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BBC Studios announces animated comedy Vanishing Point

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 […]

June 9, 2025

Nickelodeon acquires Mr. Crocodile series

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 […]

June 5, 2025

Tulipop Tales signs new broadcast, streaming deals

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 […]

May 29, 2025

Winx Club The Magic is Back coming to BBC

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 […]

May 19, 2025

Report: YouTube dominates attention, ad recall in UK Families

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 […]

May 15, 2025

BBC Children’s and Education announces Crookhaven drama

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 […]

May 15, 2025

Sky drops Pop Max

Children’s channel POP Max has ceased broadcasting on all Sky platforms. This includes the main POP Max and POP Max+1 channels which were available via Sky Q and Sky+HD, as well as POP Max HD on Sky Glass and Sky Stream. The channel brand was already removed from Freeview in 2024 amid a shift towards […]

April 22, 2025

Gormit – The New Era coming to BBC

Rainbow, the independent Italian entertainment group led by Iginio Straffi, has announced that its new action series Gormiti – The New Era (20×22’) will make its UK debut on CBBC and iPlayer this spring. The popular adventure franchise Gormiti has been reinvented into a high-octane, live-action series, Gormit – The New Era, with CGI effects, a super-talented cast […]

March 31, 2025

BBC Children’s and Education announces new commissions

BBC Children’s and Education has unveiled a slate of new commissions, bringing a fresh wave of homegrown storytelling to families across the UK. Leading the line-up is The Lady Grace Mysteries, a fast-paced 10-episode drama by Cottonwood Media and Coolabi Productions that follows 14-year-old Grace as she races to uncover who’s plotting to kill Queen […]

March 27, 2025

Online Safety Act comes into effect

From today (March 17th), online platforms must start putting in place measures to protect people in the UK from criminal activity, while media regulator Ofcom has launched its latest enforcement programme to assess industry compliance. Providers of services in scope of the UK’s Online Safety Act had until March 16th to carry out an illegal […]

March 17, 2025