All Hail King Julien


Comcast buying $3.8bn DreamWorks Animation

Comcast’s NBCUniversal is buying DreamWorks Animation, in a deal valuing the toon studio around US$3.8 billion. A deal had been expected after news of advanced talks broke earlier this week. Family-focused DreamWorks will become part of Comcast’s entertainment arm, NBCU, following the agreement, which will significantly bolster Comcast in its bid to rival The Walt […]

Lagardere in ‘landmark’ DreamWorks deal

Lagardere Active TV has entered into a “landmark” agreement with US studio DreamWorks Animation. The deal hands the French broadcaster free-to-air and pay TV rights to series including Dragons: Race to the Edge, The Adventures of Puss in Boots and All Hail King Julien. The first show, Dinotrux, launches on kids free TV channel Gulli […]

De Agostini scores major DreamWorks deal

De Agostini Editore, which operates Italian channel DeAKids, has secured an output deal comprising more than 600 episodes with US studio DreamWorks Animation. As of next month, DeAKids will begin broadcasting various DreamWorks shows on the kids pay TV channel, with Planeta Junior also taking licensing rights in southern Europe and the central and eastern […]

Netflix hands Puss in Boots toon debut

Netflix will premiere the latest of its DreamWorks Animation original toon series, The Adventures of Puss in Boots, on January 16. The series, based on the character introduced in the Shrek movie franchise, will comprise 22 five-minute episodes, with the first five launching this month. Netflix subs in the US, Canada, Latin America, UK, Ireland, […]

DreamWorks launching first TV channel

DreamWorks Animation is launching a 24/7 kids and family channel in 19 territories across Asia. The move marks the first time Jeffrey Katzenberg’s LA-based studio has launched a linear network. DreamWorks launched a YouTube channel, DreamWorksTV, earlier this year. The linear channel will launch in the second half of next year. Singapore-based HBO Asia will […]

Netflix tries new release model with Madagascar kids series

Netflix will release its upcoming kids series All Hail King Julien in installments, eschewing the simultaneous release model it has pioneered for the first time. DreamWorks Animation is producing the original series, which is a spin-off of its hit feature Madagascar, for Netflix as part of wider programming pact between the pair. The series focuses […]