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Teletoon
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Teletoon set to premiere four new original Canadian series
Teletoon is set to premiere four new kids’ titles that will launch up to the…
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Nickelodeon buys ToonMarty
Nickelodeon has bought global rights to ToonMarty, the upcoming Canada-produced toon series from Sean Scott,…
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Breakthrough brings in kids veteran for sales
Breakthrough has recruited Caroline Tyre and the seasoned Canadia kids TV exec for a new…
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Boat Rocker staffs up distribution
Fast-growing producer and distributor Boat Rocker has staffed up its rights division, adding execs including…
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Corus moves Teletoon originals exec to Nelvana
Canada’s Corus Entertainment has moved an original programming boss at its kids network Teletoon to…
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Amazon Loops in DHX with kids deal
Amazon has acquired animated series Looped for its Prime Instant Video service in the US….
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News brief: Iberian nets buy eOne toon
Kids networks in Spain and Portugal have acquired 2D animated series Winston Steinburger and Sir…
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Former ABC kids chief resurfaces at Corus
Deidre Brennan has resurfaced at Corus Entertainment, and will be vice president of kids content…
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Teletoon boards Cottonwood’s Squish
Canadian kids channel Teletoon has come onboard Squish, the new 52x11mins animated comedy from France’s…
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News brief: Turner Lat Am net buys Stan Lee toon
Pay TV channel Cartoon Network Latin America has bought Stan Lee’s Mighty 7 from Genius…
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Disney Channel rolling out in Canada
Disney Channel will launch in English and French in Canada next month. The channel will…
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Wildseed, Tricon call on Fonejacker for Disney toon
Wildseed Studios and Tricon are coproducing Counterfeit Cat, a new animated series for Disney voiced…
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State of the industry: Canadian kids TV
Digital disruption and an end to regulatory protection has some in the Canadian kids business…
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TF1 grabs VOD rights to Stan Lee toon
French commercial channel TF1 has grabbed on-demand rights to Stan Lee’s Mighty 7. The deal…
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Netflix detects Danger Mouse, Gadget
Netflix has acquired exclusive rights to a pair of classic kids TV series being rebooted…
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Disney spending more time in Camp Lakebottom
Disney has acquired the second season of toon series Camp Lakebottom for several of its…
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Teletoon and Cartoon Network go for Supernoobs
Canadian kids net Teletoon has commissioned a new 2D animated kids series, Supernoobs, which has…
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Ex-Teletoon chief to launch new Irish-Canadian studio
Alan Gregg, the former director of original content at Canadian kids channel Teletoon, is relocating…
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Portfolio hires former Teletoon exec
Canadian producer and distributor Portfolio Entertainment has hired Trent Locke as chief operating officer. Locke…
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MIPTV to launch Kids TV Summit
Reed MIDEM will hold a one-day summit focusing on how digital disruption is effecting both…
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News brief: ABC, Teletoon onboard comedy toon Winston
ABC3 in Australia and Canada’s teletoon have greenlit production on Winston Steinburger and Sir Dudley…
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News brief: New broadcasters for Wild Grinders
Animated series Rob Drydek’s Wild Grinders has found new broadcast partners as it gears up…
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News brief: Teletoon buys trio of Halloween toons
Canadian kids and youth net Teletoon has picked up three animated specials that it will…
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KiKA licenses second Spike telemovie
German children’s channel KiKA has licensed Christmas telemovie Spike 2 on the back of ratings…
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MIPJunior Hot Pick: Dr. Dimensionpants
Dr. Dimensionpants is based on an idea from Canadian film director Brad Peynton (Cats &…
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Annoying Orange, Driftwood Bay find new broadcast homes
The Jim Henson Company has sold its third party series The Annoying Orange and Driftwood…
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Hulu buys animated series Fugget About It
Hulu has picked up exclusive rights to animated series Fugget About It. The US streaming…
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Canada/Oz kids pirate sails into production, Breakthrough attached
Canadian producer Atomic Cartoons and its Australian counterpart Sticky Pictures have started production on Pirate…
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Bell’s $3.4bn Astral deal approved with conditions
Bell Canada Enterprises’ C$3.4 billion (US$3.2 billion) acquisition of rival Astral Media has been approved,…
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FremantleMedia and BBC on kids partnership
Earlier this year the BBC and the Kids and Family division of FremantleMedia inked a…
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