BBC Studios and PlayKids have reached an deal which will give users of the PlayKids app in Latin America immediate access to seven CBeebies titles. The titles include Charlie & Lola, Hey Dugee, Sarah & Duck, Clangers, Go Jetters (pictured), Nelly & Nora and Dinopaws. The slate has been selected by PlayKids curators to provide […]
The UK division of independent Hollywood studio Lionsgate has taken an equity stake in indie producer Kindle Entertainment, TBI can reveal. Kindle is the prodco founded by Anne Brogan and Melanie Stokes, and makes kids shows including Hank Zipzer, Dixi (pictured below) and Dinopaws. The Lionsgate deal, financial terms of which were not revealed, gives the studio […]
BBC Worldwide has sealed deals with KBS in Korea and Kids Station in Japan and will launch CBeebies blocks on both channels. The agreement with KBS N, the commercial arm of Korean free-to-air broadcaster KBS, means an hour of CBeebies content will air on the KBS Kids cable channel through the week at 10am and […]
A trio of UK, Canadian and international broadcasters has commissioned a new transatlantic preschool cartoon about three young dinosaurs. The UK and international versions of CBeebies and Canada’s Treehouse are onboard Dinopaws (52×11′), with BBC Worldwide securing global TV distribution rights outside the UK and Canada and merchandising rights. It will broadcast the BBC Worldwide Channels-owned […]
Karl Woolley and Jon Doyle, former Impossible Kids MD and creative director respectively, have joined forces to set up kids production company Laughing Gravy Media. Based in London, Laughing Gravy Media will continue to manage Impossible Kids’ current order Dinopaws – as well as developing and creating new multiplatform properties. Woolley said: “Jon Doyle and […]
