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Zodiak Kids Announces New Intl. VOD deals
Zodiak Kids has sealed a series of VOD deals with providers around the world for a selection of its animated shows including Marathon Media’s Totally Spies (Series 1-5) and Martin Mystery (Series 1-3) and Tele Images animated series Street Football (Series1-3). Meanwhile, the ProSiebenSat.1 Group has licensed Famous Five (26 [...]
DHX Media Signs VOD Deal with HOOPLA
Toronto and L.A.-based children’s entertainment producer and distributor DHX Media has signed a major new VOD deal with Midwest Tape-owned digital platform HOOPLA. This is the first time DHX has sold to HOOPLA and underscores the company’s aim of exploiting digital opportunities for its library of programming on emerging platforms. [...]
NBC Introduces Animated ‘Revolution’ Webisodes
To keep the momentum of its popular global blackout show Revolution during the winter hiatus, NBC has launched animated webisodes of the show on its website, reports ew.com. Starting today (Monday, January 21) the network will offer these new weekly toons through Feb. 18 on NBC.com, YouTube, Hulu and on [...]
Ocelot’s ‘Tales of the Night’ Arrives on DVD in Jan.
French helmer Michel Ocelot’s acclaimed animated feature Tales of the Night will be released on DVD/Blu-ray and VOD on January 9, via Cinedigm Ent. Group. The well-received feature, which was released by GKIDS in September of 2012, extends the shadow puppet style of Ocelot’s earliest works, with black silhouetted characters [...]
BabyFirstTV Seeks More Animated Growth Spurts
It’s been quite an eventful quarter for BabyFirstTV as the fast-growing channel hit the 35 million home mark in the U.S. and named Trifecta Media as its exclusive ad sales rep. The six-year-old cable outlet, which is billed as the number one cable and satellite destination for babies, toddlers and [...]
‘Billy Bam Bam’ Begins Life on BabyTV
A new CG-animated series titled Billy Bam Bam is coming to Fox-owned BabyTV, the 24/7 commercial-free channel targeted at, what else, babies and toddlers! The new show is now available during the channel’s daytime programming and offers five-minute episodes that follow the story of a brother and a sister who [...]
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 [...]
‘Geronimo Stilton’ Travels to Germany
Co-production and distribution partners Atlantyca Entertainment and Moonscoop have secured a deal to bring Geronimo Stilton, the animated series based on the popular children’s books about an intrepid mouse journalist, to leading German broadcaster ARD. ARD is picking up the second season along with its regional broadcast stations, including KiKA [...]
A Good Time to Watch ‘Adventures in Plymptoons!’
Fans of indie animator Bill Plympton are in for a treat this week as the new documentary Adventures in Plymptoons! becomes available on DVD and VOD. Directed by Alexia Anastasio, this charming documentary follows the influential animator from his rainy childhood days in Portland, OR to his self-made career as a [...]
Nick Scores Ratings Bender with ‘Korra’
Nickelodeon’s highly anticipated premiere of The Legend of Korra (Saturday, April 14, 11 a.m. ET/PT) scored a strong 4.5 million total viewers, ranking as basic cable’s number-one kids’ show and top animated program for the week with total viewers. The 2D animated show which continues the mythology of the beloved animated [...]
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...
