Cecilia Persson


Tom & Jerry-style slapstick toon set for Boomerang

Turner International is working up a slapstick cartoon with France’s Cyber Group Studios, with the series set for Boomerang. Taffy is an original Cyber Group creation that Turner’s kids arm has co-developed, whose style apes heritage Boomerang series such as Tom & Jerry and Scooby-Doo. The 78x7mins animated series will follow a loyal hound dog […]

Tom & Jerry-style slapstick toon set for Boomerang

Turner International is working up a slapstick cartoon with France’s Cyber Group Studios, with the series set for Boomerang. Taffy is an original Cyber Group creation that Turner’s kids arm has co-developed, whose style apes heritage Boomerang series such as Tom & Jerry and Scooby-Doo. The 78x7mins animated series will follow a loyal hound dog […]

Persson upped at Turner

Cecilia Persson will head up programming strategy for Cartoon Network across the EMEA region after being promoted at Turner Broadcasting. As vice president of programming and content strategy, kids, EMEA, acquisitions and coproduction, international, Persson will oversee programming, coproduction and acquisitions across Turner’s linear and digital services. She has been at Turner for over a […]

Boomerang ties up Jungle Bunch

Turner Broadcasting System’s newly-refocused Boomerang family channel has acquired pay TV rights in Europe and southeast Asia to French toon The Jungle Bunch to the Rescue!. This comes after TBS revealed it was rebranding kids channel Boomerang as an all-animation youth and family network. The Jungle Buch is already in 180 territories following various deals […]

Persson identified for Turner promotion

Turner Broadcasting System has promoted kids TV coproductions exec Cecilia Persson to a new international role. Persson was previously VP, acquisitions and coproductions, EMEA, but has been handed an expanded role of VP, acquisitions and coproductions, kids, EMEA and international. The new job will see her working with local programming acquisitions channel and content heads […]