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Lucky 13: MIPTV 2013 Toon Highlights


April 8, 2013 by Ramin Zahed 2 Comments divider image
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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 [...]

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Mondo TV to Sell Home Plate Ent.’s Shows


April 7, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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Italian distributor and producer Mondo TV has become the exclusive agent and rep for TV rights of a slate of shows by Home Plate Entertainment across Africa and the Middle East. The company will hold the non-exclusive rights for on-demand. Among the various titles up for grabs is Wild Grinders, [...]

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TVO Helps Make ‘Wish Come True’


March 20, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image
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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 [...]

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Home Plate Ent. Launches New Distribution Shingle


October 10, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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L.A.-based Home Plate Entertainment has formed a new distribution division, under the Home Plate Entertainment Distribution Alliance, announced studio CEO Bill Schultz at the MIPCOM market today. Schultz, a four-time Emmy Award winning-producer, says the new division won’t be just a traditional distribution division and won’t seek third party content, but it [...]

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Guru and Home Plate Team Up on ‘Wish Come True’


June 11, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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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 [...]

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Dyrdek’s ‘Wild Grinders’ to Roll on NickToons


April 13, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image
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Nicktoons will debut Wild Grinders, the new animated series from skateboarding icon Rob Dyrdek (MTV’s Rob & Big, Fantasy Factory) on Friday, April 27 at 7 p.m. Inspired by Dyrdek’s real-life experiences, each original half-hour episode follows the adventures of a group of friends bonded by their love of skateboarding. The [...]

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Oz’s Seven Network Picks Up ‘Teenage Fairytale Dropouts’


November 3, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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The international animated co-production Teenage Fairytale Dropouts has found a home in Australia, where it’s been picked up by the Seven Network. The 52 x 11 minute series is a co-production between Anima Estudios, SLR Productions, Home Plate Entertainment and Telegael. It tells the story of Jeremiah, Fury and Trafalgar, [...]

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Rob Dyrdek Glides to Toon Town


October 7, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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The skateboarding star gets the animation treatment in the new high-energy comedy Wild Grinders. The fact that skateboarder-turned-TV star Rob Dyrdek has embarked on a dynamic animated venture should come as no surprise to those who know him from his high-flying MTV shows Rob & Big and Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy [...]

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‘Teenage Fairytale Dropouts’ Gets Happy Ending


September 28, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image
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Anima Estudios (Mexico), SLR Productions (Australia) Home Plate Entertainment (U.S.) and Telegael (Ireland) have announced that their new animated co-pro Teenage Fairytale Dropouts has been greenlit. The 52 x 11’ comedy TV series centers on three best friends and children of famous fairytale characters who are determined to be themselves, regardless [...]

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Nicktoons Orders Rob Dyrdek Skater Toon ‘Wild Grinders’


July 21, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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Nicktoons has ordered Wild Grinders, a new animated comedy series based on the work and life of pro skateboarder Rob Dyrdek. The 26-episode series is produced in partnership with Home Plate Entertainment, Moonscoop and Dyrdek’s Wild Grinders LLC, and will premiere on Nicktoons in 2012, preceded by shorts and other [...]

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