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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 [...]
Warner Bros. Greenlights ‘Scalia & Snagglepuss’ Movie
Jumping on the recent spotlight on Judge Antonin Scalia, Warner Bros. has announced that it’s going ahead with a new live-action/animated hybrid feature titled Scalia & Snagglepuss: The Adventure Begins. Slated for a summer 2015 release, this delightful family comedy will follow the wacky shenanigans of the longest-serving justice on [...]
Mediatoon’s ‘Spirou’ Goes Global
French distributor Mediatoon Distribution has announced a spate of new international broadcasting sales for its 2D animated series Little Spirou (78 x 7). Additionally the Spirou brand is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year with special events and project launches. Following the show’s presentation at MIPCOM last fall, Little Spirou [...]
‘Zoomix’ Migrates to Canadian TV
Neptuno Films’ animated edutainment series Zoomix (104 x 3) is heading to Canada after being acquired by TVO, Ontario’s public educational media organization. The show has been sold to a host of international channels since its launch in 2007. Zoomix introduces preschoolers to animal science by exploring the life of [...]
STUDIO 100's ‘Heidi’ Travels to Austria
Studio 100 Media has signed a license agreement with Austrian public broadcaster ORF for the new animated series Heidi (39 x 22’). The deal, which was finalized at MIPCOM in October, gives ORF exclusive FreeTV rights for the newly re-mastered 3-D/CGI animation series in Austria and South Tyrol. First introduced [...]
Network Ten Dons ‘Matt Hatter’ for Spring 2013
Australia’s Network Ten has nabbed boys’ animated adventure-comedy Matt Hatter Chronicles for its digital free-to-air channel, ELEVEN, series producer Platinum Films has announced. The 26 x 30 HD CGI show will premiere in 2013 as part of ELEVEN’s Toasted TV line-up. Produced by leading U.K. indie Platinum Films and Toronto-based [...]
Henson to Distribute The Collective’s ‘Annoying Orange’
Entertainment management and production company The Collective has appointed Henson Independent Properties, The Jim Henson Company’s third party licensing banner, as the exclusive international distributor of the Annoying Orange broadcast series. The Annoying Orange deal marks HIP’s first third-party property for media distribution and will include television, home entertainment and [...]
Ready for their Market Close-Ups
We know what many of the TV animation industry will be doing during the first 10 days in October. They’ll be checking out all the new animated shows in production and early stages of development at the MIPCOM market in Cannes. Here are some of the intriguing shows and newsworthy [...]
Nelvana Makes Major Content Sale to China’s Ciwen Media
China’s Ciwen Media Group has picked up the rights to air about 1,000 half-hours of classic animated and live-action shows from Canada’s Nelvana Enterprises to Chinese broadcasters and digital platforms. The deal, which was announced at MIPCOM, gives the Beijing-based distributor exclusive rights to popular titles like Franklin, Babar, Rolie [...]
Home Plate Ent. Launches New Distribution Shingle
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 [...]
‘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...
