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Kids
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Thunderbird Entertainment CCO Matthew Berkowitz promoted to president
Canada’s Thunderbird Entertainment Group has promoted Matthew Berkowitz to the role of president, which he will…
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Beyond, Blue Ant, Studiocanal & Cineflix among distributors joining London TV Screenings
Studiocanal, Beyond Rights, Blue Ant International and Cineflix Rights are among a swathe of distributors…
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Exclusive: Beyond rejigs as head of sales & commercial director depart
Beyond Rights’ head of sales, Simona Argenti, and its commercial & business affairs director, Claire…
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Kids round-up: Kartoon Genius block launches on YFE; Moonbug Kids comes to EMEA
Kartoon Genius block launches on YFE Genius Brands International has unveiled a new block of…
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BBC Studios hires WarnerMedia alum to lead new-look Children’s unit
BBC Studios (BBCS) has named WarnerMedia’s Cecilia Persson as MD of its soon-to-be expanded Children’s…
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Kids round-up: Dandelooo feels ‘Gaston’s Emotions’; ‘Bluey’ bounds onto RAI & ERT; Cyber adapts ‘Phobos’
Dandelooo feels ‘Gaston’s Emotions’ French animation prodco and distributor Dandelooo is to adapt the children’s…
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Genius buys Germany’s Your Family Entertainment in $25m deal, hires Disney alum
Genius Brands International has struck a $25m deal to acquire German kids company Your Family…
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News round-up: Can’t Stop claims ‘Let’s Make A Deal’; Media Pioneers welcome ‘Boris & Rufus’; Vuulr expands
Can’t Stop claims Let’s Make A Deal US-based Marcus/Glass Productions has struck a deal with…
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Exile Content hires Hasbro’s former chief content officer for kids division
Sueño Real producer Exile Content Studio has launched a new kids division and appointed Hasbro’s…
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Amazon hires ViacomCBS exec Kelly Day to lead international streaming
Amazon has hired ViacomCBS exec Kelly Day to lead its international streaming operations. Day will…
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News round-up: SBS & Foxtel strike Oz Prime deals; Viaplay takes Keshet trio; Legend Media seeks Fremantle factual
SBS & Foxtel strike Oz Prime deals SBS Australia and Foxtel Australia have acquired new…
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BBC & C4 shows thrash Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ for viewers, according to new UK data
The BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing and Channel 4’s The Great British Bake Off have beaten…
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Exclusive: Beyond names 20th Century Fox alum as CEO, with Kate Llewellyn-Jones exiting
Australia- and UK-based distributor Beyond Rights has appointed a former Twentieth Century Fox exec as…
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Tiger Aspect reveals ‘What The Ladybird Heard’
Banijay-owned UK prodco Tiger Aspect Kids & Family has acquired the rights to development children’s…
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Brazil’s ‘Boris & Rufus’ travel to Kartoon Channel! & China’s UYoung
Kartoon Channel! in North America and UYoung in China are among companies to have acquired…
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Kids round-up: YouTube Originals scores ‘Supa Strikas’ prequel; HBO Max & Discovery ink Jetpack deals; FilmRise licenses Scholastic shows
YouTube Originals scores ‘Supa Strikas’ prequel YouTube Originals has picked up Supa Strikas: Rookie Season,…
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Disney TV Animation bolsters development team
Disney Television Animation is bolstering its development team, hiring Blue Sky Studios’ Lisa Fragner as…
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Emanata Studios to bring ‘Beano’ & ‘Dandy’ characters to screen
UK publishers Beano Studios and DC Thomson have launched Emanata Studios to develop TV and…
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Toonz launches pay-TV channel Toonz Kids in Indonesia
India’s Toonz Media Group has launched Toonz Kids, a new pay-TV children’s channel in Indonesia,…
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Disney CEO Bob Chapek shares expansion plans as Disney+ subs slow
Disney CEO Bob Chapek has touted plans for a huge expansion of global streamer Disney+…
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Exclusive: Moonbug to ramp up IP portfolio following acquisition
Global kids content firm Moonbug Entertainment will seek to create and acquire “more and better…
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‘Ghostforce’ firm ZAG picks ‘Pocoyo’ veteran to oversee TV content
LA-based animation studio ZAG has named former Zinkia executive Maria Doolan to oversee its TV…
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CBBC takes a spin with Yeti’s teen ballroom dancer doc
CBBC, the children’s division of UK pubcaster the BBC, has commissioned a documentary about a…
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Kevin Mayer’s investment firm strikes $3bn deal for ‘CoComelon’ outfit Moonbug
Global kids content company Moonbug Entertainment has been acquired by Disney execs Kevin Mayer and Tom…
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TBI in Conversation: How Ukraine’s ‘Brave Bunnies’ conquered the world
TBI’s Mark Layton hears how Brave Bunnies creator Olga Cherepanova took her pre-school animated bunnies…
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Mercury Filmworks & Mukpuddy team to animate Spike Milligan’s ‘Badjelly’
Canadian indie Mercury Filmworks and New Zealand studio Mukpuddy have teamed to co-produce an animated…
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TBI Tech & Analysis: Exploring emotion in family’s SVOD subscriptions
Streamers are competing on all programming fronts to attract and retain subscribers, but families remain…
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BBC Studios merges APAC & EMEA, with Nick Percy named president
BBC Studios (BBCS) is to consolidate its APAC and EMEA distribution regions into a single…
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ViacomCBS to buy Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico as Spanish-language play expands
ViacomCBS is to expand its Spanish-language efforts after striking a deal to acquire a majority…
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In10 Media’s VP of strategy & development Mansi Darbar to step down
India-based broadcast, production and streaming group In10 Media Network’s Mansi Darbar is stepping down from…