Toy company Mattel is rebooting its Barney franchise with plans including a new animated series for pre-schoolers set to debut next year. Co-produced by Mattel Television and Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana, the Canadian distributor and producer behind Max & Ruby and Franklin, the series aims to introduce the purple dinosaur and his friends to a new […]
TBI takes a look at some of the most interesting projects heading to market as MIPJR throws open its doors in Cannes. Super Sema Producer: Kukua (Kenya/UK) Distributor: Cake Broadcaster: YouTube Logline: A heroic 10-year-old and her brother protect their African village from an evil ruler and his robot army UK-based distributor Cake recently picked […]
Canada’s Corus Entertainment has struck an overall deal with UK-Canadian prodco Dominion of Drama and appointed its founder Jeff Norton as the head of its new label, Waterside Studios. Waterside Studios is a new IP and production venture focused on bringing premium scripted Canadian content for youth and primetime audiences to the Canadian and international […]
Disney+ has snagged international rights to The Hardy Boys, the live-action mystery series that debuted last year on Hulu in the US and YTV in Canada. The show was developed and produced in Canada by Nelvana and Lambur Productions, in association with Corus Entertainment, and will launch on Disney+ outside of North America in 2022. […]
As Canadian children’s producer and distributor Nelvana approaches its 50th anniversary, company president Pam Westman tells Mark Layton why kids’ content is at the heart of the streaming revolution. The global streaming boom has led to a skyrocketing demand for content, in all genres; particularly in the past year or so, with the launch of […]
BBC ups Helen Munson to daytime & early peak commissioner UK pubcaster the BBC has promoted Helen Munson to commissioning editor for daytime and early peak. Based in North East England, Munson will report to Carla-Maria Lawson, the BBC’s head of daytime and early peak. In her new role, she will support suppliers in the […]
Netflix has acquired the rights to English author Brian Jacques’ Redwall fantasy series for TV and film adaptation, following a deal with publisher Penguin Random House. The streamer already has an animated feature based on the franchise in the works, with Over The Garden Wall’s Patrick McHale attached to write a script that follows the […]
Redknot returns ‘Agent Binky’ Redknot, the production company created as a joint venture between Canadian studio Nelvana and Discovery in the US, has greenlit a second season of Agent Binky: Pets Of The Universe. The 52 x 11-minute animated series will begin production this coming spring and launch on Corus Entertainment’s Treehouse in Canada and […]
Studio100 acquires rights to ‘SeaBelievers’ German-based production and distribution company Studio 100 has acquired the global distribution rights, excluding Russia and CIS, to CGI animation series SeaBelievers. Described as an ‘eco-tainment’ show, the 52 x 11-minute series will follow a group of characters with distinctive seaweed hair, seashell noses and webbed hands and feet as […]
SBS visits Silverlining’s Mega Resort Australian broadcaster SBS has picked up a 90-minute special from Brinkworth Television about one of the world’s most luxurious holiday resorts, after striking a deal with UK-based distributor Silverlining. Secrets Of The Mega Resort, which premieres on Channel 5 in the UK on 10 November, centres on the exclusive Baha […]
