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CBeebies Launches New Math-Based Show
A new math-themed animated series is slated to debut on U.K’s children channel CBeebies and the BBC Worldwide Channels later this year. The show, which is called Numtum Adventures, is animated by A Productions and is a spinoff of a series of five-minute shorts which currently air on CBeebies in [...]
‘Peter Rabbit’ Hops to New Territories
U.K.’s Silvergate Media has secured several major new pre-sale deals for its charming new CG animated series Peter Rabbit, co-owned by Penguin U.K. Deals have been secured with major channels around the world including ABC TV Australia, France Television, RTE Ireland, SVT Sweden, NRK Norway and Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, [...]
Union Puts ‘Calamity Island’ on the Map
London-based Union Media has been appointed the international distributor for new kids’ series Calamity Island, a stop-motion slapstick comedy created by David Johnson (The Koala Brothers) of Famous Flying Films and being produced by Ian Mackinnon and Peter Saunders of Mackinnon and Saunders (The Corpse Bride, Frankenweenie, Fantastic Mr. Fox). Calamity [...]
A Postcard from Cartoon Connection Canada
This past week, representatives from 140 European and Canadian animation companies gathered in the capital city of Quebec for the third edition of Cartoon Connection Canada. Created by Brussels-based, non-profit European association known as Cartoon, which also sponsors the popular Cartoon Movie and Cartoon Forum events in France, this year’s [...]
‘Mike the Knight’ Is Google U.K.’s Top TV Trender
File this one under the special “Who Knew?” file. Mike the Knight, the CG-animated series from Hit and Nelvana has beaten such heavy-hitters as Showtime’s CIA thriller Homeland and BBC’s popular Sherlock series and landed on top of Google U.K.’s highest trending TV shows of the 2012 list. Google defines [...]
Acamar Films Develops Animated ‘Bing Bunny’ Series
UK-based independent Acamar Films has acquired the rights to award-winning author and illustrator Ted Dewan’s popular pre-school book property Bing Bunny. The studio is creating a new 78 x 7’ animated series and has secured a first broadcast deal with pre-school channel CBeebies in the U.K. Acamar is also creating [...]
CBeebies Taps Darrall Macqueen for ‘Topsy’
Award-winning indie kids TV producer Darrall Macqueen (Baby Jake) has been commissioned by CBeebies to produce its first pre-k drama, Topsy and Tim, with co-pro partner Penguin. The channel’s controller Kay Benbow made the announcement about the planned series, which will be based on the 1960s best-selling books by British [...]
MIPCOM Day 2 Wrap: More Toon Deals and Pick-Ups
More new animated shows announced pick-ups from international broadcasters and cablers on the second day (Oct.9) of the MIPCOM content market. Studio 100 Media’s rebooted 3-D classics Maya the Bee (78 x 11’), Vicky the Viking (78 x 11’) and Heidi (39 x 22’) will be distributed by Montreal-based DVD [...]
CBeebies Gets Hopping with ‘Peter Rabbit’
CBeebies will be the U.K. broadcast partner for brand-new CG animated series Peter Rabbit, a co-production of Penguin, Silvergate Media and Nickelodeon U.S. (also lead broadcaster). The series will debut on the kids’ net with a special one-off Christmas episode this December, with a 52 x 11 series launching in [...]
MIPCOM News: Nerd Corps, DHX Media, CreaCon & Ameba
It’s only the first day of the MIPCOM content market in France, and we’re already flooded with news about new partnerships, series launches and the usual global TV sales for properties. First up, Canadian producer Nerd Corps has begun production on its first animated preschool show Kate and Mim-Mim. Created [...]
Jon Vitti to Pen ‘Angry...
Emmy-winning writer Jon Vitti, who has worked on hit toons The Simpsons and...
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