Christophe Goldberger


Show of the week: Chop Chop Ninja

Chop Chop Ninja started its early life as a games app, eventually gaining over 20 million downloads and a development treatment. “We wanted to extend the brand to new platforms and create completely new stories which kids could enjoy, and the response has been excellent,” says GoldBee’s MD, Christophe Goldberger. Children aged six-nine have already […]

CITV picks up ToonMarty

Comedy series ToonMarty is heading to CITV in the UK after a deal inked with Barcelona-based distributor GoldBee. Produced by Montreal’s Sardine Productions, ToonMarty, was originally commissioned by Corus Entertainment for its French and English Teletoon networks and premiered on both in Canada last May. The deal follows the recent pick up and successful launch of […]

Nickelodeon buys ToonMarty

Nickelodeon has bought global rights to ToonMarty, the upcoming Canada-produced toon series from Sean Scott, the creator of Jimmy Two Shoes. The Viacom kids net will put the show out across its international kids nets and has global rights, with the exceptions of North America, China and Japan. The 40x11mins show was commissioned by Corus […]

TBI Kids: Year in Review

Undeniably, 2016 was the year digital platforms established themselves as key kids entertainment market gamechangers. “Netflix, without a doubt” was the network that made the biggest impression across the year, says Halle Stanford, executive VP of children’s entertainment at The Jim Henson Company. Many others agree with her – Andrew Cole-Bulgin of Komixx Media Group […]

GoldBee seals ZDF sales ahead of ATF

Distributor Gold Bee has shopped over 200 hours of kids content into Asia ahead of the ATF market later this week. Gold Bee, run by former Imira exec Christophe Goldberger, reps ZDF Enterprises’ kids content in Asia. It has sold Mako Mermaids and H20 – Just Add Water to GMA in the Philippines and Dance […]

Imira hires Bones for sales role

Spanish animation producer and distributor Imira Entertainment has hired former Nickelodeon exec Giles Bones to become its international sales and marketing manager. Bones will in part fill the duties of former head of distribution Christophe Goldberger, who left the company to launch his own distribution venture, as TBI revealed last year. Bones will be responsible […]

Ex-Imira exec launches distrib, bags ZDFE shows

Former Imira Entertainment sales chief Christophe Goldberger has acquired Asian distribution rights to the ZDF Enterprises kids catalogue, which includes live action series Wolfblood (pictured). Goldberger has launched consultancy Gold Bee, which is based out of Barcelona, and will head to the Asia Television Forum with ZDFE.junior programmes including Q Pootle 5 and Wolfblood. Gold […]

Exclusive: Imira’s Goldberger exits

Imira Entertainment’s head of sales and acquisitions Christophe Goldberger is leaving the Spanish toon producer and distributor after eight years, TBI has learned. The news comes on the same day Imira appointed Elena Mera Dios as sales manager, though a rep said she was not a like-for-like replacement for the departing Goldberger, who has also […]

Nick buys Korean short-form comedy

Nickelodeon’s channels in Portugal, Spain and South Africa have tapped distributor Imira Entertainment for a new South Korean short-form cartoon. The networks have picked up pay TV rights to season one of Larva (104x2mins), a non-dialogue 3D CGI comedy that comes from Seoul-based Tuba Entertainment. Larva is a slapstick comedy revolving around a pair of […]