Zodiak Kids and Biplano - the Iberian agent for Tickety Toc have appointed new licensees in the region, the Company announced on June 16. Educa Borras comes aboard as licensee for games and puzzles. Their Tickety Toc lines will be available at retail in Iberia from autumn/winter 2014. In a second deal, Random House has been appointed as publishing licensee. A Tickety Toc publishing range including story, activity, sticker, touch, sound, novelty and educational books … [Read more...] about Zodiak Kids and Biplano appoint new licensees for “Tickety Toc”
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Jean-Philippe Randisi appointed CEO Zodiak Kids
Zodiak Media has appointed ITV Studios Global Entertainment Exec Jean-Philippe Randisi as CEO Zodiak Kids, a new position with executive responsibility across the group’s dedicated Kids division. Randisi will take the helm of Zodiak Kids this summer and will be charged with coordinating and leveraging Zodiak Media’s considerable expertise in the market. He will be responsible for the entire Zodiak Kids division consisting of three sizeable production houses; Marathon Media and Tele … [Read more...] about Jean-Philippe Randisi appointed CEO Zodiak Kids
Zodiak UK Kids CEO steps down
Zodiak Media announced on April 15 that Nigel Pickard is stepping down from his role as CEO of Zodiak UK Kids and Chair of The Foundation, but will return as a consultant and advisor on a range of projects for the company. He will also continue as an Executive Producer on key titles for The Foundation including The Floogals, the brand new CGI and live-action series co-produced with U.S. pre-school cable channel Sprout and distributed by Zodiak Kids. The Foundation will continue to operate under … [Read more...] about Zodiak UK Kids CEO steps down
Ciwen to represent Zodiak Kids in China
Zodiak Kids and China’s Ciwen Media Group have entered into a major content acquisition representation agreement for China, both companies announced on March 24. Zodiak has granted Ciwen exclusive distribution rights to over 390 episodes of animated Zodiak programming which includes programming from Zodiak Media’s French studios Marathon Media (Totally Spies - 26 x 26’, The Amazing Spiez - 52 x 30’, Rekkit Rabbit - 104 x 13’) and Tele … [Read more...] about Ciwen to represent Zodiak Kids in China
Zodiak Kids’ “Tickety Toc” picked up internationally
Zodiak Kids has announced that it has secured several more Free TV platforms for preschool show Tickety Toc. Free-to-air TV roll-out continues with new deals for the 52 x 11' series secured with Four NZ (New Zealand), MediaCorp (Singapore), Pixel (Ukraine), PBS (Thailand), MTV (Hungary), and Ultra/ Ultra Mini (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia).Tickety Toc airs on Nick Jr channels around the world in addition to Milkshake in the UK, Disney Jr (Canada), … [Read more...] about Zodiak Kids’ “Tickety Toc” picked up internationally
Zodiak Kids inks multiple sales agreements across Asia
Zodiak Kids has secured a raft of programme sales throughout Asia for over 280 hours of programming from across their portfolio. Cartoon Network has picked up a third series (52X11’) of Horrid Henry to air in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, the Maldives and Sri Lanka. In a separate deal, Discovery Kids has acquired the broadcast rights to the third series (20X20’) of Mister Maker produced by Zodiak’s The Foundation studio. Mister … [Read more...] about Zodiak Kids inks multiple sales agreements across Asia