Jim Henson Company


Jim Henson Company hires 9 Story Media exec for global distribution

The Jim Henson Company has appointed Claudia Balzer Scott-Hansen as senior VP of global distribution. She will report into Chris Lytton, COO and executive VP of strategy and business affairs. Scott-Hansen most recently served as VP of business development at 9 Story Media Group, where she led the company’s global partnerships, as well as the […]

TBI Kids Survey 2016: What is the biggest issue facing the industry?

TBI asks the the most influential players in the kids business for their views on the hot-button topics that are defining the sector in 2016 and beyond Asking folks in the kids industry about the biggest challenge they face elicits a range of responses, most of which can be filed into two areas: funding and […]

Margaret Loesch to exit Discovery kids network The Hub

Margaret Loesch is exiting her role as president and CEO of US children’s TV network The Hub, which Discovery Communications operates with toyco Hasbro. Loesch has been at the top of the cabsat network since its launch four years ago, but will step down when her contract finishes at the end of the year. She […]

Discovery Kids buys Science Kid movie from Henson

Pan-regional channel Discovery Kids Latin America has acquired Sid the Science Kid: The Movie and Fraggle Rock spin-off Doozers. The Sid movie is a spin-off the Sid the Science Kid series and follows the title character and his classmate on a visit to a new science museum as they encounter a wacky professor, voiced by Back to […]