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Kindle Entertainment
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Banijay buys ‘The A List’ prodco Kindle Entertainment & Italy’s Movimenti Production
Banijay has expanded its kids and family operations by striking deals to buy The A…
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HBO Max expands live-action kids & family offering
Warner Bros. Discovery streamer HBO Max is expanding its kids and family live-action slate, with…
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BFI’s Young Audiences Content Fund: a fund indeed for a nation in need
The UK children’s industry is already feeling the benefit of a new $70m fund but…
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Sales round-up: Netflix gets on ‘A List’, Amazon acquires Viaplay’s ‘Alex’, BBC’s ‘Dark Money’ travels
BBC’s ‘The A List’ gets picked up by Netflix US-based streamer Netflix has acquired international…
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Lionsgate poaches ITV exec for UK
Lionsgate has hired Sarah Conroy as executive producer, reuniting her with her former ITV boss,…
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Lionsgate backs Gogglebox pair’s indie
Lionsgate has invested in Primal Media, the new prodco from Mat Steiner and Adam Wood, the…
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Televisa SVOD net takes Imira package
Televisa’s Latin American SVOD service, Blim, has bought eight children’s series from Spanish distributor Imira…
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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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Thorp exits eOne for Lionsgate post
Charlotte Thorp has left Entertainment One to become senior VP and head of television sales,…
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Channel 4, Netflix team for drama
UK broadcaster Channel 4 and US-based Netflix are joining forces on Kiss Me First, a…
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Lionsgate makes UK TV move with Kindle deal
The UK division of independent Hollywood studio Lionsgate has taken an equity stake in indie producer…
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BBC kids nets joint-order Arabian Nights series
Preschool channel CBeebies and older-skewed BBC sister CBBC have jointly-commissioned a contemporary re-imaginging of the…
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Kids producers welcome tax break announcement
The UK children’s TV business is today united in praise for the newly-announced tax credit…
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Disney Channel, pubcasters bag Winkler’s Zipzer
Four Disney Channel feeds and two European pubcasters are among buyers of Hank Zipzer, the…
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Comedy from ‘The Fonz’ set for CBBC
UK children’s broadcaster CBBC has commissioned Hank Zipzer, a new live-action comedy inspired by a…
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CBeebies goes for Melody, Minibeast
UK digital kids net CBeebies has ordered a pair of new series, one themed around…
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UK, Canada reveal Dinopaws footprints
A trio of UK, Canadian and international broadcasters has commissioned a new transatlantic preschool cartoon about…