Kids


Warner Bros. Discovery merger closes, creating global content behemoth

The newly combined Warner Bros. Discovery has begun trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange today, after the $43bn merger of Discovery and AT&T’s WarnerMedia closed on Friday. The closure of the deal brings WarnerMedia’s entertainment, sports and news assets under the same roof as Discovery’s array of factual entertainment offerings to create a $150bn content […]

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Da Vinci strikes double APC deal Kids edu-tainment platform Da Vinci has picked up season one and two of Go Green with the Grimwades for Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa as well as seasons one and two of Zoe & Milo, for the UK and ROI, Netherlands, CEE, Asia and Africa. […]

Exclusive: CBC Kids on how old media is playing catch-up to the TikTok generation

Working with platforms like TikTok is essential to engaging with the hard-to-reach teen and tween audience “in their own language”, says CBC Kids exec Marie McCann. Talking to TBI, McCann, senior director of children’s content at the Canadian pubcaster’s kids & family arm, revealed that the recent revival of teen brand Street Cents as a […]

Banijay UK’s CEO Lucinda Hicks to step down

Banijay UK’s CEO Lucinda Hicks is leaving the company this summer, with incoming BBC exec Patrick Holland taking up her remit. Hicks has been with Banijay and predecessor Endemol Shine Group for 12 years, taking on her most recent role in 2020 after the France-based firm completed its acquisition of ESG. Prior to that, she was COO […]

Canada’s Sphere restructures Sienna, BGM & GO Films into single entity

Canadian producer & distributor Sphere has restructured its business, bringing companies including Sienna Films and BGM (formerly Bristow Global Media) together under a single brand. Jennifer Kawaja-led Sienna and BGM, which is headed by Marlo Miazga, will combine with Josée Vallée’s GO Films to become Sphere Media, which will oversee the creation, production and distribution of […]

Exclusive: HBO Max EMEA on hunt for live-action comedy & unscripted pre-school shows

HBO Max is looking to commission and acquire unscripted pre-school formats, live-action children’s comedies and shows that appeal to young female viewers as the streamer continues its expansion across Europe. The WarnerMedia-owned SVOD, which has had success in EMEA with shows including Looney Tunes Cartoons and Teen Titans Go!, rolled out in 15 European countries […]

How to bridge the divide in teen TV

As linear viewership among teens and tweens continues to decline, Mark Layton finds out what’s enticing this audience away from the TV set and how ‘traditional’ broadcasters are attempting to engage them The number of teens and tweens watching broadcast TV has been on the decline for several years now. While the figures vary from […]

TBI Kids April/May 2022

The latest Kids issue includes Re-connecting With linear viewership declining among teens, Mark Layton talks to the BBC, CBC and Snap about how they’re appealing to this audience Casting a net Netflix’s Alexi Wheeler shares his original children’s content ambitions and shares what’s currently proving popular for the streamer Feeding the hungry beast As HBO […]

TelevisaUnivision’s streamer ViX rolls out AVOD offer with 40,000 hours of Spanish-language shows

The newly merged Spanish-language giant TelevisaUnivision has formally launched its new OTT service ViX, complete with 40,000 hours of content available via AVOD. The streamer, which is now available in the US and Latin America, claims to offer “the world’s largest offering of Spanish-language entertainment, news and sports content”, with an array of original series, movies and FIFA World […]

Germany’s KiKA & Israel’s Zoom land on Mars-set teen series

Israeli and German networks have greenlit DreaMars, a new live-action sci-fi show about eight teenagers who fly to Mars for a critical mission.   Aimed at older children and teens, the 20 x 22-minute series is set to debut on German channel KiKA, and Israeli broadcaster HOT’s kids channel Zoom in 2023. It is a […]

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