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PBS Plans Cat-In-The-Hat-A-Thon for March 2
PBS KIDS will be honoring the 108th birthday of Theodor Geisel (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) on March 2 with a two-hour marathon of its popular preschool series The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!. Kids can engage the beloved characters through online/mobile games and video content, while parents can [...]
Producers Guild Reveals Five Animated Movie Nominees
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) has announced the five titles nominated in the Best Animated Feature Award category. In what many awards watchers say may be a foreshadowing for the Oscar race, the nominees are: The Adventures of Tintin (Producers: Peter Jackson, Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg) Cars 2 (Producer: [...]
PBS KIDS Expands Video App to iPhone & iPod touch
PBS KIDS is now offering its popular Video app for iPhone and iPod touch. The app gives families free, streaming access to more than 2,000 videos, including clips and full episodes of shows such as Curious George, Dinosaur Train, The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That, Wordgirl and [...]
First-Wave December DVD Rush
If you managed to avoid the Black Friday mania over the holiday weekend, you may congratulate yourself on your cool-headed approach to the consumer madness. However, the gift-getting clock is ticking down! Why not cross a couple names off your list with a few of this week’s cool toon and [...]
Disney Jr. Doffs ‘Cat in the Hat’ Season 2, Special
On the heels of the MIPCOM market in France, Portfolio International has announced the sale of the second season and holiday special of their hit preschool series The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! To Disney Junior’s Australia and Italy channels. Along with Treehouse (Canada), PBS (U.S.) [...]
9 Story Buys 50% Stake in Monster Factory
Toronto’s 9 Story Entertainment has acquired a 50 percent interest in toy manufacturer The Monster Factory. “This marks a natural extension of 9 Story’s expertise in IP from creation to distribution, and now directly to the consumer,” said 9 Story Ent. co-founders Vince Commisso and Steven Jarosz. “The Monster Factory’s unique [...]
PBS Monkeys Around with ‘Curious George’ Pics
Fans of Margaret and H.A. Rey’s mischievous monkey Curious George will be seeing a lot of him on PBS this holiday season. PBS Kids will feature the original Curious George movie as part of its Curious George Holiday Spectacular broadcasting event on November 23. The three-movie spectacular kicks off with Universal/Imagine’s [...]
Cake Gets Slice of Zinkia’s ‘Pocoyo’
Kids’ and family entertainment specialist CAKE has been appointed as distributor for global content creator/brand manager Zinkia Entertainment’s award-winning series, Pocoyo. CAKE will oversee distribution for territories around the world, excluding Spain, Latin America, the U.S., Italy, China and Portugal, which will remain under Zinkia’s handling. “CAKE is well-established in [...]
9 Story Launches ‘Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood’ Globally
Toronto-based 9 Story Entertainment has announced the global distribution launch of the new animated series. Inspired by the character from the long-running PBS series Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, the new animated show is developed by the Fred Rogers’ Company, in association with Out of the Blue Enterprises. The show will launch [...]
Turner Acquires Endemol’s ‘The 99′
Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific has picked up Endemol’s children’s series The 99 and will air the show on Cartoon Network’s Indian and Southeast-Asian feeds. Produced in full 3D CGI by Endemol UK in association with Teshkeel Media, The 99 is based on a set of superhero comic books that [...]
BinWeevils Appoints Henwood...
U.K.-based digital social world BinWeevils, for kids 6-12, has appointed media...
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