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Blue-Zoo Animation
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Kids bulletin: Canal+ orders from Dandelooo; BBC adapts Enid Blyton; C5 doubles kids’ spending
France’s Canal+ orders Dandelooo animation French pay TV operator Canal+ has ordered a serialised children’s…
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American SVOD nets bag Tree Fu, new Willows
SVOD service Hulu has acquired exclusive local rights to BBC preschool toon Tree Fu Tom,…
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Xi Jinping vehicle invests £30m in Blue Zoo
A Chinese media venture with backing from president Xi Jinping is to fund UK-based Blue…
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Emerging kids studios
In spite of the challenges, some studios that had been offering services on a work-for-hire…
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TBI Kids Survey 2016: what is the most impressive and original kids show out there today?
Asking kids TV executives to name the most impressive show out there (not one of…
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TBI Kids Survey 2016: is a breakout global kids content hit coming?
It is hard to get new shows away, and even harder to get new shows…
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Oli Hyatt: EU plan could harm animation funding
Blue Zoo Animation’s Oli Hyatt warns potential changes to the European TV rights market could…
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News brief: CBeebies snaps up Pootle special
UK preschool channel CBeebies has acquired a 27-minute special of Snapper Productions’ animated series Q…
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Cartoon Forum 2014: pre-market guide, part one
Every year, brave indie producers stand before the great and the good of European animation…