Messy Goes to Okido


Kids bulletin: Shaftesbury grows kids team; CCTV scoops UYoung slate

Shaftesbury grows kids and family portfolio with McCann appointment Canada’s Shaftesbury has hired veteran producer Jennifer McCann for the newly created role of executive producer for kids and family. Reporting into Shaftesbury CEO Christina Jennings, McCann will lead the company’s kids and family entertainment division, overseeing original series as well as the recently launched Shaftesbury […]

Amazon UK picks up BBC kids series

Amazon has acquired the new version of CBeebies kids series Teletubbies for its streaming service. The deal also hands Amazon three other hits that play on the BBC’s kids channels: In the Night Garden, Messy Goes to Okido and live-action hit Hank Zipzer. It has bought all of the shows from DHX, the Canadian distributor […]

Serious Lunch feasts on Art Ninja!

UK children TV producer Serious Lunch has taken international rights to a CBBC Saturday morning comedy art show. Serious Lunch will take Dot to Dot Productions’ Art Ninja! to the international market following a finished series and formats rights agreement. Serious Lunch has previously taken UK kids medical series Operation Ouch! to the international market […]

Dexter, Squint/Opera form production JV

Children’s TV consultancy Serious Lunch is producing a joint venture production company with London-based studio Squint/Opera. The two companies are launching Eye/Present, which will develop, animate, produce and coproduce programming for the international kids TV market. Serious Lunch, which former Cake Entertainment boss Genevieve Dexter, helped Squint/Opera finance the upcoming £4.5 million (US$7.2 million) CBeebies […]