multi-year supply agreement with the station through which Alliance will supply programming from its library.

Budapest 3 is scheduled to begin broadcasting at the end of September.

Alliance is also forging into a new programming genre with its first animated children’s series, ReBoot. Produced in association with Vancouver’s BLT Productions, ReBoot is said to be North America’s first 3D computer graphics animated series.

The 13 half-hour episodes will begin airing this month on abc in the u.s. and ytv in Canada.