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News brief: Rosie returns to Rai
Italian public broadcaster Rai has committed to the second season of V&S Entertainment’s much-traveled preschool…
CBeebies, BBC Worldwide join Andy’s Dinosaur Adventures
UK public children’s channel CBeebies and commercial counterpart BBC Worldwide Channels have hooked up to…
News brief: Mike the Knight gets second season
HIT Entertainment and Nelvana Enterprises have gone into production on a second season of new…
BBC Trust starts review of kids’ TV services
The BBC Trust, the UK public broadcaster’s governing body, has announced a review of its…
CBeebies buys Tilly and Friends for international nets
The BBC has acquired animated series Tilly and Friends for its international CBeebies channels. The…
UK, Canada reveal Dinopaws footprints
A trio of UK, Canadian and international broadcasters has commissioned a new transatlantic preschool cartoon about…
Beyond picks up two BBC kids shows
Beyond International has taken international rights to two new kids series, Totally Rubbish and Get…
Liam Keelan opts for BBC Worldwide over Sky
Liam Keelan has opted to take a new role at BBC Worldwide over the position…
New Belgian pay TV service launches with raft of intn’l channels
Dutch telco KPN has launched a new pay TVservice in Belgium, Snow. The service will…
CBeebies orders Get Squiggling spin-off
UK public broadcaster the BBC’s dedicated preschool channel CBeebies has ordered a 26x7mins new series,…
Michael Carrington leaves Turner and joins Hit
Michael Carrington is leaving his position as head of content at Cartoon Network and Turner’s…
Rastamouse speaks to kids in any language
Greg Boardman, producer, Three Stones Media, talks about getting its hit show ready for international…
Worldwide sales for Penguin’s Peter Rabbit series sells
Silvergate Media has inked a raft of international deals for the new Peter Rabbit animated…
Girls want toons!
Commissioners want more girl-skewed animation and say there is not enough coming their way. Producers…
Howard Litton exec-producing new Bing Bunny kids show
UK kids channel CBeebies has ordered a series based on Ted Dewan’s Bing Bunny book….
Rastamouse becomes Rastasouris for Canal+
Canal+ has ordered a French-language version of hit preschool series Rastamouse. DHX has inked a…