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Kids round-up: ‘Paddington’ heads to China; CBBC & Family Channel return to ‘Malory Towers’; Kartoon Channel! lands ‘Roblox’ series

‘Paddington’ heads to China French production and distribution company StudioCanal has partnered with distributor Shanghai Senyu Media to bring animated series The Adventures Of Paddington to China. The series will be represented to broadcasters in Mainland China at the forthcoming Filmart in Hong Kong, which kicked off with a digital version on 15 March. Shanghai Senyu […]

Kids round-up: Nick LatAm teams with Bala and Nature Conservancy; Baratunde Thurston to deliver Kidscreen keynote; WHO launches Covid shorts on Spacetoon

Nick LatAm teams with Bala and Nature Conservancy on digital series Nickelodeon Latin America has launched Planeta Bala, a new environmentally focused original digital format show, made in partnership with global conservation group The Nature Conservancy (TNC). The 20-episode series, which is hosted by singer/songwriter and social media star, Bala, has been created and produced […]

Kids round-up: ‘Octonauts’ expands in LatAm, MENA; NHK adds ‘Find Me In Paris’; Corus exec joins Wildbrain

Silvergate’s Octonauts travel to LatAm, MENA Sony Pictures Television-owned Silvergate Media’s preschool animation Octonauts is reaching new audiences in Latin America and the Middle East after being picked up by Mexico’s TV Azteca and the MENA-region Spacetoon channel. In a deal brokered by Panaderia, TV Azteca acquired the broadcast rights to the series, marking what […]

TBI Kids Survey 2016: which digital service has the most potential?

It seems fair to throw this question to the people running digital services first. Hopster’s Nick Walters selects his own service as the one with most potential, but also sees promise elsewhere. “I think PopJam is really interesting and a promising take on doing social for kids in a way that’s cool, doesn’t condescend, but […]

Mid East kids net goes MIA with first copro

Middle Eastern free-to-air kids channel Spacetoon has lined up its coproduction, a 3D CGI cartoon for 2-6s. MIA will broadcast in Arabic on Spacetoon’s 22 local feeds in the Middle Eastern region, while also going out on channels in Malaysia and Indonesia, Tiji in France, SRC in Canada and a number of unnamed European networks. […]

News brief: Asian nets buy Moonscoop shows

Malaysian channel Astro Ceria and Indonesia’s Spacetoon have acquired programming from kids TV firm Moonscoop. Astro has taken seasons one and two of Code Lyoko, while Spacetoon has signed up Code Lyoko Evolution. France-based distributor Moonscoop remains in administration after running into financial difficulty. The company is attempting to reorganise its structure, as French financial […]