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Kids
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Benbow exiting in BBC Children’s shake-up
Kay Benbow is the leaving the children’s division of UK pubcaster the BBC as part…
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Channel 5’s Milkshake! brings in new shows
Channel 5 (C5) is bringing in toon duo Puffin Rock and Gigglebug to its preschool…
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Wiggles arrive at Universal Kids & Treehouse
The US’s Universal Kids and Treehouse in Canada have bought rights to the latest series…
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ABC Kids & BBCWW partner for animated series
ABC Kids and BBC Worldwide (BBCWW) have partnered with Ludo Studio on a new preschool…
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Zodiak Kids brings YouTube shows to OTT platforms
Zodiak Kids has partnered with Future Today, a US-based technology and distribution company, to bring…
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UK factual indie hires BBC exec for kids TV
Scotland-based indie Maramedia is blending its natural history programming roots with children’s television for the…
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Starz plans to grow content by 40% this year
Starz has committed to plans to grow its on-demand content offering by 40% to hit…
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The kids OTT tidal wave
As technology continues to blur the line between linear and OTT, the opportunities for content…
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Superprod brings in French sales veteran
French production firm Superprod has hired a former Télé Images and Cyber Group Studios sales…
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Foxtel exec to launch Sixteen South sales arm
Belfast-based animation company Sixteen South is launching a distribution division, with an exec from Australian…
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Sky greenlights Kickstarter toon
Children’s Media Conference: European pay TV platform Sky has commissioned a short-form series that began…
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Virgin moves into original kids commissioning
Children’s Media Conference: UK pay TV platform Virgin Media is planning to commission kids television…
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BBC’s Webb: ‘fewer but bigger kids commissions’
The head of UK pubcaster the BBC’s kids department has said her division’s commissioning focus…
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Reaction to major BBC Children’s TV investment
There has been a glowing reaction to the BBC’s pledge of an additional £34 million…
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BBC tackles kids SVOD threat with £34m boost
BBC Children’s will receive its largest cash boost “in a generation”, with an extra £34…
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Strike leads to Cartoon Forum date change
The organisers of Cartoon Forum have moved the event forwards a day due to planned…
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Cartoon Forum wrestles with strike issues
France-based European animation pitch Cartoon Forum is considering moving its dates forward after a general…
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Hulu to stream ZDF ballet time-travel drama
US streaming service Hulu had acquired exclusive VOD rights to Find Me in Paris, the…
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Viaplay calls on Peppy Pals for new kids original
Scandinavian SVOD service Viaplay is getting its second kids TV original – a 16-part series…
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Keshet hires Gaumont exec for kids TV push
Keshet International (KI) is pushing further into kids TV by hiring a well-known Gaumont Television…
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Superights hires sales chief after Favennec exit
French kids TV distributor Superights has hired Nathalie Pinguet to become deputy general manager following…
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Show of the week Kosmoo
Kosmoo is a live-action adventure series that follows Robbe and his bionic dog Kosmoo as…
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YouTube Red orders batch of new originals
Subscription video service YouTube Red has ordered a live action kids series featuring YouTube star…
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Turner buys into Asian digital content network
Turner Asia Pacific has taken a minority stake in POPS Worldwide, a Vietnamese digital media…
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Netflix to let kids control originals narratives
Subscription VOD service Netflix is to introduce interactive ‘branching’ narrative episodes to a pair of…
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2D dominates Cartoon Forum entries
Seventy percent of projects at the upcoming Cartoon Forum are 2D efforts. A total of…
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Xi Jinping vehicle invests £30m in Blue Zoo
A Chinese media venture with backing from president Xi Jinping is to fund UK-based Blue…
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Disney heads to 101 Dalmatian Street
Disney Channels EMEA has commissioned an animated series adaptation of classic movie One Hundred and…
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France Télévisions, MarVista execs join Gaumont
Narcos studio Gaumont has hired execs from France Télévisions and MarVista Entertainment as it expands…
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Netflix takes Korean toons from Imira
SVOD giant Netflix has bought a package of children’s programming from Spain’s Imira Entertainment, including…