Mansha Daswani

Agnes Augustin, president and CEO of the Shaw Rocket Fund, told TV Kids Festival delegates about how the Canadian kids’ content sector is weathering the industry’s challenges.

Dominique Neudecker, VP of kids and family for TOGGO at Germany’s Super RTL, discussed her content strategy at the TV Kids Festival today before being presented with the TV Kids Pioneer Award.

Dubit’s David Kleeman moderated the closing conversation of day two of the TV Kids Festival, discussing the importance of gaming extensions with Wind Sun Sky Entertainment’s Catherine Winder and DeAPlaneta Entertainment’s Jimena Tormo.

Jon Rutherford, president of global rights, franchise and content strategy at Boat Rocker Studios, offered up insights into what’s driving that company’s kids’ operations at the TV Kids Festival today.

Kids’ media expert Emily Horgan joined the TV Kids Festival today to discuss tips for engagement and utilizing YouTube with pocket.watch’s Beck Canote and Kedoo Entertainment’s Olivier Bernard.

Vince Commisso, president and CEO of 9 Story Media Group, discussed the company’s union with Scholastic as day two of the TV Kids Festival kicked off today.

With commissioners seeking out known IP, the TV Kids Festival convened a panel with Dandelooo’s Emmanuèle Pétry, ZDF Studios’ Oliver Grundel, Hidden Pigeon Company’s Kristofer Updike and Lion Forge Entertainment’s Jeremy Colfer to discuss their approaches to adapting books and graphic novels.

Olivia Deane, research manager at Ampere Analysis, gave TV Kids Festival viewers valuable data on commissioning trends and provided insights for traversing the “volatile” market today.

Kicking off the keynote lineup at the TV Kids Festival today, Josh Silverman, executive VP and chief franchise officer at Mattel, talked about what is driving the toy giant’s IP content strategy.

The fifth edition of the TV Kids Festival kicked off today with our signature session on acquisition strategies, this time hearing from ITV’s Darren Nartey, Nickelodeon’s Lynsey O’Callaghan and Amazon Kids+’s Monica Sharma.