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Nickelodeon Leads the Daytime Emmy Animation Race
The list of Daytime Emmy nominations were announced earlier this morning (Wednesday, May 1). Nickelodeon was the clear leader in the Children’s Animated Program race, with four out of five nominated shows (Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Penguins of Madagascar, Robot and Monster, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) going [...]
MIP-TV News Bytes
+ Guru Studio has announced the sale of season 2 of its preschool toon Justin Time (26 x 11) to Discover Kids Latin America. The deal was finalized by Guru’s LatAm and Spain agent, Imira Entertainment. Season 1 of the series launched on Discovery Kids LatAm in April, 2012 with [...]
Lucky 13: MIPTV 2013 Toon Highlights
The spring TV season is officially in full swing when the annual MIP-TV content market returns to the Palais des Festivals in Cannes. You can get a good feel for what animation producers have in store for broadcasters and viewers around the world by checking out the goods at the [...]
Global TV News Bytes
+ Nickelodeon will celebrate spring with new special of preschool series Peter Rabbit and the launch of a new animated pre-k series, Lalaloopsy, on Friday, March 29 at 7 p.m. ET/PT and 7:30 p.m. ET/PT, respectively. Peter Rabbit airs regularly weekdays at noon; Lalaloopsy will air weekdays at 1:30 p.m. [...]
TVO Helps Make ‘Wish Come True’
Guru Studio and Home Plate Entertainment have announced TVO (Ontario, Canada’s public educational media organization) has joined the development team for their new animated preschool series Wish Come True (52 x 11), a property created by art collective/creative studio FriendsWithYou. Wish Come True is a CG animated series for kids [...]
Guru’s ‘Dinopaws’ Is Ready to Roam
A new international co-production from Impossible Kids (U.K.), Kindle Entertainment (U.K.) and Guru Studio (Canada) has been given the go-ahead with commissions from U.K. kids’ channel CBeebies, the international CBeebies network (BBC Worldwide Channels) and Canadian kids’ broadcaster Treehouse. The series, called Dinopaws (52 x 11) kicked off production last [...]
Guru Launches 2D, Interactive Divisions
Rapid growth at Canada’s Guru Studio will see the company expand two key business areas, 2D animation and interactive content, with plans to increase staff by over 40 percent. A newly created 2D animation division has been established to complement the company’s award-winning CG capabilities and will be headed by [...]
‘Justin Time’ Jumps into Major European Markets
Toronto-based Guru Studio’s popular animated preschool adventure series Justin Time has been sold into several major European markets, including Germany. Super RTL the largest children’s TV network in Germany, picked up the first two seasons of the show and will start airing episodes in December. In the United Kingdom, seasons [...]
Guru, Immedium Launch ‘Justin Time’ Books
A new series of books based on Guru Studio’s charming preschool adventure series Justin Time will be available this September through the innovative publishing house Immedium. The first book in the series, is called Justin Time, The Pancake Express and is based on an episode from the first season of [...]
Guru and Home Plate Team Up on ‘Wish Come True’
L.A.-based Home Plate Entertainment and Toronto’s Guru Studio are developing a new animated preschool show titled Wish Come True, with creative studio Friends With You. Exploring the magical world of wishes, the 52 X11-minute CG show revolves around a clever, nine-year-old girl named True and her adventures in the faraway [...]
Academy Makes Animation...
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