Hong Kong – Endemol announced on March 13 that Turner Broadcasting System International has acquired the all-new second series of Mr Bean Animated Series for their services throughout Asia Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East and several European markets including the United Kingdom, Turkey, Spain and Italy. This deal comes off the back of the announcement that the series has been pre-sold to CITV in the UK and Super RTL in Germany. Mr Bean Animated Series Mark Eyers, Chief … [Read more...] about Turner picks up new “Mr Bean Animated Series”
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Tata Sky launches BabyTV across India
London, UK – Fox International Channels (FIC) has announced that Tata Sky, a DTH player in India, has added BabyTV to its line-up. The channel, which went live in February, will also be featured on Tata Sky’s new mobile app called Everywhere TV for iOS and Android devices. BabyTV will launch on Tata Sky in standard definition and be a part of the Kids Pack, joining Disney XD, Disney Channel, Nick, Cartoon Network, Discovery Kids, Hungama, … [Read more...] about Tata Sky launches BabyTV across India
GBI starts production on “Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab”
Beverly Hills, California – Genius Brands International, Inc. (“GBI”) (OTCQB:GNUS), a global brand management company dedicated to providing entertaining and enriching ‘content with a purpose’ for toddlers to tweens, has announced the start of production and delivery of its pilot episode of the new animated children’s series Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab. The pilot entitled “If the Fossil Fits” has been … [Read more...] about GBI starts production on “Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab”
Rides, Slides and Flights
Multi-platform potential is the way to go in the global kids entertainment business. Just ask MIPJunior, whose International Pitch competition this year will specifically judge finalists on the very criterion of how much potential there is for an idea to extend into as many platforms across as many territories as possible – from digital games to web-series; and apps to merchandise. It seems that broadcasters are less willing to take the plunge until an idea has been proven to have the … [Read more...] about Rides, Slides and Flights
It’s in the way it moves
Since the wonderful cat Felix made his debut in 1919’s Feline Follies, the first animated film to achieve mass commercial appeal, animators have exponentially extended that initial curiosity of giving a sketch a life of its own to the colourful world of cel animation and the modern process of computer animation. The economies of scale that computer animation provides changed the industry, allowing more content to be produced in a relatively shorter timeframe, and was more cost-effective … [Read more...] about It’s in the way it moves
What do buyers want?
Q: Describe your objectives at MIPCOM. A: This is my first MIPCOM with BBC Worldwide. My priority is to get people talking about the slate of programming we’re taking. Technically the new slate of shows but also the landmark series that still performed very well, shows like Teletubbies and In the Night Garden and I know they’ve been very successful across Asia and they’re successful everywhere really. For the new series, they are shows with the BBC seal of approval because … [Read more...] about What do buyers want?
