9 Story has inked a raft of Asian deals, shopping over 800 episodes of kids programming into the region. The Toronto-headquartered producer and distributor has sold PBS’ animated series Nature Cat to Discovery India. Other deals include a package to Mediacorp with titles such as Peg + Cat, Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood and Guess How Much […]
Channels in the Middle East, central Europe and Iceland have acquired preschool toon series Guess How Much I Love You – The Adventures of Little Nutbrown Hare. The 52x11mins series has gone to JCC, Minimax and RUV, respectively. 9 Story Media Group sells the series internationally. German kids channels KiKA and ARD-owned HR-Hessischer Rundfunk, plus […]
Helen Thwaites, a longstanding commissioner and buyer at Australian public broadcaster the ABC, has joined kids producer SLR. In a 15-year career at the ABC, Thwaites was head of acquisitions and most recently business affairs manager, commissioned [kids] content. Prior to the ABC she had several positions at Southern Star, including head of acquisitions. At […]
