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FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment
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Boat Rocker acquires Fremantle’s kids division
Boat Rocker Media has acquired FremantleMedia’s Kids & Family Entertainment division. The move is effective…
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Sander Schwartz joins Subway Surfers prodco
Former Warner Bros., Sony and FremantleMedia animation chief Sander Schwartz will oversee development of popular…
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Fremantle adds ex-Hoho sales chief
FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment has hired former Hoho Rights boss Danielle Davies on an…
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Deal Monitor: 16 programming deals at a glance
In a week that began with MIPCOM recuperation and the news TV titan Time Warner…
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Schwartz, Dekel to aid UYoung with int’l launch
Kids TV veterans Sander Schwartz and Elie Dekel are to help Chinese media group UYoung…
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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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FremantleMedia Kids & Family adds to UK team
The kids and family division of FremantleMedia is bringing an LA-based exec over to its…
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Danger Mouse spied in Oz, France
FremantleMedia’s new version of spy toon Danger Mouse has made its way to broadcasters in…
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Ex-FremantleMedia exec joins Jim Henson
Former FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment distribution exec Amy Takahara (pictured) has joined US producer…
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Netflix detects Danger Mouse, Gadget
Netflix has acquired exclusive rights to a pair of classic kids TV series being rebooted…
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Amazon buys kids package from FremantleMedia
Amazon has acquired a package of seven kids and family titles from FremantleMedia for its…
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FremantleMedia kids toon flies to Asia
Preschool series Kate & Mim-Mim will broadcast on two Asian channels following deals closed with…
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FremantleMedia Kids scores pre-market sales
FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment has sold animated series Kate & Mim-Mim to a number…
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Super RTL takes German rights to Kate & Mim-Mim
German family channel Super RTL has acquired local broadcast, licensing and home entertainment rights to…
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Iconic kids series Danger Mouse gets rebooted
Iconic animated series Danger Mouse is the latest kids show to be resurrected. UK public…
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Ex-FremantleMedia Kids sales exec lands at Genius
Former FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment distribution VP Andrew Berman has found a new role…
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FremantleMedia names HIT exec as new kids boss
FremantleMedia has named Mattel and HIT Entertainment exec Rick Glankler has the new head of…
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Sander Schwartz out at FremantleMedia Kids
FremantleMedia’s children’s TV chief Sander Schwartz is leaving the RTL-owned company, TBI can reveal. Schwartz…
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MIPJunior pick: FremantleMedia’s Kate & Mim-Mim
FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment aims to launch one show in each of the major…
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FremantleMedia and BBC on kids partnership
Earlier this year the BBC and the Kids and Family division of FremantleMedia inked a…
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FremantleMedia launching ‘first-of-its-kind’ kids app in the US
FremantleMedia is launching a first-of-its-kind iPad app in the US for the Wizards vs Aliens…
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Tree Fu Tom springs up at Sprout
US children’s cable channel Sprout has bought FremantleMedia Kids and CBeebies coproduction Tree Fu Tom….
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Wizards vs Aliens sells around the world
FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment has shopped Wizards vs Aliens, the action adventure show from…
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New season order for FremantleMedia’s Strange Hill High
CBBC has ordered another series of comedy series Strange Hill High, ahead of the first…