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Carrington Joins HIT as Head of Content & Production
Children’s entertainment producer/rights holder HIT Entertainment has announced the appointment of Michael Carrington to the newly created position of Head of Content and Production, HIT Global Brands. Based in HIT’s London office, Carrington will be responsible for enhancing the company’s preschool-targeted content and development, reporting to Edward Catchpole. Marion Edwards [...]
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 [...]
Kidscreen Summit Unveils Complete 2013 Lineup
The annual New York-based children’s entertainment event Kidscreen Summit has unveiled its full 2013 conference agenda online at summit.kidscreen.com/2013/agenda/expanded. Running over three full days, with a Master Classes and meetings-only day, the program offers more than 75 keynotes, panel discussions, presentations, debates and networking/pitching formats—all featuring respected thought leaders and [...]
Lumbard Appointed Fremantle’s Kids and Family Strategist
FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has appointed Carl Lumbard as head of licensing strategy and business development, kids and family entertainment, EMEA. Based in the London office, Lumbard will be responsible for the commercial development of brands within the Kids & Family Entertainment portfolio across EMEA, including identifying timescales, key licensing categories, [...]
‘Bondi Band’ Set to Shine at MIP
After its June 2 launch on Disney XD LatAm, Bondi Band is set to hit MIPCOM with a bunch of good news. The 52 x 11 toon co-produced by Ledafilms, Exim Licensing Group and Mondo TV has achieved great positioning in all the Disney XD Latin American feeds, being in [...]
Marathon/Spinmaster’s ‘Redakai’ Expands in Italy
Marathon Media and Spin Master have unveiled the rollout plans for their animated series Redakai: Conquer the Kairu. The 52 x 26 boys action series began airing on Cartoon Network last month and will also be be broadcast on Cartoon Network channel Boing, from September to December. Cartoon Network hold [...]
Turner Picks Up Second Season of ‘Jelly Jamm’
Vodka Capital has secured a broadcast deal with Turner Broadcasting for a second season of its CG-animated preschool show Jelly Jamm (26 x 11) on Cartoonito. Jelly Jamm premiered last year as a flagship show for the rollout of Turner’s preschool channel Cartoonito across EMEA, which reaches 125 million homes [...]
Turner Launches Virtual World Across EMEA
Turner Broadcasting has launched of a new online virtual world for kids called Toonix across EMEA, following a beta launch in the U.K. in the beginning of 2012. Available at www.toonix.com the site calls on kids to ‘Be Whoever You Want To Be’ by creating and customizing their own unique avatars [...]
Vodka Capital Serves ‘Jelly Jamm’ in Canada
Spanish indie production/distribution house Vodka Capital has finalized two major Free-to-Air broadcast deals with Canadian channels Télé-Québec and TVOKids (Ontario) for their CG animated preschool series Jelly Jamm. The 52 x 11 comedy celebrates creativity, music and friendship through the adventures of five wacky friends who live on the planet [...]
Disney’s Summer TV Debut is ‘Rated A for Awesome’
Disney announced the launch of Rated A for Awesome, a new CG animated series developed and produced by the company’s London-based production hub for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Following the adventures of four ordinary kids and a monkey with perfect hair who are on a quest to make [...]
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