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Kids
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France, Ireland attract suitors at Cartoon Forum
Projects from France and Ireland made up a big proportion of the most-attended pitches at…
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Viacom poaches BBC exec for UK kids role
Viacom has hired Sarah Muller to run its kids programming at Channel 5. The new…
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Mondo sets up Tenerife production hub
Kids producer and distributor Mondo TV has set up a new production outpost in Santa…
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Amazon UK picks up BBC kids series
Amazon has acquired the new version of CBeebies kids series Teletubbies for its streaming service….
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MTG moves into kids TV
The Modern Times Group has commissioned The Big Experiment, its first original kids series. The…
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ABC launches ABC MEe channel and app
Australian pubcaster the ABC will launch its new kids TV and digital service, ABC Me,…
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Breakthrough brings in kids veteran for sales
Breakthrough has recruited Caroline Tyre and the seasoned Canadia kids TV exec for a new…
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Imira adds sales exec
Spain-based kids producer and distributor Imira has hired Gulshan David to cover sales in Europe…
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In-demand Top Tens: Euro toons (Sept 4-10, 2016)
Our latest in-demand data in association with Parrot Analytics comes ahead of Cartoon Forum in…
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Bejuba! raids BRB for sales chief
Canada’s Bejuba! Entertainment has hired BRB International sales veteran Emilie Pasquet to become its director…
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Sydney Sailboat docks at Hulu
US streaming service Hulu has taken exclusive US subscription on-demand rights to animated preschool series…
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Foothill CEO joins Genius Brands in sales rejig
Foothill Entertainment CEO Jo Kavanagh-Payne has joined LA-based Genius Brands International, though will also remain…
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ABC Commercial bags full Wiggles rights
The commercial arm of Australian pubcaster the ABC has taken full catalogue rights to programming,…
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Congé joins expanding Go-N
Marie Congé has joined French producer and distributor Go-N. The announcement she will join the Paris-based…
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Discovery Lat Am, TVO buy Cottonwood kids show
Discovery Kids Latin America and Canada’s TVO have acquired The Ollie and Moon Show from…
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Kids still gravitate to linear TV
Linear TV is still the most popular way for kids to consume video content, according…
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Toon veteran joins Cyber Group as Congé exits
Paris-based Cyber Group Studios has hired French animation industry veteran Raphaelle Mathieu. She will become…
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News brief: Disney’s Lodge opened in US
A Disney Channel EMEA series based on an Israeli teen music-mystery drama has sold to…
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OTT launches for Celestial’s kids channel
Lionsgate and Saban-backed Asian channel operator Celestial Tiger Entertainment has launched its Miao Mi kids…
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Alix Wiseman joins 9 Story
Long-serving Aardman sales chief Alix Wiseman has taken a new business development and acquisitions role…
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Taylor upped in rejig as Wiseman exits Aardman
Alix Wiseman has left Aardman Animation after ten years with the British studio, a move…
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Cohn to lead TV animation at NBCU’s DreamWorks
Marjorie Cohn will lead the integrated DreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures television animation businesses. She…
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Comcast completes $3.8bn DreamWorks takeover
Comcast is set to go head-to-head with Disney in the kids and family sector after…
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Boat Rocker kids prodco buys Arc assets
In the same month it was acquired by Boat Rocker Media, Canadian toon studio Jam…
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Ex-Disney pair launches kids prodco
A pair of former Walt Disney Company execs have teamed up to create an LA-based…
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ABC retools ABC3 under new guise
Australian pubcaster the ABC has renamed its kids-focused network ABC3 to create “a complete digital…
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News brief: African broadcaster enters Jabu’s Jungle
Africa’s Econet Media has bought South African animated kids series Jabu’s Jungle and will broadcast…
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CBC names interim kids chief after Markle exit
Canadian pubcaster CBC has named Marie McCann interim senior director of Kids CBC following the…
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Boat Rocker buys Peace Point Rights
Toronto’s Boat Rocker Media continues to buy up compatriot companies, this time acquiring Peace Point…
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Amazon buys BBCWW-sold edutainment show
Amazon Prime Video has added Phonics School, a 16x5mins cartoon from London-based edutainment specialist EnablinGenius….