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+ Kids’ production company Sixteen South has appointed Emily Whinnett as its new head of development. Whinnett was formerly the director of production and development for Chapman Entertainment, where she helped develop and produce shows including Fifi and the Flowertots, Roary the Racing Car, Raa Raa the Noisy Little Lion [...]
PlaySquare, Curious Partner for New Prods
PlaySquare, creator of the ‘Touchable Television’ kids’ device interface, has announced a new investment and production partnership with Curious Pictures. Under the agreement, Curious will serve as production partner and provide support to PlaySquare in the development of Touchable Television episodes for its PlaySquare platform. The investment is being made [...]
Titmouse’s ‘Owl’ Takes Wing on iTunes
Titmouse, Inc.—the L.A. studio behind Adult Swim’s The Ventures Bros., Metalocalypse and Black Dynamite—has their first original animated theatrical short The Hidden Life of the Burrowing Owl prepped and ready for take off on iTunes this week. The film is being publicly released for the first time by the studio’s [...]
’64 Zoo Lane’ Gets iOS Address
European producer/distributor Millimages is launching a new app for iPad and iPhone, 64 Zoo Lane – Let’s Read Along with Alan, based on its popular children’s series. The app has the option to save up to three versions of the interactive book-reading assistance story, and is available in English, French, [...]
‘Sid the Science Kid: The Movie’ Coming to PBS, Video
A feature-length outing for the popular Sid the Science Kid series is set to debut March 25 on PBS Kids! followed by a DVD and iTunes release on April 2. The movie is a co-production between The Jim Henson Company and Chinese partners Nine Eyes Stone Pictures and Shanghai Animation [...]
‘Blue’s Clues’ Creator Launches Interactive Co.
Traci Paige Johnson, creator of pre-k hit Blue’s Clues and co-creator of SuperWhy, is teaming up with award-winning feature producer Caroline Baron (Capote, Monsoon Wedding) to launch a new interactive children’s media company called yummico (www.yummico.com). The company will produce preschooler-friendly media for multiple platforms, with a focus on digital [...]
‘Rastamouse’ Rocks London Toy Fair
Indie children’s entertainment producer, distributor and licensor DHX Media is showcasing rocking new product ranges for its hit property Rastamouse at London Toy Fair this month (Jan 22-24). Ty Beanies has partnered with DHX to create a line of Rastamouse beanies, available at Harrods, Cards Galore and Trocadero. Those attending [...]
Monster Ent.’s ‘Jungle Beat’ Sells to More Outlets
Monster Entertainment has signed new deals with Cartoon Network Japan, Cartoon Network Latin America, Disney Taiwan (including Hong Kong and Macau), Nickelodeon India and B Channel in Indonesia for animated series Jungle Beat. The 26×5 minute dialog-free animation is family friendly CGI series focusing on different animals and the bizarre [...]
M-Go Strikes Deal with Starz Digital
M-Go, the digital content service joint venture of DreamWorks Animation and Technicolor has struck a content licensing deal with Starz Digital and launched in beta mode for users in the U.S. The latest arrangement will provide M-Go users access to such Starz content as Spartacus. The latest content deal follows [...]
‘South Park’ Predicts Obama Win
As the rest of us wait out the final vote tallies, chewing our nails and deciding whether or not to apply for Canadian citizenship, Trey Parker and Matt Stone are banking on four more years of President Barack Obama in Wednesday night’s episode of South Park, Comedy Central has revealed. [...]
‘Star Trek’ Beams...
Paramount’s Star Trek Into Darkness landed on top of the domestic box office...
Universal Releases New Clip...
Universal has released the first clip from Illumination’s eagerly anticipated...
