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Sixteen South
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TBI Kids Hot Picks: A Horse Named Steve
Producer: Sixteen South & Nelvana | Distributor: Sixteen South Rights | Broadcaster: RTÉ (Ireland) &…
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TBI Kids: ‘Odo’ producer Sixteen South on partnering up to get creative
Belfast-based children’s producer Sixteen South is focusing on international co-productions in order to grow its…
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Exclusive: Animation producers on the Pandora’s box of AI
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in animation production is becoming increasingly widespread, but the…
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Kids roundup: Netflix takes ‘Oggy’ reboot; Wildbrain to shop ‘Alva’s World’; KiKA and C5 order ‘Odo’
Netflix takes ‘Oggy’ reboot Netflix has acquired Oggy – Next Gen, a reboot of French…
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Wonderbly partners Sixteen South for Lost My Name series
Wonderbly, a global publisher of personalised books for children, has unveiled a partnership with Belfast-based…
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Sixteen South bolsters management with Brown Bag, ex-Planet 24 execs
Kids outfit Sixteen South has appointed three members to its senior management team including Emma Fernando…
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Chinese & N. Ireland toon firms team for kids project
China’s UYoung and Belfast-based studio Sixteen South have teamed up to create a range of…
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Foxtel exec to launch Sixteen South sales arm
Belfast-based animation company Sixteen South is launching a distribution division, with an exec from Australian…
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Emerging kids studios
In spite of the challenges, some studios that had been offering services on a work-for-hire…
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Cartoon Forum 2014: pre-market guide, part one
Every year, brave indie producers stand before the great and the good of European animation…
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News brief: Nick Jr. returns to Driftwood Bay
Nick Jr. in the UK has commissioned another 52x7mins season of mixed-media preschool animated series…
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Sixteen South develops kids book Claude
Northern Ireland-based animation producer Sixteen South is developing a 52x11mins series based on picture book…
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Henson takes rights to Driftwood Bay
The Jim Henson Company’s third party licensing unit has taken international rights to Driftwood Bay,…