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Four U.K. Animation Studios Win BFI Cash

May 1, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The British Film Institute has awarded 20 production companies a share of $4.3 million (£2.8 million) handed out separately from a cash pool from 170 applicants. The BFI provided its Vision Award for up to $310,000 (£200,000) to each selected applicant over two years for film development and company growth. [...]

‘Tree Fu Tom’ To Nest on Sprout

April 15, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment has announced that their animated preschool series Tree Fu Tom will continue to put down global roots as it premieres on the U.S.’s 24-hour pre-k channel Sprout this month. The European producer/distributor has previously placed its kids’ content on other major networks in the States, [...]

CBeebies Renews ‘Tree Fu Tom’ for Season 2

September 11, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

CBeebies has commissioned a second series of the hit preschool action-adventure series Tree Fu Tom. A co-production between CBeebies in-house and FremantleMedia Enterprises, the new series of 26 22-minute episodes will air in 2013. FME’s international sales push also has begun and a number of new broadcasters have been confirmed [...]

‘Tree Fu Tom’ Debut Scores Big on CBeebies

April 2, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Animated preschooler series Tree Fu Tom is a hit in the United Kingdom, becoming CBeebies’ No. 1 show of the year since its debut last month. The show for kids 4-6 attracted 330,000 kids ages 6 and under for its first 11 episodes, with a 25 percent audience share. It [...]

Must-Sees at the MIPCOM Market

October 7, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Each October, thousands of TV programming execs, buyers, animation producers and children’s entertainment pros gather at the MIPCOM market in France (Oct. 3-6) to buy and sell programming for the never-ending global appetite for content. We surveyed some of the new shows and developments and put together a brief wrap [...]

CBeebies Commissions ‘Tree Fu Tom’ Series

April 4, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

BBC children’s channel CBeebies has commissioned the new series Tree Fu Tom from CBeebies In House Productions and FremantleMedia Enterprise. Designed to help children’s movement development, Tree Fu Tom (26 x 22 mins) will follow the adventures of a boy with magical powers as he takes viewers to an enchanted world [...]