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Kids
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DHX Media launches children’s SVOD service
Canada’s DHX Media is to launch a children’s SVOD service. The streaming platform, titled Kids…
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Maintaining authenticity in kids’ programming
When I first started my career in the entertainment industry back in the early noughties,…
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Kids round-up: Portfolio strikes Netflix deal; Cartoon Network hires content head for APAC
Portfolio Entertainment has struck a streaming deal with Netflix that will see it place preschool…
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Nadiya Hussain to deliver keynote at UK’s Children’s Media Conference
British Bake Off alum Nadiya Hussein is set to deliver the opening keynote interview at…
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Kids round-up: Sesame content heads to HITN; Endemol Shine’s ‘Simon’s Cat’ joins TikTok
HITN, the Spanish-language network that offers educational and entertainment content across the US, has struck…
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Diversity in TV must start early
While representation in kids’ TV has increased in recent years, it’s still got a long…
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Int’l Emmy Kids Awards winners revealed
The winners of the seventh International Emmy Kids Awards have been revealed the UK’s Hey…
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Kids round-up: Cyber Group, Future Today tie up for kids’ app; Happy Films takes ‘Bookaboo’ to Russia
Cyber Group Studios has entered a partnership with multi-platform distribution company Future Today to launch…
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UK launches £57m Young Audience Content Fund
The British Film Institute (BFI) has launched the UK Government’s £57m ($74.45) Young Audiences Content…
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Kids round-up: Hoho takes ‘Shane The Chef’ to global nets; Mondo TV preps MIPTV slate
Hoho Rights has struck multiple deals around the world for food-based preschool title Shane The…
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Kids round-up: Netflix, Amazon line up for Animation Dingle Festival; eOne takes PJ Masks to China
Execs from Netflix, Amazon, Disney and Nickelodeon are all set to head to Dingle, Ireland…
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Kids round-up: UYoung takes rights to ‘Messy Goes to Okido’; 9 Story to develop ‘The World’s Worst Children’ series
UYoung has acquired the content and merchandising rights to Messy Goes to Okido for China…
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Kids round-up: 9 Story, Peacock Alley pair for live action series; Go-N strikes global deals for ‘Simon’
9 Story Media Group and Peacock Alley Entertainment have struck a deal to develop and…
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Kids round-up: Blue Spirit adds to production team; Showlab hires new distribution exec
Blue Spirit Productions has added two artistic producers to its team for separate labels. Caroline…
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Kids round-up: Nelvana’s China Tales, Cake’s Dragon, Jetpack hire & Crackerjack revival
Nelvana, WeKids partner on China Tales Incubator Corus Entertainment-owned producer-distributor Nelvana, Chinese animation distribution specialist…
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Discovery swoops for BBC’s Serengeti amid reported SVOD tie-up
Discovery Channel has swooped for the BBC’s six-part natural history series Serengeti from American Idol creator Simon Fuller, a…
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TBI opens MIPTV Hot Picks submissions
It’s that time of year again. TBI is now accepting submissions for our upcoming MIPTV…
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Beta Film links with China’s WeKids for Asian distribution
Germany’s Beta Film has partnered with Chinese producer-distributor WeKids to distribute its children’s programming globally….
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Boat Rocker ups ex-Fremantle exec to Kids & Family content EVP
Boat Rocker Studios has appointed former Fremantle exec Bob Higgins as executive VP of content…
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Kids round-up: 9 Story acquires Balinese studio; Lime launches kids division
Canadian entertainment company 9 Story Media Group has acquired full service CGI animation studio PT…
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Sales round-up: Mr Bean animated series heads to China; Red Arrow takes Bosch to France, Germany
China’s children’s channel CCTV-14 has acquired season one and two of Endemol Shine Group’s Mr…
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Kids round-up: eOne preps Peppa Pig specials; 9 Story launches live-action division
Entertainment One is launching Chinese new year ‘Year of the Pig’ celebrations with all new…
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Kids round-up: Lighthouse Studios names new MD; Guru Studio signs Chinese partner
Lighthouse Studios, the joint venture formed in February 2017 by Canada’s Mercury Filmworks and Ireland’s…
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Kids round-up: Nick taps Disney for strategy exec; Serious Lunch hires ex-CAKE exec for global sales
Nickelodeon has hired Disney Channels Worldwide exec Paul DeBenedittis as executive VP of programming and…
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Kids round-up: Xilam Animation hits 10bn YouTube views; Monster’s The Day Henry Met… heads to the US
Indie producer-distributor Xilam Animation surpassed 10bn total views across its YouTube videos by the end…
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Kids round-up: UK’s Animation Skills Council to relaunch, Hopster lands at DISH
The UK’s ScreenSkills Animation Skills Council, formerly known as Creative Skillset, is set to relaunch…
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Kids round-up: Netflix signs Doc McStuffins creator, Jetpack reveals raft of Asian deals
Netflix has signed a multi-year overall deal with Chris Nee, the Peabody, Emmy-winning children’s screenwriter,…
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Kids round-up: CAKE sells Pablo to China’s Tencent, Bomanbridge to localise Dutch content from StoryZoo
Kids’ entertainment specialist CAKE has sold a string of its titles in Asia, including the…
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Spongebob: The most enduring kids title in TV
This article originally ran in TBI’s MIPCOM issue. We’re republishing it today in honor and memory…
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Netflix strikes major deal with Roald Dahl estate
Netflix has struck a major deal with the estate of well-loved British children’s author Roald…