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Germany’s kids’ channels competition heats up

German children’s TV is set for its biggest shake-up in years, with the Disney Channel set to go free-TV – a move that places it in direct competition with Super RTL, the market leading family network that the Mouse House joint-owns. Jesse Whittock assesses the battle ahead. The pace of change in the German kids’ […]

CiTV, Nick UK look for new laffers

UK commercial children’s channels CiTV and Nickelodeon UK are both seeking to add new comedies to their schedules, as the genre continues to attract young audiences. CiTV is chasing shows for 6-11s in the same vein as My Parents are Aliens and My Phone Genie following a decision to move away from preschool programming earlier […]

BT plans TV rebrand, entertainment push

BT is planning to slowly rebrand its TV service from BT Vision to BT TV, and has plans to boost its channel line-up later this year. Speaking at a Broadcasting Press Guild event yesterday, BT Retail’s chief executive of TV Marc Watson said that BT is rebranding the division following the launch of its web-connected […]

Bin Weevils buys Hasbro’s My Little Pony

Bin Weevils has acquired two seasons of animated series My Little Pony from Hasbro. The online kids world wants to expand its video-on-demand service and will make the show available on-demand in its Cinema Room. New episodes of the half-hour series will be uploaded every Friday and the show will be promoted with banners, billboard […]

Zodiak clocks another Tickety Toc deal in Spain

Spanish broadcaster Clan TV has acquired preschool series Tickety Toc. The series is distributed by Zodiak Kids (ex-Korea and Japan) and it has already been sold to pay TV channel Nickelodeon in Spain as part of a global deal for the show. The Clan deal covers free TV rights to the first 26x11mins of the […]

BBC Worldwide appoints L&M boss

BBC Worldwide the commercial arm of the UK public broadcaster has hired former Mattel and Nickelodeon executive Clare Piggott as head of merchandising for the UK. She will oversee the licensing strategy in the territory, reporting to Brian Hill, sales director. He said: “With Clare’s background and experience in licensing and merchandising, she will be […]

Nick launches int’l shorts comp

Nickelodeon has launched its first worldwide animation talent hunt, and says it has already received more than 100 submissions for the programme. The kids’ entertainment giant is at the Annecy International Film Festival receiving the final entries to the Animated Shorts Programme and said entrants came from writers, directors, artists, designers and comedians from Europe, […]

Magine expands with German launch

Cloud-based TV operator Magine has launched in beta in Germany, its first European expansion since debuting in Sweden in March. Magine is a subscription service that combines live linear TV, catch-up and on-demand programming, delivered from the cloud to TV screens, smartphones, tablets or computers, as TBI revealed in March. Viewers in Germany can sign […]

Viacom cuts post-Netflix deal with Amazon

Amazon has signed a multi-year video licensing deal with Viacom, giving Amazon Prime Instant and Lovefilm viewers access to TV shows from MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. Much of the Viacom content would have been carried on Netflix, but the streaming service said earlier this year it was letting the deal expire. The […]

MTV to relaunch in Russia as Profmedia exits

Viacom International Media Networks today takes full control of MTV Russia for the first time in the channel’s 15-year history and is planning a major relaunch of the net. VIMN plans to relaunch a “new look” MTV on October 1 in HD, with a programming slate includingJersey Shore, The Hills and the Beavis and Butthead […]