Kids


BBC Studios moves Showcase to London & sets 2023 dates

BBC Studios (BBCS) is moving its annual Showcase event to London and will hold the event across 27 and 28 February. The company’s flagship content market, which attracts around 700 buyers annually, had been held in the UK city of Liverpool for nine years and most recently moved online during the pandemic for its 2021 […]

Spain’s DeAPlaneta Entertainment hires Toonz alum as kids content & sales director

Spanish content producer and distributor DeAPlaneta Entertainment has appointed Carlos Biern as content and distribution director of the kids & family division. Reporting directly to chief brand officer Diego Ibañez, Biern will be tasked with growing the division’s portfolio of animated series with original productions, co-productions and acquisitions and positioning the brand on TV channels and […]

Exclusive: BBC Studios eyes “channels, streaming & prodco” investment

BBC Studios (BBCS) is looking to make the most of its increased investment capability following its annual results yesterday, with spending on production companies, streaming expansion and channels on the agenda. The commercial arm of the UK public broadcaster revealed record profits for 2021/22 of £226m ($267m), as well as a new sales high that hit almost $2bn, and […]

BBC Studios profit hits $267m, as sales soar 30% to record $1.93bn

BBC Studios (BBCS) has unveiled record profits over the past year of £226m ($267m), as well as a new sales high that hit almost $2bn. The commercial arm of the UK’s BBC saw its overall sales touch £1.6bn ($1.93bn) in 2021/22, up from the pandemic-hit £1.26bn last year, while the amount of hours produced soared from 1,352 […]

Brazil’s Globo seeks adventures with ‘Petit’ & ‘Ella, Oscar & Hoo’

Brazil’s Grupo Globo has acquired seasons one and two of pre-school animated series’ Petit, along with the first season of Ella Oscar & Hoo in a deal with French animation production and distribution company Dandelooo. Both shows will be available on Globo’s children’s OTT platform Giga Gloob and pay-TV channel Gloobinho. Based on the book Petit […]

HBO Max & Cartoon Network to adapt African superhero comic ‘Iyanu: Child Of Wonder’

Warner Bros. Discovery has ordered an adaptation of the Dark Horse Comics & YouNeek Studios graphic novel series Iyanu: Child Of Wonder as a 2D animation for HBO Max and Cartoon Network. David Steward II’s US-based Lion Forge Animation, which was behind the Oscar-winning Hair Love, will produce the series, which is being created by […]

Eccho Rights hires Calinos & Fox alum to drive direct-to-consumer growth

CJ ENM-owned distributor Eccho Rights has hired a Calinos Entertainment exec as director of digital media acquisition & content sales. Melis Hamamcioglu had been international content sales director for Calinos for the past three years and before that held roles at Fox Networks Group and Digiturk (now beIN). She will be joining the team at […]

Bright Little Labs recruits Wildbrain alum as COO

Warner Bros. Discovery-backed kids media company Bright Little Labs has appointed Wildbrain exec Nick Young as COO. Founded in 2015 by CEO Sophie Deen, the UK-based firm produces content and products with a focus on inclusive role models and learning inspired stories to teach 21st century digital skills, like computer science, coding and critical thinking. […]

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