Disney Junior’s ‘Goldie & Bear’ Headed to Digital
Fairytale-inspired animated series set to debut on WATCH Disney Junior platforms beginning Saturday, September 12.
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eOne Announces Broadcast Premiere of ‘PJ Masks’
Disney Junior and France 5 set to air Entertainment One’s new animated preschool super hero series produced by Frog Box and TeamTO in the U.S. and France this fall.
Milkshake Cooks up Fun with ‘Shane the Chef’
Channel 5 announces the commission of Hoho Entertainment’s brand-new CG-animated series, ‘Shane the Chef,’ for its Milkshake strand.
CBeebies Launching Animated Series ‘Messy Goes to Okido’
Educational science series directed by BAFTA winner Liz Whitaker employs a hybrid of live-action, CG and 2D animation.
Stop-Motion ‘Dimitri,’ Bronzit’s ‘Cosmos’ Top Cyber Sousa Xiamen
Stop-motion animated series ‘Dimitri,’ produced by French studio Vivement Lundi!, and ‘We Can't Live Without Cosmos’ by Konstantin Bronzit receive Golden Dolphin awards at the 8th Cyber Sousa international animation festival organized by ASIFA-China in the City of Xiamen.
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Nickelodeon to Debut ‘Shimmer and Shine’ August 24
Nickelodeon takes preschoolers on a magical genie adventure with animated preschool series ‘Shimmer and Shine,’ created by ‘Dora the Explorer’ production supervisor Farnaz Esnaashari-Charmatz.
‘Wishenpoof’ Launching on Amazon Prime
Animated preschool series created by Angela C. Santomero and produced by Out of the Blue Enterprises launches in the U.S., U.K. and Germany on Friday, August 14.
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‘Peppa Pig’ Heads Back to School with New DVD + Book Set
Entertainment One helps Peppa Pig get ready to go back to school with the release of a special DVD + Scholastic Mini Book Gift Set, ‘Peppa Pig: School Bus Trip,’ available on August 4.
eOne Names Nelvana Licensing Agent for ‘Peppa Pig’ in Canada
Leading global entertainment companies form strategic partnership for preschool mega-hit.
Zodiak Kids Signs Development Deal with Britt Allcroft
Mumfie to be redeveloped for TV as a new animated series based upon the characters created for the ‘Magic Adventures of Mumfie.’
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Netflix Adds Three Original Animated Preschool Series
Netflix adds Henson’s ‘Word Party,’ Cheeky Little’s ‘Kazoops!’ and Guru’s ‘True & the Rainbow Kingdom’ to its growing slate of original preschool content.
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eOne Plans Major Launch of ‘Peppa Pig’ in China
CCTV acquires broadcast rights for ‘Peppa Pig’ in China; master toy range to launch in Chinese market beginning in July.
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‘Peg + Cat’ Expands Licensing Program in Germany
Multiple Emmy Award-winning preschool hit co-produced by The Fred Rogers Company and 9 Story Media Group appoints Germany’s Super RTL to represent merchandising across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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FremantleMedia Announces Second Series of ‘Kate & Mim-Mim’
New season to include two themed seasonal specials; Toy company Just Play and Penguin Young Readers sign on as licensing partners.
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Sprout Greenlights ‘The Ollie & Moon Show’
Network orders 26 half-hour episodes of live-action/2D animated series from Cottonwood Media, slated to join Sprout’s schedule in 2017.
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U.K.’s Hopster Launches on Apple TV
Kids TV & learning platform launches on Apple TV, offering users hundreds of episodes of the best preschool shows from around the world, including ‘Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom,’ ‘Thomas & Friends’ and ‘Max & Ruby.’
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Frederator Moves into Preschool with ‘Cloud Bread’ and ‘Pom Pom’
Frederator acquires the rights to two popular preschool series -- ‘Cloud Bread’ and ‘Pom Pom & Friends’ -- from South Korea’s Gangwon Information & Multimedia Corporation.
Hopster Goes Global with 100 Territories
Following a raft of multi-territory content deals with Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana, Millimages, CAKE, and EarthTree Media, kids TV & learning platform arrives in countries across Australia, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe.
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‘Bob the Builder’ Greenlit for Season Two
Second series will see 52 new 11-minute episodes set for delivery in 2016, with 60-minute special set to follow in 2017; new ‘Bob the Builder’ shorts set to launch on YouTube in August 2015.
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Zodiak Kids Appoints Michael Carrington as New CEO of The Foundation
Former HIT Entertainment VP and CBeebies controller joins super-Indie Kids division to run The Foundation.
Senior Execs Exit Nickelodeon’s Preschool, Animation Divisions
Part of Viacom’s restructuring efforts, company layoffs include three senior animation executives and two senior-level preschool execs.
Winners Announced for Inaugural Irish Animation Awards
Ireland’s Brown Bag Films wins three awards at the Dingle Film Festival’s inaugural Irish Animation Awards.
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Cinedigm Launches New Kids Network
Multi-platform ‘edutainment’ channel launching in partnership with Bright Educational Media to include both original and licensed content.
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Coming Soon…to Your Living Room: Disney’s ‘101 Dalmatians,’ ‘Sailor Moon’
Disney’s ‘101 Dalmatians,’ ‘Sailor Moon’ and LEGO super heroes all team up on store shelves for this week's home entertainment releases on Blu-Ray and DVD.
‘Bing’ Wins Britain’s Writer’s Guild Award
BAFTA-nominated preschool series from Acamar Films and Brown Bag Films wins coveted title of Best Writing in a Children’s Television Episode.
