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Kids
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Mattel nabs Google Americas boss for CEO post
American kids entertainment company Mattel has hired the president of Google’s Americas business to become…
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Komixx appoints veteran for Aussie expansion
Independent London- and LA-based kids prodco Komixx Media Group has appointed Amanda Morrison to expand…
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NATPE: Nick shooting new series in Miami
Nickelodeon will shoot Formula, a new 60-part series for its Latin American nets, here in…
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Amazon India buys Zodiak Kids toons
Amazon Prime Video India has bought all four seasons of kids toon Horrid Henry. The…
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Fremantle adds ex-Hoho sales chief
FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment has hired former Hoho Rights boss Danielle Davies on an…
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Turner and AzamTV take Boing into East Africa
Turner has expanded children’s channel Boing into new markets in East Africa after agreeing a…
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Nick buys more new Teletubbies
The Nickelodeon channel in the US has bought more episodes of the rebooted Teletubbies series….
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Hearst buys kids prodco Litton
New York-based media group Hearst is to buy a majority stake in children’s TV producer…
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Israeli kids net seeks ‘cutting edge’ content
A new Israeli children’s channel is seeking out “cutting edge” educational content. Hop! Media Group…
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WildBrain to manage Turner YouTube nets
London-based multichannel network WildBrain will manage a number of Turner’s YouTube channels in Europe, the…
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Kids streaming service seals deal with Hasbro
A multimedia streaming service has signed a deal with Hasbro Studios, allowing it to expand…
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Mediacorp readies bilingual toon
Mediacorp is claiming a first in Singapore by launching what it says is the territory’s…
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Cyber Group hires Goldsmith for US expansion
France’s Cyber Group Studios is moving into the US and has hired former Jim Henson…
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Euro nets befriend Winston Steinberger
Entertainment One has shopped its 2D animated comedy Winston Steinburger and Sir Dudley Ding Dong…
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TBI Kids: Year in Review
Undeniably, 2016 was the year digital platforms established themselves as key kids entertainment market gamechangers….
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TalkTalk adds Cartoonito to channel line-up
UK operator TalkTalk has added Turner preschool channel Cartoonito to its TV line-up. Cartoonito is…
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Sky Kids secures shortform toon package
The Sky Kids App in the UK has acquired a package of animated children’s shorts…
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UYoung brings Xilam series to China
Chinese kids entertainment firm UYoung has secured distribution rights to a number of animated series…
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Fred Rogers names new CEO as Isler retires
Pittsburgh-based The Fred Rogers Company has named Paul Siefken as its new president and CEO…
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Super! deal for Love, Divina
Live-action kids series Love, Divina has been sold to De Agostini’s Super! in Italy. The…
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Amazon bags US rights to Sindbad
Amazon Prime Video in the US has acquired rights to Sindbad & the 7 Galaxies….
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Amazon adds Asian preschool channel to line-up
The Miao Mi Mandarin-language kids net will be part of Amazon’s add-on channels offering. Amazon…
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Mattel’s Amazon series WellieWishers lands on Televisa
Mattel’s distribution division has sold its WellieWishers series to Televisa in Mexico. The animated kids…
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Rai to put on PJ Masks
Rai has become the latest buyer of preschool superhero toon PJ Masks. The Italian pubcaster…
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Former C5 kids exec starts indie
Jessica Symons has set up Ivy House, a new UK kids indie. Symons was head…
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Goldsmith leaving Henson
The Jim Henson Company’s head of distribution is exiting the business. Richard Goldsmith has been…
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YouTube edges out Netflix in kids streaming
YouTube is marginally more popular than Netflix for streaming content among kids according to new…
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Amazon takes 70s kids reboot to series
Amazon has ordered a full series of Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, a contemporary take…
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GoldBee seals ZDF sales ahead of ATF
Distributor Gold Bee has shopped over 200 hours of kids content into Asia ahead of…
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Job losses loom as ITV restructures kids net
ITV has put several of the team at its CiTV kids net at risk of…