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Cottonwood Media
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‘Theodosia’ firm Cottonwood Media recruits head of fiction for primetime & YA push
French Theodosia prodco Cottonwood Media has appointed Manon Ardisson to the newly created role of…
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TBI’s 2024 Predictions: David Michel, president and co-founder, Cottonwood Media
2024 is set to be a pivotal year for the global content industry, so TBI…
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TBI Kids Hot Picks: ‘Super Sema’, ‘Unstoppable Yellow Yeti’ & more
TBI takes a look at some of the most interesting projects heading to market as…
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TBI Kids: How live-action shows are flying high again
Animation was seen as something of a safer bet through the pandemic, as live-action producers…
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Kids round-up: ABC & BBC team for ‘Spooky Files’; Wildbrain expands ‘Fireman Sam’ & ‘Polly Pocket’; Cottonwood & Ananey partner for ‘Fairy Express’
ABC & BBC team for ‘Spooky Files’ Australia’s ABC and UK pubcaster BBC have co-commissioned…
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Kids round-up: Saturday Animation preps ‘Aiko And The Masters Of Time’; ‘Theodosia’ travels to France & Lat Am; Nickelodeon UK dives into ‘Big Blue’
Saturday Animation preps ‘Aiko And The Masters Of Time’ Canada’s Saturday Animation Studio is in…
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Cottonwood, ZDF, ZDFE, HBO Max & Globo to co-pro ‘Theodosia’ adaptation
French kids prodco Cottonwood Media, German pubcaster ZDF, its co-pro and distribution arm ZDF Enterprises,…
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TBI Wrap 2020: Off The Fence’s Ellen Windemuth; Cottonwood’s David Michel; Green Inc.’s Stephen Stewart; NENT Studios UK’s Richard Halliwell
As a tumultuous year for the industry draws to a close, TBI talks to execs…
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TBI Weekly: Delivering diversity in children’s programming
TBI deputy editor Mark Layton takes a deep dive to explore how the global TV…
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Kids round-up: ‘Octonauts’ expands in LatAm, MENA; NHK adds ‘Find Me In Paris’; Corus exec joins Wildbrain
Silvergate’s Octonauts travel to LatAm, MENA Sony Pictures Television-owned Silvergate Media’s preschool animation Octonauts is…
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TBI’s forward thinkers: Banijay’s Tim Mutimer; Kew’s Jonathan Ford; NATPE’s JP Bommel; Cottonwood’s David Michel
Tim Mutimer, CEO, Banijay Rights What will the single biggest challenge be for distribution over…
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Kids round-up: Xilam appoints Disney acquisitions exec; Sky names commissioners; South Korea’s Asiana agrees Cottonwood deal
Xilam appoints Disney acquisitions exec French studio Xilam Animation has appointed Disney’s former director of…
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Disney Lat Am picks up Federation’s ‘Find Me In Paris’
Disney Channel in Latin America has picked up the first two seasons and the forthcoming…
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Maintaining authenticity in kids’ programming
When I first started my career in the entertainment industry back in the early noughties,…
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Diversity in TV must start early
While representation in kids’ TV has increased in recent years, it’s still got a long…
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Federation hands France TV exec dual kids role
Premium content distributor Federation Kids & Family has hired Alexandre Henin in a dual role…
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Hulu to stream ZDF ballet time-travel drama
US streaming service Hulu had acquired exclusive VOD rights to Find Me in Paris, the…
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Ex-Shine France COO creates Federation firm
France’s Federation Entertainment has brought in former Shine France COO Bouchra Réjani to create a…
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Disney, ABC will Find Me in Paris
Two European Disney channels and the ABC in Australia are among the buyers of teen…
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Euro nets bring in Ollie & Moon
Two European channels have acquired Cottonwood Media’s kids TV toon The Ollie & Moon Show….
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Discovery Lat Am, TVO buy Cottonwood kids show
Discovery Kids Latin America and Canada’s TVO have acquired The Ollie and Moon Show from…
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TBI Kids Survey 2016: what is the most impressive and original kids show out there today?
Asking kids TV executives to name the most impressive show out there (not one of…
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Teletoon boards Cottonwood’s Squish
Canadian kids channel Teletoon has come onboard Squish, the new 52x11mins animated comedy from France’s…
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MIPJr Hot Pick: The Ollie & Moon Show
Kids industry veteran David Michel’s new animation company, Cottonwood Media, has got off to a…
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MIPJr Hot Pick: The Ollie & Moon Show
Kids industry veteran David Michel’s new animation company, Cottonwood Media, has got off to a…
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Alessandri’s indie scores France Télévisions deal
Philippe Alessandri’s new Paris-based indie Watch Next Media has scored its first major programming deal….
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Federation buys into Michel’s Cottonwood
Emerging French indie Federation Entertainment is acquiring a significant shareholding in compatriot Cottonwood Media, a…
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Zodiak’s Alessandri resurfaces with French indie
Former Télé Images Productions president Philippe Alessandri has returned to the fold by launching an…
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David Michel: Content extremes and the new radical indies
It is now quite clear that our industry is witness to major changes, which are…
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Michel’s Cottonwood bags Ollie, Squish
Cottonwood Media, the indie set up by former Marathon Media boss David Michel, has bagged…