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Kids
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Tom & Jerry-style slapstick toon set for Boomerang
Turner International is working up a slapstick cartoon with France’s Cyber Group Studios, with the…
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Tom & Jerry-style slapstick toon set for Boomerang
Turner International is working up a slapstick cartoon with France’s Cyber Group Studios, with the…
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Worldwide kids: Miami and Liverpool beckon
With trips to Miami and Liverpool coming up, Henrietta Hurford-Jones, BBC Worldwide’s director of childrens,…
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Elmendorff leaves Studio 100
Patrick Elmendorff has resigned as CEO of kids producer and distributor Studio 100 Media. Veteran…
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Scherba upped in DHX rejig
DHX Media has promoted Josh Scherba and Anne Loi as part of a restructuring that…
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Henson hires kids TV veteran Maizes
The Jim Henson Company has hired Sarah Maizes as vice president of children’s entertainment. In…
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Nickelodeon buys ToonMarty
Nickelodeon has bought global rights to ToonMarty, the upcoming Canada-produced toon series from Sean Scott,…
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Sprout touts robot toon, trio in development
US kids channel Sprout has greenlit a 26-episode toon about a girl and her robot…
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Hari joins the distribution club
Hari International introduced its first cartoon series Grizzy and the Lemmings at MIPJunior last year,…
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Cartoon Saloon creates JV studio with Canuck firm
Ireland’s Cartoon Saloon and Canada’s Mercury Filmworks have launched a full service joint venture studio…
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Stan named Cartoon Network Oz streaming home
Australian subscription VOD service Stan has become the exclusive streaming home of Cartoon Network programming…
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Buyers queue up for Grizzy and the Lemmings
The first free TV sales of French CGI toon Grizzy and the Lemmings have been…
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Kids on-demand service stocks up
Preschool streaming app Curious World has added to its line-up with several new acquisitions. The…
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Curious World turns to international
Publishing giant Houghton Mifflin Harcourt launched its Curious World app a year ago, with a…
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Discovery Kids brings Nils to India
Discovery Communications has acquired animated series Nils Holgersson for its kids net in India. Discovery…
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Netflix checks into BBC’s Furchester Hotel
Netflix has acquired Sesame Workshop and CBeebies kids series The Furchester Hotel. The puppetry-based preschool…
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Buyers line up for Tootuff
French producer and distributor Go-N has sealed a raft of deals for the new season…
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Waheed Alli firm hires VP for EMEA
UK-based children’s television producer Silvergate Media has hired a VP for the EMEA region. Lisa…
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First international deal for new kids prodco
Language-learning kids series StoryZoo will head to ORF in Austria after the fledgling kids prodco…
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Milkshake! puts Shane the Chef to work
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has greenlit production on a 52x11mins animated preschool series about an energetic…
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Katzenberg raises $590m for new venture
Jeffrey Katzenberg has created an LA-based media company, WndrCo, raising US$591.5 million for the venture….
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Octonauts prodco brings in former Disney exec
Kids prodco Silvergate has hired former Disney Studios Lat Am CFO Jeff Farnath as its…
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Ex-Viacom int’l chief Singh buys into app firm
Former Viacom International Media Networks emerging markets chief Bhav Singh has acquired a stake in…
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Studio 100 buys M4E
Europe’s Studio 100 has acquired a majority interest in Germany’s m4E. Belgium-based Studio 100 has…
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Fremantle moves into kids formats
FremantleMedia’s Kids & Family unit has moved into formats, striking a deal for a Swedish…
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Disney acquires Belarussian toon
Disney channels around the world have acquired a 52×3.5mins non-dialogue toon hailing from the little-known…
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Talking Tom firm sold for $1bn
The company behind the Talking Tom and Friends TV series and forefather app has been…
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Amazon brings British Bear Hunt toon to US
Amazon Prime Video has acquired exclusive US streaming rights to British animated special We’re Going…
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Corus Kids chief to run Sprout in US
Deidre Brennan is leaving Canada’s Corus Entertainment after less than a year to become general…
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Sony Pictures buys into Genius
Sony Pictures’ home entertainment arm has bought into LA kids company Genius Brands International. Sony…