World Screen

TORONTO: Joe Tedesco, senior VP and general manager of DHX Television, tells World Screen Newsflash about how he is programming the company’s Canadian networks.

NEW YORK: Layla Lewis, VP of content acquisitions at Nickelodeon, shares with World Screen Newsflash her strategy for sourcing shows from the international market.

BURBANK: Paul DeBenedittis, the senior VP of programming strategy at Disney Channels Worldwide, tells World Screen Newsflash about the kinds of shows that are resonating for the portfolio across the globe.

CANNES: Hasbro Studios heads to MIPTV with returning episodes of some of the company’s most successful properties, among them Transformers Robots in Disguise, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic and My Little Pony: Equestria Girls.

CANNES: Four cows decide to leave their meadow to discover the sea in The Horn Quartet, one of Superights’s MIPTV highlights.

CANNES: This MIPTV will see Toon Goggles introduce the first episodes of its original 3D short-form series Eddie Is a Yeti, co-produced with Mondo TV.

CANNES: Featuring a character-based narrative, WellieWishers, one of Mattel’s MIPTV highlights, is a 2D animated series centered on five best friends who play, sing and dream in a whimsical garden.

CANNES: Serious Lunch, which specializes in children’s and family programming, is presenting Horrible Science, a scripted comedy starring Ben Miller and based on the popular Scholastic books.

CANNES: Produced for France Télévisions and Disney XD EMEA, Furry Wheels is a character-driven animated comedy in the Gaumont Television catalogue.

CANNES: Debuting on PBS Kids in the fall, Splash and Bubbles, part of The Jim Henson Company catalogue, is an animated series that explores the wonders of the undersea world.