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Kids
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Xilam staffs up with digital hire
French toon house Xilam Animation has followed up the hire of Morgann Favennec by bringing…
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France Télévisions, Super RTL welcome Mike
Pubcaster France Télévisions and Germany’s Super RTL have pre-bought TeamTO’s latest animated series, Take it…
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Ex-AwesomenessTV chief joins Paramount
AwesomenessTV founder Brian Robbins as joined Paramount Pictures to lead a new youth-skewed division. Robbins…
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Starz takes Snapshots from Distribution360
US premium cable channel Starz has acquired a package of kids series from Canada-based Distribution360….
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Pip Ahoy! docks in China
UK kids series Pip Ahoy! has debuted on IPTV, SVOD and satellite channels in China….
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Gaumont hires France TV exec for sales
France Télévisions Distribution exec Laura Laas is joining Gaumont as VP of international TV sales…
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Chinese VOD nets welcome Teletubbies
Chinese streaming services Youku and iQiyi have both acquired both seasons of the rebooted Teletubbies…
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Tiger Aspect to produce Aliens Love Underpants for Sky
Endemol Shine-owned Tiger Aspect (Mr Bean, Charlie and Lola) is adapting award-winning children’s book Aliens…
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Amazon brings Mojicons to US
Amazon Prime Video will bring 26x11mins animated toon The Mojicons to the US. The move…
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Hall leaves CHF post as committee takes over
Simon Hall is exiting his managing director post at UK-based toon house CHF Media Group….
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Peppa Pig grows as eOne preps more eps
Entertainment One Family is to once again expand its cash cow children’s property Peppa Pig….
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Favennec exits Superights for Xilam
Superights deputy managing director Morgann Favennec is joining rival French toon house Xilam Animation. She…
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Nick UK poaches Scripps programming exec
Nickelodeon UK & Ireland has hired a Scripps Networks International VP of programming. As of…
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DHX buys Shortcake, Peanuts for $345m
Canada’s DHX Media has acquired the entertainment arm of Iconix Brand Group, handing it control…
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Disney Junior exhibits Gigantosaurus, Simon
Disney Junior Worldwide has pre-bought new Cyber Group Studios preschool toon Gigantosaurus, and acquired another…
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Emerging kids studios
In spite of the challenges, some studios that had been offering services on a work-for-hire…
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Sander Schwartz joins Subway Surfers prodco
Former Warner Bros., Sony and FremantleMedia animation chief Sander Schwartz will oversee development of popular…
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NBCU rebrands Sprout as Universal Kids
US children’s channel Sprout has been renamed Universal Kids, though the brand remains as a…
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YouTube launches Kids app on smart TVs
YouTube is launching its YouTube Kids app on select smart TVs around the world. As…
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New Lat Am vendor to shop Gaumont shows
A new Latin America-focused distribution company has landed regional rights to Gaumont’s scripted drama and…
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Turner taps Nick for Boomerang SVOD chief
Turner has poached Sundance Feniger from Nickelodeon to run its new Boomerang subscription VOD service….
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In the Spirit of French animation
A few years back, Eric Jacquot and Armelle Glorennec’s French animation company Blue Spirit emerged…
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Chinese kids channel app launches in the US
Mandarin-language kids net Miao Mi has launched via a dedicated iOS app in North America….
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Sony makes free TV move in Italy
Sony is launching its first free-to-air channel in Italy, with kids net Pop launching early…
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BBC’s Go Jetters flies into China
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has acquired BBC kids series Go Jetters. The series will also…
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Boomerang OTT service goes live
Turner and Warner Bros’ animation subscription video-on-demand service, Boomerang, has gone live in the US….
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SVT takes large BBC Worldwide package
Swedish pubcaster SVT has acquired a wide-ranging programming deal with BBC Worldwide. SVT has often…
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All the Kids Entertainment launches in Cannes
A new kids production business, All the Kids Entertainment, has launched here in Cannes. Veteran…
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Disney, ABC will Find Me in Paris
Two European Disney channels and the ABC in Australia are among the buyers of teen…
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The ABC’s Chris Rose joins Beano
Chris Rose has joined the Beano animation team in the UK, and will be director…