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Kids
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Warner Bros. Discovery merger closes, creating global content behemoth
The newly combined Warner Bros. Discovery has begun trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange today,…
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MIPTV kids round-up – updated throughout the day
Da Vinci strikes double APC deal Kids edu-tainment platform Da Vinci has picked up season…
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Exclusive: CBC Kids on how old media is playing catch-up to the TikTok generation
Working with platforms like TikTok is essential to engaging with the hard-to-reach teen and tween…
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Banijay UK’s CEO Lucinda Hicks to step down
Banijay UK’s CEO Lucinda Hicks is leaving the company this summer, with incoming BBC exec…
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Canada’s Sphere restructures Sienna, BGM & GO Films into single entity
Canadian producer & distributor Sphere has restructured its business, bringing companies including Sienna Films and…
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Exclusive: HBO Max EMEA on hunt for live-action comedy & unscripted pre-school shows
HBO Max is looking to commission and acquire unscripted pre-school formats, live-action children’s comedies and…
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How to bridge the divide in teen TV
As linear viewership among teens and tweens continues to decline, Mark Layton finds out what’s…
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TBI Kids April/May 2022
The latest Kids issue includes Re-connecting With linear viewership declining among teens, Mark Layton talks…
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TelevisaUnivision’s streamer ViX rolls out AVOD offer with 40,000 hours of Spanish-language shows
The newly merged Spanish-language giant TelevisaUnivision has formally launched its new OTT service ViX, complete with…
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Germany’s KiKA & Israel’s Zoom land on Mars-set teen series
Israeli and German networks have greenlit DreaMars, a new live-action sci-fi show about eight teenagers…
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News round-up: Curiosity orders Impossible Factual trio; RMC Decouverte unearths Mayan docuseries; ‘Kangaroo Beach’ hops back
Curiosity orders Impossible Factual trio Curiosity has ordered three new documentary series from UK indie Impossible…
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Média-Participations expands production team with Xilam Group hire
French entertainment group Média-Participations has appointed Audrey Serre, the former deputy development director at Xilam…
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Amazon hires ProSiebenSat.1 chief to lead streamer in Germany
Amazon has hired ProSiebenSat.1’s former MD Kaspar Pfluger to lead its Prime Video operation in…
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Keith Chapman & Snipple partner to co-develop pre-school slate
Keith Chapman, the veteran kids content creator behind Bob The Builder and PAW Patrol, has…
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Cyber Group ups sales & acquisitions exec Raphaelle Mathieu to become EVP
Paris-based Cyber Group Studios has promoted sales & acquisitions exec Raphaelle Mathieu to a newly…
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Netflix to open CEE hub in Poland as streamer looks to ‘deepen regional ties’
Netflix is opening a new office in Poland that will act as a hub for…
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Discovery Kids Lat Am & China’s Mango TV recruit ‘S.M.A.S.H!’
Discovery Kids Latin America, Discovery TV Frisbee in Italy and Mango TV in China have…
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Exclusive: Chefclub moves into OTT with French & Swiss FAST launch
Paris-based digital food brand Chefclub has struck an agreement with Samsung TV Plus to launch…
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Nickelodeon to “supercharge” franchises, with renewals and spin-offs for ‘PAW Patrol’ & ‘Transformers’
Paramount kids brand Nickelodeon is expanding some of its biggest franchises, such as PAW Patrol, Transformers…
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Tellycast unveils new London-based Content Funding Festival
Leading TV podcast TellyCast has unveiled a unique new industry event designed to bring content…
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‘PAW Patrol’ animators Guru Studio expand people & culture team
Toronto-based children’s content producer Guru Studio has promoted Babita Jassal to VP of people and culture in an expansion…
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RTL Group to triple original spending, as Fremantle hits $2.1bn revenue
RTL Group saw its profits soar to €1.5bn ($1.6bn) in 2021, with production arm Fremantle…
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Exclusive: Paramount’s C5 boards disability-led animation ‘MixMups’ in UK
Channel 5’s children’s strand Milkshake! will become the UK home to MixMups, its first animated…
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Netflix expands preschool offering with Dr Seuss projects
Netflix has partnered with Dr Seuss Enterprises to boost its preschool offering with five new…
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Show of the week: Dounia
Arriving on the global market at what feels like a particularly resonant time, this 6…
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SkyShowtime reveals key execs as Paramount & Sky streamer preps for launch
SkyShowtime, the soon-to-launch joint venture streamer from Comcast and Paramount, has revealed its senior management…
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Kids round-up: Execs call for Ukraine support; Paper Owl opens doors to autistic animators; WarnerMedia & Sesame Workshop expand partnership
Children’s execs call for Ukraine support US-based volunteer organisation KEPYR (Kids Entertainment Professionals for Young…
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Disney & Nippon TV strike co-pro & content-sharing deal
The Walt Disney company has struck a co-production partnership with Nippon TV Holdings, the parent…
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Kids round-up: Disney+ seeks ‘The Muppets Mayhem’; CBC revives ‘Street Cents’ on TikTok; Latoya Raveneau inks Disney deal
Disney+ seeks ‘The Muppets Mayhem’ Disney+ has commissioned The Muppets Mayhem, a new comedy series…
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Big Deal Films & Hoek, Line and Thinker partner to find diverse UK animation talent
UK indie Big Deal Films has teamed up with Dutch firm Hoek, Line & Thinker…