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Syfy Kids Beams to Asia July ’13
International kids’ channel KidsCo has confirmed that the Syfy Kids programming block will launch in Asia this July. The block is a result of a partnership between KidsCo and Syfy and will debut with a line-up featuring original series and newly acquired titles from Platinum Films and KidsCo joint-venture partners. [...]
Nelvana’s ‘Alien Invasion’ to Sneak on YTV
Corus Entertainment’s YTV will sneak peek four back-to-back episodes of Nelvana’s new animated comedy series Oh No! It’s an Alien Invasion on Friday, March 29 beginning at 4 p.m. before its official fall premiere. Described as “Home Alone meets War of the Worlds series for kids,” the show finds a [...]
‘Mike the Knight’ Is Google U.K.’s Top TV Trender
File this one under the special “Who Knew?” file. Mike the Knight, the CG-animated series from Hit and Nelvana has beaten such heavy-hitters as Showtime’s CIA thriller Homeland and BBC’s popular Sherlock series and landed on top of Google U.K.’s highest trending TV shows of the 2012 list. Google defines [...]
KidsCo Picks Up Five Nelvana Toons
International children’s channel KidsCo has licensed a slate of new content from Nelvana, including Beyblade, Grossology, Rolie Polie Olie, Jacob Two-Two and Babar. The content acquired from Nelvana, which is owned by KidsCo joint-venture partner, Corus Entertainment, will form part of the channel’s January 2013 schedule when the refreshed brand [...]
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 [...]
KidsCo Gets Facelift, Acquires New Toons
Global children’s TV channel KidsCo announced plans for a new look and new content that will roll out globally in early 2013. The refreshed KidsCo will feature a redesigned on-air look and graphics and be complemented by original, new content and a new website. In 2013, KidsCo playout will also [...]
Nelvana Presents Three New Series at MIPCOM
Nelvana Enterprises will add three new animated productions to its lineup at MIPCOM, with Oh No!, two new Frankin and Friends specials and Paboo & Mojies joining fresh seasons of Beyblade, Detentionaire, Scaredy Squirrel and Sidekick. Here’s how the Toronto-based studio describes the new shows: OH NO!: This comedy for kids [...]
‘Real Ghostbusters,’ ‘Cryptkeeper’ Return on FEARnet
Two animated blasts from the past are arriving on an unlikely cable destination—FEARnet. The horror-themed channel will begin airing The Real Ghostbusters and Tales from the Cryptkeeper beginning Saturday Aug. 18 at 10 a.m. during a specially created “Funhouse Block.” The two-hour weekend block also includes live-action dramas Eerie, Indiana [...]
TV Veteran Neil Court Is New Factory Chair
UK-based indie Factory TM has appointed kids industry veteran Neil Court as its new non-executive chairman. Court will be joining the company’s board along with former Cosgrove Hall executives managing director Phil Chalk and director Vince James. Factory TM was launched in 2010 after taking over the former home of Hot [...]
Irene Weibel Promoted to Head of Nelvana Studio
Irene Weibel has been appointed VP, head of Nelvana Studio. Weibel will have overall responsibility for the development and production for all original productions from Nelvana. The well-respected industry veteran will oversee the studio’s creative direction, and will lead coordination of the development, series production, distribution and consumer products groups [...]
Academy Makes Animation...
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has...
Shout! Unleashes...
The Eisner Award-winning comic-book series by Joe Quesada, Paul Jenkins, Bill...
