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Welcome to Vinyl Toy High
Strange Hill High, the new tween show from the CBBC, FremantleMedia and Factory Transmedia, has a wicked sense of humor and knock-your-socks-off visuals. Once in a blue moon, all the right ingredients for a cool kids show come together, and the final product ends up being better than anyone had [...]
‘Tree Fu Tom’ To Nest on Sprout
FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment has announced that their animated preschool series Tree Fu Tom will continue to put down global roots as it premieres on the U.S.’s 24-hour pre-k channel Sprout this month. The European producer/distributor has previously placed its kids’ content on other major networks in the States, [...]
FremantleMedia Reorganizes, Seals Deal with BBC Kids
FremantleMedia is dismantling its FremantleMedia Enterprises division and naming two separate global divsions, one devoted to kids and family entertainment and distribution and the other on digital and branded entertainment. As a result of the reorganization, FME’s international CEO David Ellender gets the new title of CEO, FremantleMedia International and [...]
A Postcard from Cartoon Connection Canada
This past week, representatives from 140 European and Canadian animation companies gathered in the capital city of Quebec for the third edition of Cartoon Connection Canada. Created by Brussels-based, non-profit European association known as Cartoon, which also sponsors the popular Cartoon Movie and Cartoon Forum events in France, this year’s [...]
BAFTA Unveils 2012 Children’s Awards Nominees
The British Academy of Film & Television has announced its 2012 Children’s Awards nominees, which aim to recognize the best in the U.K.’s kids entertainment industry. Animation: The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers, Pesky Productions/POP The Amazing World Of Gumball, Cartoon Network Europe in association with Dandelion Studios, Boulder Media and Studio [...]
CBeebies Renews ‘Tree Fu Tom’ for Season 2
CBeebies has commissioned a second series of the hit preschool action-adventure series Tree Fu Tom. A co-production between CBeebies in-house and FremantleMedia Enterprises, the new series of 26 22-minute episodes will air in 2013. FME’s international sales push also has begun and a number of new broadcasters have been confirmed [...]
‘Tree Fu Tom’ Debut Scores Big on CBeebies
Animated preschooler series Tree Fu Tom is a hit in the United Kingdom, becoming CBeebies’ No. 1 show of the year since its debut last month. The show for kids 4-6 attracted 330,000 kids ages 6 and under for its first 11 episodes, with a 25 percent audience share. It [...]
Keeping Toons Alive in Old Blighty
Although many U.K. TV animation producers are disheartened about the bleak economic climate and lack of government support, they continue to follow the country’s much-admired tradition of excellence. To the casual observer of the TV animation scene in the U.K., the climate may seem quite healthy. With beautifully produced series [...]
Must-Sees at the MIPCOM Market
Each October, thousands of TV programming execs, buyers, animation producers and children’s entertainment pros gather at the MIPCOM market in France (Oct. 3-6) to buy and sell programming for the never-ending global appetite for content. We surveyed some of the new shows and developments and put together a brief wrap [...]
CBeebies Commissions ‘Tree Fu Tom’ Series
BBC children’s channel CBeebies has commissioned the new series Tree Fu Tom from CBeebies In House Productions and FremantleMedia Enterprise. Designed to help children’s movement development, Tree Fu Tom (26 x 22 mins) will follow the adventures of a boy with magical powers as he takes viewers to an enchanted world [...]
A Real-Life Replica of...
Cowabunga, dude! A real-life replica of Simpsons’ hometown of Springfield is...
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Epic, the new animated adventure from director Chris Wedge and his gifted team...
