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Kids
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9 Story sells 800 eps into Asia
9 Story has inked a raft of Asian deals, shopping over 800 episodes of kids…
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RTÉ to axe in-house kids programming
RTÉ will no longer make any in-house children’s television programming, as part of a huge…
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Cake designs digital content JV with Diagonal View
UK-based Cake has partnered with digital studio Diagonal View to create content that will begin…
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Lagardère Active pockets kids VOD series
French broadcaster Lagardère Active has acquired a preschool series based on the Badanamu online property…
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Africa launch for CBeebies
The BBC’s preschool channel CBeebies is launching in East Africa on the Zuku pay TV…
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Purdy exiting BBC Kids in Canada
Lisa Purdy is to leave her director post at Canadian children’s channels BBC Kids and…
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9 Story, Stu Snyder prep Little Critter series
9 Story is making an animated adaptation of the Little Critter kids books. Former Cartoon…
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Former Arc exec joins Atomic Cartoons
Canadian studio Atomic Cartoons has hired Matthew Berkowitz as head of development. The new recruit…
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Stan Lee content powers AR/VR kids app
The “world’s first kid-centric app powered by augmented reality and virtual reality” has launched with…
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Kids company Sutikki setting up UK base
Sutikki, the new kids content company backed by Bob’s Burgers prodco Bento Box, is preparing to…
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Rainmaker buys Frederator, EH to form WOW!
Canada’s Rainmaker Entertainment has acquired kids companies Frederator Networks and Ezrin Hirsh Entertainment, paying a…
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Show of the week: Simon
Simon was generating heat at MIPJunior, becoming the most-screened kids show at the market. The…
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Happy Tree Friends streaming deal for LeEco
Kids producer and distributor Mondo has struck a deal with LeEco and will add several…
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Sony buys into preschool SVOD service
Sony Pictures Television has bought into preschool SVOD service Hopster. That means Sony Pictures Television…
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New kids OTT service rolls out
Digital Media Rights has launched Cocoro, a new kids OTT service. The on-demand service has…
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Cartoonito takes Thomas from Nick, Sesame Street
Thomas & Friends has a new home on British pay TV, with Cartoonito stealing away…
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Barbie set for a busy MIPJunior
Mattel Creations will be shopping Barbie Dreamtopia at MIPJunior, it’s new toon based on the…
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Sinking Ship debuts Dino Dana
Sinking Ship Entertainment’s first MIPCOM since acquiring Picture Box Distribution will see the Canadian kids…
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MIPJunior Hot Pick: The Loud House
The Loud House has been making a lot of noise. The Nickelodeon show has fared…
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Kids TV veterans launch Bento Box unit
A trio of veteran children’s television executives have partnered with Bob’s Burgers prodco Bento Box…
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Amazon likes smell of Stilton
Subscription VOD service Amazon Prime Video has acquired seasons one and two of Atlantyca Entertainment’s…
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Mattel hires ex-Warner Bros. exec for sales
The content arm of US toy giant Mattel has hired a former Warner Bros. business…
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Imira takes Hogie to MIPCOM
Imira Entertainment from Spain hits the Croisette with a total of more than 150 new…
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MIPCOM: Memories of Nanette
As with its previous effort, the madcap Zoli & Pokey, 2 Minutes’ Memories of Nanette…
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Televisa becomes key Mexican Ben & Holly home
Televisa has taken free-to-air rights to Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom and will become the…
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Netflix builds LEGO, CiTV partnerships
Netflix has commissioned six original kids series, one from the LEGO Group and another from…
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New Korean home for Peppa Pig
Global preschool hit Peppa Pig will launch on pay TV in South Korea later this…
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MIPJunior Hot Pick: Simon
Stephanie Blake’s Simon books have sold three million copies in France and have been referenced…
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Disney, Fox veteran joins toon house in IP push
A former animation studio chief at Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. has joined Singapore’s One…
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Foothill joins Sockeye’s Mother Goose Club
Californian distributor Foothill Entertainment has taken on sales rights to preschool property Mother Goose Club,…