Mansha Daswani

Creator Julie Kalceff and producer Kirsty Stark showcased how the Australian live-action series First Day is breaking barriers in its representation of transgender kids at the TV Kids Festival.

Eric Ellenbogen, vice chair and CEO of the leading kids’ and family content indie, shared how he is guiding the company through a fast-changing marketplace at the TV Kids Festival today.

CAKE’s Ed Galton, Guru Studio’s Frank Falcone, DeAPlaneta Entertainment’s Carlos Biern and Big Bad Boo Studios’ Shabnam Rezaei offered their insights on how to cobble together the financing on shows in a TV Kids Festival panel today.

Benoît Di Sabatino, the CEO of Banijay Kids & Family, laid out his growth strategy for the company, which includes a dedicated distribution and commercial arm and production labels across Europe, at the TV Kids Festival ahead of a screening of Topo Gigio. 

The TV Kids Festival featured Sesame Workshop’s Kay Wilson Stallings, Nelvana’s Athena Georgaklis, Cyber Group Studios’ Ira Singerman and Boat Rocker’s Shaleen Sangha sharing their approaches to crafting development slates that meet the needs of all players in the market.

At the TV Kids Festival, Kevin and Dan Hageman discussed making the first animated series for kids set in the beloved Star Trek universe.

Halle Stanford, the president of television at The Jim Henson Company, talked about how the outfit places “humor, heart and hope” at the center of every show it produces at the TV Kids Festival today.

Day two of the TV Kids Festival continued this morning with a keynote conversation between Vince Commisso, 9 Story Media Group’s president and CEO, and TV Kids’ Anna Carugati.

Jetpack Distribution’s Dominic Gardiner, Serious Kids’ Genevieve Dexter, Monster Entertainment’s Andrew Fitzpatrick, Sixteen South’s Colin Williams and Magic Light Pictures’ Muriel Thomas took part in an engaging conversation about British and Irish animation as day two of the TV Kids Festival kicked off today.

Strategies for harnessing the power of YouTube and other free video platforms in serving young viewers were debated at a TV Kids Festival panel featuring Entertainment One’s Yannick Ferrero, pocket.watch’s David B. Williams, Cloudco Entertainment’s Sean Gorman and Kartoon Channel! Worldwide’s Paul Robinson.