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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…
HBO Max expands live-action kids & family offering
Warner Bros. Discovery streamer HBO Max is expanding its kids and family live-action slate, with…
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…
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…
Lionsgate poaches ITV exec for UK
Lionsgate has hired Sarah Conroy as executive producer, reuniting her with her former ITV boss,…
Lionsgate backs Gogglebox pair’s indie
Lionsgate has invested in Primal Media, the new prodco from Mat Steiner and Adam Wood, the…
Televisa SVOD net takes Imira package
Televisa’s Latin American SVOD service, Blim, has bought eight children’s series from Spanish distributor Imira…
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…
Thorp exits eOne for Lionsgate post
Charlotte Thorp has left Entertainment One to become senior VP and head of television sales,…
Channel 4, Netflix team for drama
UK broadcaster Channel 4 and US-based Netflix are joining forces on Kiss Me First, a…
Lionsgate makes UK TV move with Kindle deal
The UK division of independent Hollywood studio Lionsgate has taken an equity stake in indie producer…
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…
Kids producers welcome tax break announcement
The UK children’s TV business is today united in praise for the newly-announced tax credit…
Disney Channel, pubcasters bag Winkler’s Zipzer
Four Disney Channel feeds and two European pubcasters are among buyers of Hank Zipzer, the…
Comedy from ‘The Fonz’ set for CBBC
UK children’s broadcaster CBBC has commissioned Hank Zipzer, a new live-action comedy inspired by a…
CBeebies goes for Melody, Minibeast
UK digital kids net CBeebies has ordered a pair of new series, one themed around…
UK, Canada reveal Dinopaws footprints
A trio of UK, Canadian and international broadcasters has commissioned a new transatlantic preschool cartoon about…