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DreamWorks Animation
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Jellyfish Animation recruits DreamWorks veteran Archie Donato
London-based animation and VFX studio Jellyfish Pictures has hired ex-DreamWorks exec Archie Donato as creative…
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Apple TV+ orders DreamWorks animation based around Be@rBrick toys
Apple TV+ has ordered Be@rBrick, an animated kids & family series based on the Medicom’s…
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Viaplay takes DreamWorks Animation streaming rights in NBCU deal
NENT Group SVOD Viaplay has taken exclusive streaming rights for more than 400 episodes from kids…
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Peacock doubles kids animation slate, with ‘Abominable’ & ‘Megamind’ spin-offs
NBCUniversal-owned OTT service Peacock has doubled its animated kids programming slate, announcing several new and…
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Kids round-up: Peacock & Hulu catch ‘Dragons’ spin-off; Nick India launches original; SPI Int’l takes ‘Smurfs’ digital rights
Peacock & Hulu catch ‘Dragons’ spin-off NBCUniversal-owned Peacock and Disney’s Hulu have both picked up…
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Amazon Studios developing live-action ‘She-Ra’ & ‘Victories Greater Than Death’ adaptation with Michael B. Jordan
Amazon Studios is in development on two new scripted series – an adaptation of the…
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Katzenberg’s 20-year journey to short-form domination
Jeffrey Katzenberg is the superstar Disney alum who has built a 30-year reputation for the…
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Netflix extends DreamWorks Animation deal
Netflix has struck an expanded relationship with Comcast-NBCUniversal-owned DreamWorks Animation in a move that will…
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Skydance names ex-DreamWorks exec animation president
Skydance Media has named former DreamWorks Animation exec Bill Damaschke as president of animation and…
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NBCU expands Donati’s role into kids, lifestyle
Comcast’s NBCUniversal International has appointed Duccio Donati to take on the newly created role of…
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Hasbro ‘ends Lionsgate takeover talks’
Toy giant Hasbro was recently in talks to buy North American studio Lionsgate but has…
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Robbins exits AwesomenessTV
Brian Robbins is leaving AwesomenessTV, the kids-focused multichannel network he founded five years ago. Robbins…
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Katzenberg raises $590m for new venture
Jeffrey Katzenberg has created an LA-based media company, WndrCo, raising US$591.5 million for the venture….
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Corus Kids chief to run Sprout in US
Deidre Brennan is leaving Canada’s Corus Entertainment after less than a year to become general…
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Warner vet succeeds Katzenberg at DreamWorks
NBCUniversal has placed ex-Warner Bros. toon chief Chris DeFaria at the fill chief of DreamWorks…
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Alibaba OTT nets bag exclusive DreamWorks deal
Alibaba’s over-the-top services in China will get exclusive access to content from Oriental DreamWorks after…
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Former Arc exec joins Atomic Cartoons
Canadian studio Atomic Cartoons has hired Matthew Berkowitz as head of development. The new recruit…
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Cohn to lead TV animation at NBCU’s DreamWorks
Marjorie Cohn will lead the integrated DreamWorks Animation and Universal Pictures television animation businesses. She…
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Comcast completes $3.8bn DreamWorks takeover
Comcast is set to go head-to-head with Disney in the kids and family sector after…
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ABC’s Falvey to run Awesomeness mobile VOD net
Youth-focused content firm AwesomenessTV has poached the head of comedy at US broadcaster ABC to…
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DreamWorks channel launches in Middle East
The DreamWorks channel is due to launch in Arabic on the beIN platform in the…
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DOJ clear DreamWorks deal
NBCUniversal’s US$3.8 billion deal for DreamWorks Animation has gained regulatory clearance from the US Department…
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New Noddy set for NBCU cable channel
US cable network Sprout will debut a new Noddy animated series this autumn. Following a…
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Comcast buying $3.8bn DreamWorks Animation
Comcast’s NBCUniversal is buying DreamWorks Animation, in a deal valuing the toon studio around US$3.8…
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Comcast quiet on DreamWorks deal
US media giant Comcast yesterday refused to comment on mounting speculation it is poised to…
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Comcast ‘moves for $3bn DreamWorks’
US cable and entertainment giant Comcast Corp. is reportedly in talks to buy Californian studio…
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Verizon buys Awesomeness stake, preps TVOD net
US telco Verizon has bought a quarter of AwesomenessTV in a deal valuing the multichannel…
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Netflix wires up first Spanish original
Netflix is to work up an original drama from Spain with Madrid’s Bambú Productions. The…
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Comcast firm preps TVOD service after M-GO deal
Comcast-owned movie ticketing firm Fandango is to launch a transactional VOD service on March 30…
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Lagardere in ‘landmark’ DreamWorks deal
Lagardere Active TV has entered into a “landmark” agreement with US studio DreamWorks Animation. The…