Superights, Kids First Merge Catalogs, Digital Channels
Starting March 31, series distributed by Kids First will join the Superights catalog; the move is the first step following both companies’ alliance forged in late 2024.
Starting March 31, series distributed by Kids First will join the Superights catalog; the move is the first step following both companies’ alliance forged in late 2024.
The move aims to bolster Watch Next’s overall CG animation development, production capabilities, financing opportunities, and talent pool; CEO and founder Philippe Alessandri remains at the helm.
Popular series gets 7-million-euro budget for new season, co-financed by France Télévisions, Super RTL, COFIMAGE 34, SOFITVCINE 11, and CNC; use of ‘Sherlock’ asset bank allows creatives to tap and reuse models, animations, and special effects from previous episodes to produce new ones.
With pre-sales for Australia’s Channel 9 already in place for preschool series co-produced by Three’s A Company, WATCH NEXT MEDIA signs agreements with France Télévisions and SUPER RTL.
Paris-based Watch Next Media enters into a development deal on the company’s first series with France Télévisions on its 52-episode 11-minute animated series, ‘Nate is Late.’