Kids


Kids round-up: Nickelodeon takes Xilam’s ‘Athleticus’ and Mr Magoo’ global and greenlights second “It’s Pony’ trek; YouTube Kids launches on Amazon Fire TV

Nickelodeon acquires ‘Athleticus’ and ‘Mr Magoo’ from Xilam Nickelodeon has made global deals with French animation studio Xilam Animation for two of its properties – Athleticus and Mr Magoo. The ViacomCBS-owned broadcaster has taken exclusive pay-TV rights to two seasons of short-form CGI series Athleticus covering Asia Pacific, EMEA and Latin America. It has also […]

Quibi converts less than 10% after free trial, report claims

Short-form streamer Quibi has come to the end of its 90-day introductory free trial and the initial outlook for the Jeffrey Katzenberg founded company is not good, according to a new report. Mobile analytics firm Sensor Tower has said Quibi only saw about 72,000 of the 910,000 users who signed up for the trial decide […]

DHX Media alum Ken Faier & Frima founder Steve Couture launch Epic Storyworlds

Former DHX Media exec Ken Faier and Frima founder Steve Couture have joined forces to launch a new Quebec-based kids prodco, with its first commission in the bag. Epic Storyworlds will act as a sister company to Faier’s Epic Story Media and will serve both Québécois and global audiences with IP across television, digital, gaming […]

WarnerMedia’s TBS links with BuzzFeed for ‘The Sims’ reality show

WarnerMedia’s US cabler TBS has linked up with Buzzfeed to launch a reality show based on the classic life simulation game The Sims. The Sims Spark’d is a four-episode show that will follow 12 players as they compete in both skills and elimination challenges in a bid to impress celebrity judges and win a $100,000 […]

WarnerMedia names Johannes Larcher to lead HBO Max global roll-out

WarnerMedia has appointed Johannes Larcher, MD of Middle East streamer Shahid, to oversee the international roll-out of its HBO Max service. Larcher will become head of HBO Max International from August with responsibility for the global roll-out and management of the direct-to-consumer service, which launched in the US on 27 May. He will report to […]

HBO Max orders ‘Young Love’ animation from former NFL star Matthew Cherry

US streamer HBO Max is expanding its animation offering after ordering a 12-episode season of 2D series Young Love, based on characters created by director and former NFL star Matthew Cherry. The show expands on Cherry’s characters from his short film Hair Love, which centers around the relationship between an African-American father and his daughter […]

Kids round-up: BFI reveals new slate; Keith Chapman takes ‘Camp Furly’ to market; UK’s C5 expands Milkshake!

New BFI-funded children’s slate announced Twelve new productions for young audiences have been commissioned in the UK thanks to the British Film Institute (BFI)-funded Young Audiences Content Fund (YACF). This new slate of series and specials includes commissions for broadcasters Channel 4, E4, Channel 5’s Milkshake!, CITV and S4C, and follows the initial nine projects announced […]

BAME TV Task Force reveals ‘positive response’ to discrimination letter

The Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) TV Task Force says it has received a “positive response” from UK broadcasters following its open letter calling for “tangible changes” to end to racism in the industry. In June, the task force, which includes representatives of the UK TV industry’s BAME community, called on the British government, […]

Kids round-up: Tencent Video becomes new Chinese home for ‘Shaun The Sheep’; Acamar Films makes key UK hires; ‘Dino Dana’ movie roars onto Canada’s Cineplex Store and more…

Tencent and Aardman do ‘Shaun The Sheep’ deal UK studio Aardman has signed a deal with Tencent Video to make the streaming platform the new home for Shaun The Sheep in China. The streamer will pick up all 170 x 7-minute episodes of the animated series, which is also carried by Netflix outside of China. […]