HarbourView Equity Partners, a multi-strategy investment firm focused on investment opportunities in the music, sports, media and entertainment space, is leading a $85 million (€73.8m) investment in Animaj, alongside Bpifrance, the French national investment fund and a key player in the French tech and AI ecosystem. Animaj is a digital-first AI-empowered media company transforming kids […]
International distributor Bomanbridge Media and kids’ media powerhouse, Sinking Ship Entertainment, have announced key broadcast sales in Asian territories for the new children’s series of Dino Dex and Odd Squad UK. An adventure-packed series, Dino Dex (13 x 22’), has been acquired by broadcasters Youku in China and Japan’s NHK, which has licensed the series […]
El Reino Infantil – The Children’s Kingdom, a multi-channel network for children’s content in Spanish with a YouTube subscriber count of over 260 million, has announced a strategic partnership with HappyKids, a digital content platform renowned for children. Viewers can can now access a curated selection of El Reino Infantil – The Children’s Kingdom’s content […]
Along with linear television and SVoD, which has become the primary viewing platform for 4-14 year-olds in France, You Tube is also making inroads into French kids’ media consumption. According to a study released by regulatory body Arcom at the Annecy Animation Film Festival, the platform has become the leading free of charge animation and […]
BBC Studios Kids & Family Productions has announced Vanishing Point, a new comedy-action animation series. Commissioned by BBC Children’s & Education and France Télévisions, the 26 x 22’ series for kids age 8+ has been created by BAFTA-winning writing and directing duo, Tom Gran and Martin Woolley. Vanishing Point follows a group of four teens […]
Nickelodeon has announced the acquisition of Mr. Crocodile, a new animated kids’ series, based on the French children’s book Monsieur Crocodile a Beaucoup Faim (Mister Crocodile is Very Hungry) by Joann Sfar, published by Gallimard. Produced by Joann Sfar’s Magical Society and distributed by Mediawan Kids & Family, with the participation of Nickelodeon and France […]
Tulipop Tales, the preschool 2D animated series from Icelandic boutique studio Tulipop Studios, continues its international rollout with a new wave of broadcast and streaming partnerships. The 52 x 7’ series has secured several distribution deals across key markets. In the UK, Tulipop Tales will premiere this June on Tiny Pop, the preschool television channel […]
Rainbow, the independent Italian entertainment group led by Iginio Straffi, has announced that Winx Club The Magic is Back (26 x 24’), the popular animated series following the adventures of a group of fairy friends, will make its UK debut on CBBC and iPlayer in September. The series will also launch globally on Netflix in […]
Precise TV, the contextual video ad tech platform driving business outcomes for brands, has released its first UK edition of its Precise Advertiser Report: Kids (PARK). The report explores the media consumption habits, content preferences, and purchase-driving behaviours of parents and their children aged 2 to 12 years old (Generation Alpha). “YouTube’s dominance in UK […]
BBC Children’s and Education has commissioned Crookhaven, an action-packed 8 x 45-minute TV adaptation of J.J. Arcanjo’s hit book series, which has sold globally in 16 languages across the world, and has been created for television by Justin Young (Ripper Street, Death In Paradise, Sanditon). Produced by BBC Studios Kids & Family Productions, Crookhaven shoots in Northern […]