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David Michel
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…
Maintaining authenticity in kids’ programming
When I first started my career in the entertainment industry back in the early noughties,…
Federation hands France TV exec dual kids role
Premium content distributor Federation Kids & Family has hired Alexandre Henin in a dual role…
Hulu to stream ZDF ballet time-travel drama
US streaming service Hulu had acquired exclusive VOD rights to Find Me in Paris, the…
Super! deal for Love, Divina
Live-action kids series Love, Divina has been sold to De Agostini’s Super! in Italy. The…
Discovery Lat Am, TVO buy Cottonwood kids show
Discovery Kids Latin America and Canada’s TVO have acquired The Ollie and Moon Show from…
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…
Teletoon boards Cottonwood’s Squish
Canadian kids channel Teletoon has come onboard Squish, the new 52x11mins animated comedy from France’s…
Federation taps Zodiak exec for kids launch
Federation Entertainment has recruited kids TV veteran Monica Levy, who will play a key role…
Alessandri’s indie scores France Télévisions deal
Philippe Alessandri’s new Paris-based indie Watch Next Media has scored its first major programming deal….
Federation buys into Michel’s Cottonwood
Emerging French indie Federation Entertainment is acquiring a significant shareholding in compatriot Cottonwood Media, a…
US commission for David Michel’s Cottonwood
US preschool channel Sprout has ordered The Ollie & Moon Show, the animated series from…
Zodiak’s Alessandri resurfaces with French indie
Former Télé Images Productions president Philippe Alessandri has returned to the fold by launching an…
Alessandri exits Zodiak as Runel takes French post
Philippe Alessandri is exiting Zodiak Media, with Benoît Runel upped to run the former’s prodco,…
David Michel: Content extremes and the new radical indies
It is now quite clear that our industry is witness to major changes, which are…
Michel’s Cottonwood bags Ollie, Squish
Cottonwood Media, the indie set up by former Marathon Media boss David Michel, has bagged…
France: kids TV at a crossroads
With the Annecy animation festival beginning today, Pascale Paoli-Lebailly hears from leading players about the…
Zodiak hires France CEO
Zodiak Media has hired Gaspard de Chavagnac as CEO of its French operation putting him…
David Michel exits Zodiak’s Marathon
David Michel has followed Vincent Chalvin-Demersay out the door at Zodiak-owned Marathon Media, the company…
CEO of Zodiak’s Marathon Media exits
Vincent Chalvon-Demersay has left Marathon Media, the French kids producer that is part of Zodiak…
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…
Girls want toons!
Commissioners want more girl-skewed animation and say there is not enough coming their way. Producers…