Tag "The Adventures of Figaro Pho"

TV Bytes: Horrid Henry, Figaro Pho

March 19, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

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 [...]

Stadermann to Direct ‘Maya the Bee’ Movie

February 19, 2013 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

Flying Bark Productions’ managing director Jim Ballantine has announced the director, producer and line producer for the CG-animated feature, Maya the Bee. Alexs Stadermann has been confirmed as director, Barbara Stephen will be the movie’s producer and Alexia Gates-Foale will be the line producer of the stereoscopic project. The trio [...]

Kidscreen 2013 Award Winners

February 7, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

As the Kidscreen Summit in New York wrapped up, the event celebrated its special awards presentation honoring the year’s best work in children’s television. The Daily Show‘s Samantha Bee did hosting duty, bestowing honors determined by two panels of broadcast executive judges in the Programming and Creative Talent categories. Many [...]

Ambience Ups the Ante for ‘Adventures of Figaro Pho’

October 30, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

Sydney-based production company Ambience Entertainment is celebrating the release of its short-format toon star’s new 13 x half-hour series The Adventures of Figaro Pho, which premieres on Australia’s ABC3 today. Conceived and directed by award-winning illustrator Luke Jurevicius, the excessively paranoid Figaro Pho first hit the toon scene in 2008 [...]

Shorts Star Figaro Pho Gets New CGI Series

April 13, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

The Chocolate Liberation Front and Ambience Entertainment are set to produce a new animated series called The Adventures of Figaro Pho that will be distributed worldwide by ZDF Enterprises, ABC Commercial and D360. The producers describe the series as follows: “Figaro Pho is a warm-hearted, curious and mischievous character who just [...]