Kids
Toei Animation exec boards Sinking Ship to lead MENA sales
Canadian kids firm Sinking Ship Entertainment has hired Toei Animation’s Karine Rubin to lead sales…
BBC Studios’ kids & family boss Helen Bullough exits
Helen Bullough, head of kids & family productions at the UK’s BBC Studios, is leaving…
Sales round-up: China goes Beyond for kids & factual; BBC takes ABC’s ‘Born To Spy’; ‘The Water Guardians’ land in Canada & Europe
China goes Beyond for kids & factual Chinese broadcasters and platforms have acquired a range…
Malaysia’s Lil Critter Workshop sets up UK studio
Malaysian animation house Lil Critter Workshop (LCW) is opening a new studio in the UK….
News round-up: Canal+ & RAI team for ‘The Crunchers’; ScreenSkills predicts HETV spend growth; Paramount+ debuts Putin inner circle doc
Canal+ & RAI team for ‘The Crunchers’ French broadcaster Canal+ and Italian public broadcaster RAI…
Paramount+ launches in UK, with ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ among content for 2022
Paramount has launched its SVOD service Paramount+ in the UK and Ireland, which will offer…
ABC’s Michael Carrington steps down at Australian public broadcaster
ABC in Australia is looking for a new director of entertainment and specialist after Michael…
Japan’s NHK snags Australian kids show ‘The Inbestigators’
Japanese broadcaster NHK has picked up rights to Australian kids show The Inbestigators, which debuted…
Exclusive: WBD looks to broaden kids offer in EMEA & eyes coproductions
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) EMEA is looking to broaden the appeal and range of its…
Amazon animation boss talks rights flexibility & building “bigger worlds”
Amazon Studios is looking to create franchises with its animation content and said that while…