French broadcaster TF1 and Spanish pubcaster RTVE have shared the impact of digital platforms on their children’s channels, with the latter also revealing its content strategy for the next three years. Speaking on a panel at Cartoon Business in Gran Canaria yesterday, Yago Fandiño Lousa, head of kid’s content at RTVE, home to children’s brand […]
Televisa’s Latin American SVOD service, Blim, has bought eight children’s series from Spanish distributor Imira Entertainment. The deal hands the platform the Imira-produced Lucky Fred (pictured), Lola & Virginia, Sandra the Fairytale Detective, Aurora World’s Yoohoo & Friends, SpeedRacer Next Generation from Imira parent Toonz Entertainment, Zodiak Kids’ Martin Mystery, Xilam’s A Kind of Magic, […]
Popular animated series Zip Zip has been picked up by broadcasters in Spain and Central Europe. Spanish pubcaster RTVE has now bought the series for Clan, the top kids channel in Spain. In the central and eastern European region it has been picked up by pan-regional service Megamax, which is part of the AMC Networks […]
Toon series Robin Hood: Mischief in Sherwood has now secured 100% carriage on free TV in the UK, its distributor has claimed. The Method Animation- and DQ Entertainment-produced show has completed its European FTA roll-out after Sony Pictures Television-owned CSC Pop in the UK and Ireland and MTVA in Hungary bought it from PGS Entertainment. […]
ZDF Enterprises will launch new Swedish noir series Thicker Than Water at MIPTV. Unlike a lot of the Scandi noir genre, the new one-hour show is not a crime or cop series, but a family drama. The ten-parter will be part of ZDFE’s MIPTV drama line-up alongside two new TV movies based on Cecelia Ahern […]
Spanish indie producer Nottingham Forest has sold its animated series Sendokai Champions to Vortexx, the weekly kids programming block on US broadcast network The CW. Vortexx is run by Saban Brands, which as part of the broadcast deal will handle licensing and merchandising rights to Sendokai in North America and Israel. “Our affiliation with Saban […]
