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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 [...]
Slap Happy Serves Up Shorts for Knowledge
Vancouver-based animation studio Slap Happy Cartoons will produce a series of animated shorts for Canadian pubcaster Knowledge Network. The project will feature the network’s popular characters Luna, Chip and Inkie, part of the cabler’s commercial-free children’s block from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. The three playful, and quirky young animal characters [...]
9 Story Picks Up Slap Happy’s ‘Nerds and Monsters’
9 Story Enterprises is expanding to include acquired programming in its catalog, beginning with the international distribution rights to Slap Happy Cartoon’s new animated series Nerds and Monsters (40×11’). The series was recently greenlit by Corus Entertainment’s kids and family network YTV in Canada for a January 2014 premiere. “This [...]
Guru Launches 2D, Interactive Divisions
Rapid growth at Canada’s Guru Studio will see the company expand two key business areas, 2D animation and interactive content, with plans to increase staff by over 40 percent. A newly created 2D animation division has been established to complement the company’s award-winning CG capabilities and will be headed by [...]
Scholastic Inks Book Deal for ‘Almost Naked Animals’
9 Story Entertainment and Scholastic have announced the signing of a publishing deal for the hit kids’ animated comedy series Almost Naked Animals. The deal was brokered by The Licensing Shop and will see Scholastic publish comic readers, joke books, chapter books, e-books and digital interactive story books featuring the [...]
Slap Happy Gets Started on ‘Nerds and Monsters’
Vancouver-based toon house Slap Happy Cartoons Inc. has been commissioned by Corus Entertainment’s YTV channel in Canada to produce a new animated series called Nerds and Monsters. Created by Slap Happy, the 40 x 11 series targets kids 6-11 with its comedic take on the adventures of a group of [...]
Canal J Launches ‘Redakai’ Holiday Contest
Paris-based Canal J has launched an online holiday competition to give away 100 Redakai TCG box sets to fans of Marathon’s action-packed boys’ series. The promotion will culminate in a five-episode mini-marathon on Canal J on Christmas Eve. The Redakai competition extends from December 3rd to December 23rd. To win [...]
‘Almost Naked Animals’ Streak to CiTV for Season 3
Canada’s 9 Story Entertainment has announced that CiTV U.K. has renewed the hit animated kids comedy series Almost Naked Animals (52 x 22) for a third season. The 2D-animated show which is produced and distributed by 9 Story was recently nominated for a BAFTA Kids’ Vote Award. The series blends [...]
Marathon’s ‘Redakai’ Hits High Numbers in France & U.K.
Marathon Media and Spin Master’s Redakai: Conquer the Kairu (52 x 26’) is hitting some high notes on French youth and family broadcaster Gulli and the U.K.’s CITV, while TV and DVD sales continue to grow across Europe. In France, Redakai debuted on top kids broadcasters Canal J in 2011 [...]
‘Redakai’ Conquers New Broadcasters
The magical battling adventure toon from Zodiak Kids, Redakai: Conquer the Kairu, has claimed three more European broadcasters: Germany’s Kabel 1, VT4 in Flemish-speaking Belgium and Club RTL Belgium in French-speaking Belgium have signed on, bringing the boys’ action series broadcaster total to over 70 markets worldwide. Redakai has already [...]
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