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Cartoon Digital Announces Lineup for Transmedia Event
Cartoon Masters’ Digital and Transmedia event has announced its slate of seminars and speakers for the upcoming edition, which takes place in Munich, Germany, June 25-27. Focusing on TV, online, mobile, gaming and animation sectors the event highlights strategies, possible partnerships and synergies in the new global digital landscape. Among [...]
Global TV News Bytes: ‘Lalaloopsy’, Imira’s Hot Slate
Lalaoopsy Lands on Treehouse: MGA and Corus Entertainment’s new animated series Lalaloopsy is set to premiere on Canada’s preschool network Treehouse on Saturday, May 4 at 8 a.m. The 52 x 22 series is based on the best-selling toy line for girls and explores themes such as diversity, friendship and teamwork through [...]
TV Bytes: Horrid Henry, Figaro Pho
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 [...]
Calon & Telegael Co-produce 2nd Season of ‘Igam Ogam’
Irish company Telegael has set up a brand new stop motion studio, Beochan, in Casla in Connemara to create the second series of the prehistoric pre-school animation Igam Ogam for Five, S4C, TG4 and ZDF Enterprises. Preproduction is taking place at Welsh independent Calon’s Cardiff studio while animation and postproduction are [...]
Imira Signs Raft of Pre-NATPE Deals
Spanish production and distribution company Imira Entertainment has made a host of sales expanding its reach in Latin America ahead of the NATPE market. “Imira is going into NATPE 2013 with exciting momentum and a view to broaden their reach even further with their collection of premium youth programs,” says [...]
Home Plate Ent. Launches New Distribution Shingle
L.A.-based Home Plate Entertainment has formed a new distribution division, under the Home Plate Entertainment Distribution Alliance, announced studio CEO Bill Schultz at the MIPCOM market today. Schultz, a four-time Emmy Award winning-producer, says the new division won’t be just a traditional distribution division and won’t seek third party content, but it [...]
‘Julius Jr.’ Tops MIP Jr. Most-Screened List
MarVista Entertainment’s animated preschool series Julius Jr. was the most-screened series at this year’s MIPJunior market in France (Oct. 6-7). Produced by Saban Brands and animated by BrainPower Studio, the 52 x 11 show follows the adventures of a younger version of Paul Frank’s well-known monkey and his friends Worry [...]
Spain’s Imira Touts a Strong Sales Period
Barcelona-based Imira Entertainment has signed a raft of sales in Spain from its library of third-party content. RTVE has acquired two shows including live action tween-skewed series Lightning Point (26 x 26+1 x 90), which is produced by BAFTA-award winner Jonathan M. Shiff in association with ZDF, Network Ten, ZDF Enterprises, [...]
Imira’s Toons Take Over Latin America
Barcelona-based Imira Entertainment has sold over 200 hours of its animated shows to Latin America and Spanish-speaking U.S. networks. In pan-Latin America deals, Pay TV channel Yups has acquired Jonathan M. Shiff & ZDF Enterprises’ Scooter, Secret Agent (26X26′) and Shaftesbury’s Baxter (13X30′) for all territories excluding Argentina & Brazil [...]
10 Shows to Write Home About
The beginning of April may signal the arrival of spring in the natural world, but for TV execs and animation producers, it only means one thing: Yup, it’s time to fight the crowds and sell your goods at the MIPTV content market (April 1-4) in Cannes. Here are some of [...]
A Real-Life Replica of...
Cowabunga, dude! A real-life replica of Simpsons’ hometown of Springfield is...
BinWeevils Appoints Henwood...
U.K.-based digital social world BinWeevils, for kids 6-12, has appointed media...
