BAFTA-winning and EMMY® nominated children’s television creators and producers Sixteen South Originals revealed details of The Coop Troop, their fast, funny, farcical and feathery new comedy series. Currently in production, The Coop Troop ( 52 x 11’) is the first Sixteen South show for an older age group (6 -9) and their first CGI animated series. A co-production with Tencent Kids as a Tencent Video Original in China, France Télévisions in France and Technicolor Animation Productions, The Coop … [Read more...] about Sixteen South partners with Tencent, France Télévisions, and Technicolor on new comedy series
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Federation Kids & Family partners with China’s Tencent Video and UYoung Media to unleash ‘Kung Fu Wa!’
Premium kids content distributor Federation Kids & Family (part of Federation Entertainment) has partnered with China’s Tencent Video and UYoung Media on the kids’ animated action-comedy series Kung Fu Wa! Currently in production and scheduled for delivery later this year, Kung Fu Wa! (52 x 11’) is co-produced by Chinese internet conglomerate Tencent Video and leading Chinese kids’ entertainment company UYoung. Federation Kids & Family will handle worldwide distribution (outside of … [Read more...] about Federation Kids & Family partners with China’s Tencent Video and UYoung Media to unleash ‘Kung Fu Wa!’
Legendary director behind ‘Kung Fu Panda’ to headline at MIP China 2021
Reed MIDEM announced that Academy Award-nominated filmmaker John Stevenson, Director of the Dreamworks' animation blockbuster, Kung Fu Panda, will address MIP China conference delegates in a keynote interview (previewed by John Stevenson here), with Andrew Eborn, President of Octopus TV, on June 22, 2021. John Stevenson has over four decades of experience in TV and film production starting at the Henson Company on projects such as the Muppets and The Dark Crystal. Stevenson directed Kung Fu … [Read more...] about Legendary director behind ‘Kung Fu Panda’ to headline at MIP China 2021
Tencent’s WeTV now available on Zeasn’s Whale Eco
ZEASN, the world’s leading provider of OTT and Smart TV solutions, welcomes Tencent’s WeTV to join the Whale Eco family, bringing a variety of top-hit Asian contents through their standalone Smart TV app. WeTV is the international version of Tencent Video (the leading video app in China), the collaboration enables fans and audiences in India, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand to enjoy WeTV’s trendy, high-quality content through ZEASN enabled smart … [Read more...] about Tencent’s WeTV now available on Zeasn’s Whale Eco
Digital Television Russia’s animated projects continue to spread in China
Chinese company Beijing Joy Culture Media Co., Ltd. (JCM) received distribution rights for two Russian animated series produced by Parovoz Studio, commissioned by Digital Television Russia Media Holding and The All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK). Digital Television Russia and Beijing Joy Culture Media Co., Ltd. (JCM) have entered into a distribution agreement on four seasons of Be-Be-Bears and two seasons of Leo and Tig to be broadcast on local television … [Read more...] about Digital Television Russia’s animated projects continue to spread in China
Tencent Video sees super boom in international demand for its homegrown kids shows
Tencent Video, the leading online video streaming platform in China, announced a raft of sales to international broadcasters for its original homegrown series: Super BOOMi, A Squad and CoNaBLUE. The deals follow the recent announcement of co-production deals with three leading European studios, Sixteen South, Zeilt Productions and Silvergate Media. Super BOOmi, one of Asia’s most popular shows, has been bought by Canal+, following on from its sale to Treehouse Canada last year. A positive, … [Read more...] about Tencent Video sees super boom in international demand for its homegrown kids shows
