Thursday, April 17, 2014
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, ... Continue Reading →
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 ... Continue Reading →
‘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 ... Continue Reading →
Mind Candy Hires Jocelyn Stevenson As Exec Producer
Mind Candy, the entertainment company behind the popular brand Moshi Monsters has hired Jocelyn Stevenson as the exec creative producer to lead creative on all film and TV projects ... Continue Reading →
Michael Hefferon Named President of Rainmaker Ent.
Vancouver-based Rainmaker Entertainment has appointed veteran feature film and television executive Michael Hefferon as president and executive producer, it was announced by Craig Graham, ... Continue Reading →
‘Jake and the Pirates’, ‘Batman’ Help Mattel’s Bottom Line
Toy giant Mattel reported an overall entertainment product sales drop of 36 percent, but posted a profit of $96.2 million (up from $80.5 million) in the year-ago period. The company ... Continue Reading →
JimJam Acquires Two New Preschool Series
Global pre-school channel JimJam, has picked up two animated series, Monkey See, Monkey Do and MuMuHug. Available to JimJam’s 17 million subscribers across Europe, the Middle East, ... Continue Reading →
‘Regular Show,’ ‘Danny Phantom,’ Elmo Hit DVD
Mordecai and Rigby are finally arriving on DVD with the release this week of Regular Show: Slack Pack (Warner Bros., $14.97), collecting 12 episodes of the series from the first and ... Continue Reading →
HIT Scores Big Deals for ‘Mike the Knight’
HIT Entertainment reports 10 new TV sales and three licensing agent deals for its CG-animated preschool property Mike the Knight.
The series has been sold to Super RTL in Germany, and ... Continue Reading →
Arc Is on Board HIT’s ‘Thomas & Friends’
HIT Entertainment has signed Toronto-based Arc Productions (formerly Starz) to animate the new season of its CG-animated preschool hit Thomas & Friends. This deal marks the first ... Continue Reading →
