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CBeebies
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Former CBeebies controller Kay Benbow dies
Kay Benbow, the former controller of CBeebies, the pre-school channel operated by UK pubcaster the…
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TBI Kids Hot Picks: Mitten & Shoe
Producer(s): Matinai Animation, Hotel Hungaria & Jam Media | Distributor: Aardman | Broadcaster: CBeebies (UK)…
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UK’s CBeebies & France TV co-commission ‘Big Lizard’ animated co-pro
BBC-owned kids’ channel CBeebies in the UK and France Télévisions have jointly commissioned Big Lizard,…
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Kids round-up: Cbeebies opens ‘Fred & Pete’s Treasure Tales’; Sky Kids lands Monrae’s gaming series
CBeebies opens Fred & Pete’s Treasure Tales CBeebies in the UK is preparing to debut…
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Kids round-up: Banijay to shop ‘Topo Gigio’; Sky UK acquires ‘Zoonicorn’; CBeebies returns ‘Tish Tash’
Banijay to shop ‘Topo Gigio’ Banijay Kids & Family has picked up Italian kids animation…
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Sales round-up: France TV buys Attenborough’s ‘Life In Colour’; HBO Max takes ‘Octonauts’; Jetpack strikes BBC deal
France TV buys Attenborough’s Life In Colour France Télévisions is among buyers of Life In Colour…
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UK’s CBeebies says ‘Let’s Dance’ to Canadian kids doc format
BBC-owned UK kids’ channel CBeebies has acquired Canadian docu-style kids dance series Let’s Dance. The UK…
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Round-up: Discovery+ Finland gets re-‘Connected’; CBeebies pre-buys new ‘Kiri And Lou’; Quintus bolsters factual offering
Discovery+ Finland gets re-‘Connected’ Discovery+ has commissioned a sixth season of Armoza Formats’ docu-reality show…
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Omens Studios hires BBC alum as part of creative expansion
Kids animation company Omens Studios has expanded its creative team by appointing writer and showrunner…
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Kids round-up: ‘Paddington’ heads to China; CBBC & Family Channel return to ‘Malory Towers’; Kartoon Channel! lands ‘Roblox’ series
‘Paddington’ heads to China French production and distribution company StudioCanal has partnered with distributor Shanghai…
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‘Mr Bloom’ star Ben Faulks launches Egg Power Productions
Ben Faulks, star and co-creator of UK’s children’s TV brand Mr Bloom, is launching his own…
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Cloudco bolsters distribution team with Partner
Kids TV producer and distributor Cloudco Entertainment has hired Sam Partner as VP international content…
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Beta Film links with China’s WeKids for Asian distribution
Germany’s Beta Film has partnered with Chinese producer-distributor WeKids to distribute its children’s programming globally….
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BBC Children’s in-house unveils slate of new and returning shows
BBC Children’s in-house productions has unveiled a range of kids commissions to coincide with this…
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BBCWW launches channels across MENA, Turkey
Factual channel BBC Earth is due to launch across the Middle East and North Africa…
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Hello Halo hires kids head as first CBeebies series lands
UK indie Hello Halo has appointed development exec Terri Langan (pictured) as its first head…
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Benbow exiting in BBC Children’s shake-up
Kay Benbow is the leaving the children’s division of UK pubcaster the BBC as part…
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BBC Worldwide nets launch on Polish OTT service
Cyfrowy Polsat-owned OTT TV service Ipla has added three BBC Worldwide channels to its programming…
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BBC’s Webb: ‘fewer but bigger kids commissions’
The head of UK pubcaster the BBC’s kids department has said her division’s commissioning focus…
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BBC’s Go Jetters flies into China
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has acquired BBC kids series Go Jetters. The series will also…
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Teletubbies returning to Germany
KiKa has acquired the new Teletubbies, marking the return of the iconic preschool series in…
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British preschool toon Boj heads to iQiyi
Chinese on-demand platform iQiyi has bought another British preschool toon. The SVOD service has bought…
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Latest territory launch for CBeebies
BBC children’s channel, CBeebies, today debuts on 15 cable operators in Taiwan. The dual-language, localised…
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iQiyi bags 300 hours of CBeebies shows
Chinese on-demand player iQiyi is acquiring nearly 300 hours of preschool programming from UK-based kids…
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CBeebies boards new Andrew Davenport show
UK children’s channel CBeebies has commissioned the debut series from the partnership of Andrew Davenport’s…
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Netflix checks into BBC’s Furchester Hotel
Netflix has acquired Sesame Workshop and CBeebies kids series The Furchester Hotel. The puppetry-based preschool…
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BBCWW strikes 600-hour Amazon India deal
BBC Worldwide has shopped a huge package of BBC content to Amazon for its recently-launched…
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BBC swipes app upgrades
The BBC has updated its popular news app, introducing new elements including allowing users to…
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BBCWW streams channels on TVB SVOD platform
BBC Worldwide has launched five channels on myTVSuper, the SVOD service operated by Hong Kong’s…
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Africa launch for CBeebies
The BBC’s preschool channel CBeebies is launching in East Africa on the Zuku pay TV…