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April 23, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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+ Kids’ production company Sixteen South has appointed Emily Whinnett as its new head of development. Whinnett was formerly the director of production and development for Chapman Entertainment, where she helped develop and produce shows including Fifi and the Flowertots, Roary the Racing Car, Raa Raa the Noisy Little Lion [...]

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Cake to Distribute Chapman Ent. Shows


March 27, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Kids TV distributor Cake will distribute Chapman Entertainment’s entire catalog of shows for the world, excluding N. American and the U.K. The new deal includes well-received stop-motion and CG-animated shows such as Raa Raa the Noisy Lion, Little Charley Bear, Fifi and the Flowertots and Roary the Racing Car added [...]

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Target Finds New Homes for 3 Chapman Shows


February 2, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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London-based Target Entertainment has securing a major new multi-regional broadcast deal for Chapman Entertainment’s hit pre-school series Roary the Racing Car with Nickelodeon. The first series of the 52 x10-minute show has been licensed for broadcast by Nickelodeon’s international Nick Jr. Channels in Europe (including Benelux, Scandinavia, Germany, Spain and [...]

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Keeping Toons Alive in Old Blighty


October 7, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Although many U.K. TV animation producers are disheartened about the bleak economic climate and lack of government support, they continue to follow the country’s much-admired tradition of excellence. To the casual observer of the TV animation scene in the U.K., the climate may seem quite healthy. With beautifully produced series [...]

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Factory Transmedia Takes Over Hullabaloo Studios


August 9, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Factory Transmedia has launched its production company at the former facilities of  post-production house, Hullabaloo Studios. Based in Altrincham, Factory TM now employs over 30 staff working on CBBC’s Strange Hill High—a half-hour comedy series produced with a technique combining puppets, stop-motion and CG, dubbed “hypervynorama.” FT has also been working with Chapman [...]

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Chapman Gets Investment, Restructures Executives


July 26, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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Fifi and the Flowerpots producer Chapman Entertainment has received an influx of cash and reorganized itself, with many top executives leaving the company. Company co-founders Keith Chapman and Andrew Haydon will remain at the U.K.-based company, while co-founder, managing diirector and executive producer Greg Lynn has decided to leave the [...]

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Chapman-mentored Students Win CBeebies Student Commission


March 15, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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Doodle Dan, an animated short made by four Liverpool John Moores University students using the studios of Chapman Entertainment, has won the CBeebies’ Student Commission. From more than a hundred entries, Doodle Dan was chosen for its originality, humor and imaginative use of animation. The students who made it are: Nicolas [...]

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Target Plants ‘Flowertots’ Deal, Adds Sales Execs


January 13, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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Target Entertainment has secured a new multiregion broadcast deal with Nickelodeon for Chapman Entertainment’s preschool series Fifi and the Flowertots. The show’s first series of 52 10-minute episodes will be shown by Nick across Europe in such markets as Benelux, Scandinavia, Germany, Spain and Italy; in the Middle East; Asia, [...]

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