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WBD EMEA & CBC board ‘Lana Longbeard’ kids’ adventure
Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA, Super RTL in German-speaking Europe, M6 Group’s Gulli in France and…
Toei Animation exec boards Sinking Ship to lead MENA sales
Canadian kids firm Sinking Ship Entertainment has hired Toei Animation’s Karine Rubin to lead sales…
Gulli greenlights Gaumont’s Bionic Max
French children’s network Gulli has greenlit Gaumont’s animated comedy Bionic Max (pictured). The 52 x…
Lagardère Active pockets kids VOD series
French broadcaster Lagardère Active has acquired a preschool series based on the Badanamu online property…
News brief: African broadcaster enters Jabu’s Jungle
Africa’s Econet Media has bought South African animated kids series Jabu’s Jungle and will broadcast…
Lagardere in ‘landmark’ DreamWorks deal
Lagardere Active TV has entered into a “landmark” agreement with US studio DreamWorks Animation. The…
Teletoon boards Cottonwood’s Squish
Canadian kids channel Teletoon has come onboard Squish, the new 52x11mins animated comedy from France’s…
Wuaki.tv extends kids SVOD call
Video-on-demand company Wuaki.tv is on the hunt for new local kids TV partners with whom…
Wuaki launches kids SVOD in France
Japanese-owned streaming and download service Wuaki is teaming with French media group Lagardère and launching…
News brief: New sales lift Thunderbirds
The Thunderbirds reboot has sold to broadcasters in Brazil, French-speaking Canada, Japan and in Europe….
French, Scandi nets buy CBeebies series
Gulli and Tiji in France are among the latest buyers of DHX Media-sold CBeebies kids…
Zodiak Kids conjures Magiki deal
French kids channels Gulli and its Italian counterpart Super have ordered Magiki, a new animated…
Gulli adds Teletubbies
France-based kids channel Gulli has acquired rights to the DHX Media-sold reboot of the Teletubbies….
Canal+ launches kids, entertainment channels in Africa
Canal+ has expanded its service for sub-Saharan Africa with the creation of three new dedicated…
French deals for Matt Hatter
Lagardère Active has acquired hit kids series Matt Hatter Chronicles for its digital kids channels…
France: kids TV at a crossroads
With the Annecy animation festival beginning today, Pascale Paoli-Lebailly hears from leading players about the…
Transmedia by numbers
Children’s love of great TV content shows no signs of abating but young audiences are…
Sonic toon speeds to Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network and two French broadcasters are on board the first ever Sonic the Hedgehog…
French broadcasters buy Pac-Man
Allen Bohbot’s 41 Entertainment has sealed free and pay TV deals for its Pac-Man and…
New French distributor launches with former M6 kids boss
France-based producer Superprod has launched an international sales division, Superights. Morgann Favennec has been hired…
Viacom cuts content deals with French broadcasters
Viacom international Media Networks has cut a raft of programming deals with French channels in…
Rovio unveils Angry Birds TV, VOD launch plan
The long awaited Angry Birds Toons series has secured carriage on 14 broadcasters and a…
France Télévisions’ Pflimlin calls for review of ad rules
France Télévisions president Rémy Pflimlin has called for a fresh look at the rules governing…
Pflimlin outlines goals for French pubcaster
New digital offerings for kids and a strengthening of France 3’s regional remit are among…
Konami’s 4K Media sells Yu-Gi-Oh! to France, Italy
Video game company Konami’s TV distribution and brand management unit 4KMedia has sold the latest…
AB International starts Art Investigation at MIPCOM
French distributor AB International is launching France Télévisions’ A.R.T. Investigation animated series at MIPCOM. Produced…
Marathon Media, Nick and Gulli team for new animated kids series
France-based Marathon Media and French DTT channel Gulli are joining forces with Nickelodeon to make…