Viacom18's on-demand platform VOOT in India has launched an ad-free kids' app priced at 99 rupees ($1.40) a month.

Some 1,500 executives from the global kids’ industry descended on the JW Marriott in Cannes on the weekend before MIPCOM, as 600 buyers perused a screenings library with about 1,300 programs and projects from around the world.

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has acquired the remaining 50-percent ownership stake in Super Broadcast, which operates the Italian free-to-air kids' network Super!, from De Agostini Editore.

More than 100 MIPJunior delegates were in attendance for the world premiere of the new chase comedy Super Shiro this morning, which was followed by a panel discussion featuring TV Asahi’s Takahiro Kishimoto, Science SARU’s Eunyoung Choi and Cartoon Network’s Leslie Lee and Hoyoung Jung, in conversation with World Screen’s Mansha Daswani.

The MIPJunior keynote superpanel featured Genius Brands International’s Andy Heyward, WildBrain’s Josh Scherba and Serious Lunch and Eye Present’s Genevieve Dexter weighing in on how their companies are navigating a fast-changing kids’ market, in conversation with World Screen’s Anna Carugati.

The recipients of this year’s World Screen Kids Trendsetter Awards, Rainbow’s Iginio Straffi, Xilam’s Marc du Pontavice, Brown Bag Films’ Bronagh O'Hanlon and Green Gold Animation’s Rajiv Chilaka, weighed in on the creative process at the Creators Superpanel at MIPJunior this morning in a conversation moderated by Anna Carugati.

Pierre Sissmann, chairman and CEO of Cyber Group Studios, tells World Screen Newsflash about the company's recent expansion and its plans for the future.

Gogo Bus & Team Steam, a new series from China's Winsing Animation, is among the IPs being presented at the MIPJunior Project Pitch this weekend.

Mansha Daswani talks to leading producers and distributors about how funding models are evolving. If you’re an independent producer of children’s content, there is a good chance you spend a lot of time filling out paperwork. There are tax incentives to take advantage of and funds to apply for. And ...

With theme parks across Europe, animation studios, an international-distribution business, channels and an L&M arm, Studio 100 has carved out a unique position in the global kids’-and-family sector. Headquartered in Belgium, Studio 100 is home to such classic brands as Maya the Bee, Heidi and Vic the Viking and, following ...