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Amazon buys Shaun the Sheep, Ben 10
Amazon Prime Instant Video has acquired exclusive UK streaming rights to Aardman Animation’s stop-motion series…
News brief: Turner channels launch on SingTel
Seven Turner Broadcasting System channels are launching on the SingTel mio platform in Singapore. Kids…
Oggy exits Cartoon Network, returns to Nick
French animated cartoon Oggy and the Cockroaches today returns to Nickelodeon in India after nearly…
Boomerang refresh continues with Asia move
Turner Broadcasting System’s refresh of the Boomerang brand into an all-animation family channel is continuing…
Cartoon Network Oz buys Sam Fox
Cartoon Network in Australia has acquired kids live-action series Sam Fox: Extreme Adventures. The SLR…
Dish dumps Turner channels in carriage dispute
US pay TV operator Dish has shelved a swathe of Turner Broadcasting channels in a…
Cartoon Network grabs Transformers after Hub switch
Cartoon Network has snapped up Transformers: Robots in Disguise after the Transformer franchise’s former home,…
Teletoon and Cartoon Network go for Supernoobs
Canadian kids net Teletoon has commissioned a new 2D animated kids series, Supernoobs, which has…
Cartoon Network comedies renewed
Cartoon Network announced the renewal of five comedies at the San Diego Comic-Con International event…
Miller fills Snyder’s role as Cartoon Network president
Christina Miller has been named president and general manager of Turner Broadcasting System-owned channels Cartoon…
Turner moves Asia Pac exec to Cartoon Network US
Turner Broadcasting System has named one of its Asia Pacific kids programming bosses as VP,…
The Powerpuff Girls make a comeback
Cartoon Network is bring back one of its biggest animated franchises, The Powerpuff Girls. The…
News brief: Cartoon Network takes Shaun the Sheep to Asia
Cartoon Network in southeast Asia has acquired exclusive local rights to the latest season of…
Cartoon Network doubles Gumball order
The continuing ratings success of animated kids series The Amazing World of Gumball has prompted…
Netflix steals Dragons from Cartoon Network
Streaming service Netflix is to become the exclusive home to animated kids series Dreamworks Dragons…
News brief: Sendokai Champions wins for Cartoon Network
New episodes of animated toon series Sendokai Champions are to run on Cartoon Network across…
Kids go OTT
As the gamut of entertainment mediums for children grows ever wider, Andy Fry profiles how…
Cloud OTT service Magine launches in Germany
Magine, the cloud-based over-the-top TV service, has launched in Germany. It has been in beta…
News brief: Cartoon Network poaches content boss from NBCU
Cartoon Network has recruited Brian Robillard as vice president, content business operations for its Cartoon…
News brief: Global sales for new Jungle Bunch series
Broadcasters in Europe, the Middle East and North America have bought Tat Productions and Master…
Cartoon Network goes Over the Garden Wall
Cartoon Network has unveiled it latest programming, which includes its first ever animated event miniseries,…
Cartoon Network president Snyder exiting
Cartoon Network president Stu Snyder is exiting the Turner Broadcasting System-owned kids channel after six…
News brief: Rai Gulp backs Sendokai Champions
Italian kids channel Rai Gulp has acquired animated action series Sendokai Champions from Spanish distributor…
Netflix exclusive for Star Wars toon finale
Netflix has bagged exclusive rights to the climactic season of the Star Wars Clone Wars…
Turner nabs Discovery Asia CFO
Turner International Asia Pacific has recruited Shitiz Jain as senior VP, finance. He joins from…
MIPTV to launch Kids TV Summit
Reed MIDEM will hold a one-day summit focusing on how digital disruption is effecting both…
PGS notches Lat Am deals
Kids distributor PGS Entertainment has sealed a raft of programming deals with broadcasters across Latin…
Nelvana inks deals with Cartoon Network Latin America
Cartoon Network Latin America has bought 78 half-hours of programming from Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana Enterprises….
Turner hires EMEA finance boss from Time Out
Turner International has recruited Aksel van der Wal (pictured) as senior VP, finance, for its…
Netflix cuts kids deal with Cartoon Network
Netflix has struck a deal to bring content from Turner Broadcast’s Cartoon Network and Cartoonito…