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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 [...]
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 [...]
TV Bytes: Horrid Henry, Figaro Pho
The pre-MIP-TV deluge of toon TV sales news continues to trickle in, with big deals being announced by Novel Entertainment, Chocolate Liberation Front in advance of the mega market in Cannes next month. U.K.’s Novel Entertainment has announced new sales for its animated kids’ program Horrid Henry through its global [...]
TV Bytes: Calimero, Pac-Man & Bubble Guppies
As international companies gear up for the MIP-TV market in France next month, we are getting bombarded with news about about global franchises. Here are today’s latest TV toon newsmakers: UK broadcaster Channel 5 has picked up the broadcast rights for the Nick Jr. preschool series Bubble Guppies. The series, [...]
9 Story Unveils MIP-TV Slate
Toronto-based creator/producer/distributor of kids content 9 Story Entertainment has announced its slate of new series and new episodes of returning series for MIP-TV 2013, taking places in Cannes, France April 8-11. NEW SERIES: Nerds and Monsters (40 x 11’) Animated comedy aimed at 6-11 year olds that tosses a group [...]
Alphanim Rebrands as Gaumont Animation
French toon studio Alphanim, which was established in 1997 and has been part of the Gaumont Group since 2007, is being rebranded as Gaumont Animation. The first deal to be unveiled under the new Gaumont Animation banner is a development and production agreement with France Televisions and DreamWorks Classics for [...]
Rovio in Production on Animated ‘Angry Birds’ Series
Having conquered the mobile gaming market, Angry Birds is coming to your television as a new animated series. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Angry Birds developer Rovio announced a 52-episode series at the MIP-TV market in Cannes, France. The episodes each will be two to three minutes long and are [...]
Henson Makes Sales for Trio of Toons
The Jim Henson Company heads to MIP-TV this year with a raft of broadcast and home entertainment licensing agreements finalized for its trio of pre-school series, Pajanimals, Dinosaur Train and Sid the Science Kid. Richard Goldsmith, the company’s exec VP of sales and distribution noted that the new preschool puppet [...]
Henson, Sprout, Sixteen South Co-Produce ‘Pajanimals’
The Jim Henson Co., the preschool TV channel Sprout and Northern Ireland-based Sixteen South Ltd. have teamed up to co-produce a new series called Pajanimals. The series will consist of 26 half hour episodes, and will air exclusively on Sprout in the United States starting in the fall and went [...]
Academy Makes Animation...
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has...
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The Eisner Award-winning comic-book series by Joe Quesada, Paul Jenkins, Bill...
