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U.S. Toon Veteran Casemiro Is Marathon’s New Kids CCO
French studio Marathon Media has hired American animation veteran Eryk Casemiro as its Chief Creative Officer, Kids. Casemiro who recently relocated to Paris, reports directly to Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and David Michel, CEO and Managing Director of Marathon. He will oversee the creative aspects of all current kids productions and will [...]
Territory Report: French TV Animation in 2013
It’s no surprise that France continues to be a market leader in animation production in Europe. Despite the tough economic climate in the continent, French studios strive to bring some of the best animated series for children and for adults to the market year after year. Thanks to continued support [...]
Zodiak Kids Announces New Intl. VOD deals
Zodiak Kids has sealed a series of VOD deals with providers around the world for a selection of its animated shows including Marathon Media’s Totally Spies (Series 1-5) and Martin Mystery (Series 1-3) and Tele Images animated series Street Football (Series1-3). Meanwhile, the ProSiebenSat.1 Group has licensed Famous Five (26 [...]
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 [...]
Zodiak to Launch ‘LoliRock’ at MIPTV
Zodiak Kids will be bringing the noise to the MIPTV market in Cannes next month as it launches Marathon Media’s new 2D animated series LoliRock. The 52 x 26 series features elements of magic, mystery and music and is developed in partnership with France Televisions and Disney Channel (France). A [...]
Marathon to Host ‘Totally Spies’ Event in Versailles
The sassy Beverly Hills high school teens of Totally Spies! will spend the summer at the world-famous Palace of Versailles, through a series of unprecedented cross-promotions between Zodiak Kids CP Paris, Château de Versailles Spectacles (CVS) and TF1. The splashy event will support the launch of the Totally Spies! Season [...]
Zodiak Seals ‘Totally Spies’ Deals, Adds New COO
Zodiak Kids has secured a raft of sales for the brand new sixth season of its hit 2D comedy series Totally Spies!, with Teletoon Canada, DeA Kids Italy and MBC (Middle East) now on board. The new season, produced by Zodiak Kids company Marathon Media for TF1, brings the series [...]
Canal J Launches ‘Redakai’ Holiday Contest
Paris-based Canal J has launched an online holiday competition to give away 100 Redakai TCG box sets to fans of Marathon’s action-packed boys’ series. The promotion will culminate in a five-episode mini-marathon on Canal J on Christmas Eve. The Redakai competition extends from December 3rd to December 23rd. To win [...]
Marathon Media Reveals World Domination Plans
As Marathon Media’s Totally Spies! heroines get ready to take over the palace of Versailles, the French studio prepares a new storyboard-driven series with Nickelodeon in Hollywood. Marathon Media CEO Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and general manager David Michel are having a busy year. Not only is their Paris-based studio launching the [...]
Zodiak Secures Slew of CEE TV Sales
Zodiak Kids, the children’s production/distribution arm of Zodiak Media, has finalized a number of deals in the Central and Eastern Europe territory, totally over 300 hours of programming. A large chunk goes to Minimax and Megamax which have both picked up multi-territory deals for a number of series. Minimax (Hungary, [...]
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