World Screen

Big Blue is Guru Studio’s newest 2D comedy-adventure series for kids of all ages.

Leading ZDF Enterprises’ slate is Zoom—The White Dolphin, which broke ratings records when season two premiered on TF1 in France and KiKA and ZDF in Germany, according to Arne Lohmann, VP ZDFE.junior.

The June digital edition of TV Kids is now available, including a feature on the European animation sector.

Among the highlights from France tv distribution are the preschool series Ana Pumpkin and two shows for 6- to 9-year-olds: Disco Dragon and Grosha & Mr B.

Presto! School of Magic is a new animated series produced by TeamTO in co-production with Belgian partners Panache Productions and La Compagnie Cinématographique and distributed by Federation Kids & Family worldwide (outside of China).

TV Kids Summer Festival, a free event focused on the major challenges and opportunities at play in the children’s media business today, kicks off on Monday with a powerful lineup of keynote speakers and panels.

The third day of the TV Kids Summer Festival features M6 Group’s Philippe Bony, Aardman’s Sean Clarke and 9 Story’s Vince Commisso, along with an AVOD superpanel that includes WildBrain Spark’s Jon Gisby, Roku’s Ashley Hovey, Jetpack’s Dominic Gardiner and Xilam’s Charles Courcier, and ZDF’s Nicole Keeb will be honored with a TV Kids Pioneer Award.

The Winsing Animation highlight Undersea Journey aims to popularize scientific knowledge of the underwater environment.

Aardman’s slate includes Interstellar Ella, Shaun the Sheep: A Flight Before Christmas and Lloyd of the Flies, each of which has its own unique comedy style.

At 12 p.m. EDT on June 10, tune in to the TV Kids Summer Festival for episodes of two shows from the Australian Children’s Television Foundation: Hardball and The Inbestigators.