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'''''Pocoyo''''' ({{lang|es|Pocoyó}} in Spanish and stylised as '''''POCOYO''''') is an animated interactive [[preschool]] comedy television series created by [[David Cantolla]], Luis Gallego, and Guillermo García Carsí, and is produced by the Spanish animation company [[Zinkia Entertainment]], with the first two series were co-productions with [[Granada Television|Granada Kids]], and the first series was a co-production of [[Cosgrove Hall Films]], both in the United Kingdom.
 
Four series have been produced, each consisting of 52 seven-minute episodes.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crump |first1=William D. |title=Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland & Co. |isbn=9781476672939 |page=242}}</ref> [[England|English]] actor and comedian [[Stephen Fry]] narrates the English-language version<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0487849/ |title=Let's Go, Pocoyo |publisher=IMDb |date=22 November 2019 |access-date=2019-11-22 |archive-date=9 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909000657/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0487849/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pocoyo.com/en/funny-videos/season-1 |title=Umbrella! |publisher=Zinkia Entertainment, S.A. |date=2018-05-25 |department=pocoyo.com |access-date=2019-11-22 |archive-date=12 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812210255/https://www.pocoyo.com/en/funny-videos/season-1 |url-status=live }}</ref> of the first two series of the show, while Stephen Hughes narrates the third series, called ''Let's Go Pocoyo'', and the fourth series. José María del Río narrates the [[Castilian Spanish]] version of the show. In 2009, a new [[spin-off (media)|spin-off]] show called ''Pocoyo World'' was created.
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In April 2011, Zinkia and ITV Global Entertainment announced they would end their co-distribution partnership on the series and that Zinkia would now hold worldwide distribution of the series.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kidscreen.com/2011/04/11/zinkia-and-itv-sever-co-distribution-agreement/ | title=Zinkia and ITV sever co-distribution agreement | access-date=30 October 2022 | archive-date=30 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030034424/https://kidscreen.com/2011/04/11/zinkia-and-itv-sever-co-distribution-agreement/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
 
== In May 2023, Zinkia announced the sale of the franchise to French children's investment firm Animaj for an indisclosed amount. The sale would include all IP rights, distribution, and licensing to the franchise but would exclude the educational portions, which Zinkia would retain. In exchange for the deal, Zinkia would acquire a 7.99% in Animaj.<ref>https://tbivision.com/2023/05/23/spains-zinkia-explores-shock-sale-of-pocoyo-to-frances-animaj-investment/</ref> The deal was closed on September 20, 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kidscreen.com/2023/09/20/animaj-acquires-preschool-franchise-pocoyo/ | title=Animaj acquires preschool franchise Pocoyo }}</ref> ==
 
==Episodes==