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BabyFirstTV Seeks More Animated Growth Spurts
It’s been quite an eventful quarter for BabyFirstTV as the fast-growing channel hit the 35 million home mark in the U.S. and named Trifecta Media as its exclusive ad sales rep. The six-year-old cable outlet, which is billed as the number one cable and satellite destination for babies, toddlers and [...]
Henson’s ‘Pajanimals’ Lands on Disney Jr., EMEA
The Jim Henson Company has licensed all 52 x 11’ episodes of its new preschool series, Pajanimals to Disney Junior platforms in France, Italy, Benelux, Central and Eastern Europe, Israel, Turkey, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. The announcement was made today by Richard Goldsmith, exec VP of global distribution [...]
Princess Sofia’s a Royal Hit on Disney Channel
Sunday night’s [Nov. 18] premiere of Disney Junior’s animated special Sofia The First: Once Upon A Princess brought in 5.2 million total viewers to Disney Channel. The animated movie was the top cable telecast of 2012 among kids 2-5 (1.5 million/9.1 rating) and girls 2-5 (954,000/12.2 rating). The show attracted [...]
All Hail Sofia! New Clips From Disney Jr.
As Disney Junior prepares to welcome its first little girl princess in the lovely new CG kids’ series Sofia the First, which will launch with the TV movie Once Upon a Princess on Sunday, November 18 at 7 p.m. on Disney Channel, the Mouse House has released some super cute [...]
‘Monster’ Gallery Show Spotlights Disney Talent
Check out these great photos from the opening of Disney Television Animation’s fall art gallery show, “Some Kind of Monster”! The show spotlighted submissions from Disney’s pool of talent including artists, executives and staff behind the original kids and family fare found on Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior. [...]
Disney Jr. Orders New ‘Small Potatoes’ Movie
Disney Junior has acquired the rights to air the 45-minute movie special debut of the Small Potatoes—Meet the Small Potatoes—in the U.S. and Japan. The first animated movie from Little Airplane Productions, Meet the Small Potatoes stars the four popular singing spuds alongside legendary British actor Malcolm McDowell. The movie [...]
Disney Movie Debuts 1st Little-Girl Princess, ‘Sofia the First’
Disney will introduce its first little-girl princess with the debut of Sofia the First: Once Upon A Princess, an animated Disney Junior television movie airing Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. on Disney Channel. The movie, which will lead into a regular series in early 2013, will get repeat airing Nov. [...]
Fifteen Companies Nominated for Cartoon Tributes
Fifteen companies from nine European countries are on the list of finalists for Cartoon Tributes 2012, the annual awards for sector professionals to honor outstanding contribution to the European animation sector. The list of nominees reflects the strength and vigour of European animation, including local and regional channels, distinguished sector [...]
‘Doc McStuffins’ Is Ratings Champ for 9th Straight Week
Disney Junior’s Doc McStuffins, Jake and the Never Land Pirates and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse have emerged as the top-three preschool cable TV series for Kids 2-5 and moms for the ninth straight week. Preschool Cable TV Series in Kids 2-5 and Moms for 9th Straight Week. For the week of [...]
Disney Jr. to Add Nightly Programming Block
Disney Junior plans to launch a nightly block of parent-targeted, kid-friendly short-form programming to air interstitially on the 24-hour channel Disney Junior, beginning Tuesday, September 4 (9 p.m. – 4 a.m.). Presented under the banner “Disney Junior Night Light,” the content is produced by Disney Interactive Family and the block [...]
Jon Vitti to Pen ‘Angry...
Emmy-winning writer Jon Vitti, who has worked on hit toons The Simpsons and...
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