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David Michel
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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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Maintaining authenticity in kids’ programming
When I first started my career in the entertainment industry back in the early noughties,…
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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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Super! deal for Love, Divina
Live-action kids series Love, Divina has been sold to De Agostini’s Super! in Italy. The…
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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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Federation taps Zodiak exec for kids launch
Federation Entertainment has recruited kids TV veteran Monica Levy, who will play a key role…
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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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US commission for David Michel’s Cottonwood
US preschool channel Sprout has ordered The Ollie & Moon Show, the animated series from…
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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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Alessandri exits Zodiak as Runel takes French post
Philippe Alessandri is exiting Zodiak Media, with Benoît Runel upped to run the former’s prodco,…
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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…
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France: kids TV at a crossroads
With the Annecy animation festival beginning today, Pascale Paoli-Lebailly hears from leading players about the…
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Zodiak hires France CEO
Zodiak Media has hired Gaspard de Chavagnac as CEO of its French operation putting him…
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David Michel exits Zodiak’s Marathon
David Michel has followed Vincent Chalvin-Demersay out the door at Zodiak-owned Marathon Media, the company…
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CEO of Zodiak’s Marathon Media exits
Vincent Chalvon-Demersay has left Marathon Media, the French kids producer that is part of Zodiak…
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News brief: Marathon Media gets new creative kids’ chief
France’s Marathon Media has appointed former Klasky Csupo executive Eryk Casemiro to be its chief…
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Girls want toons!
Commissioners want more girl-skewed animation and say there is not enough coming their way. Producers…