Mansha Daswani

Diversity, AVOD, funding models and the always important role of partnerships were key themes across the TV Kids Summer Festival.

Luana Perrero, head of content sales at Mondo TV Group, and Jo Daris, co-owner and chief creative officer at Toon2Tango, introduced The Wee Littles as TV Kids Summer Festival’s Screenings Day kicked off this morning.

Vince Commisso, the president and CEO of 9 Story Media Group, weighed in on the strategy for building brands and the company’s approach to diversity and representation in his keynote at the TV Kids Summer Festival.

Nicole Keeb, the head of international co-productions, development and acquisitions for children and youth at ZDF, discussed her programming strategy at the TV Kids Summer Festival before being honored with a TV Kids Pioneer Award.

In the second part of the TV Kids Summer Festival super session on the AVOD business, Jetpack Distribution’s Dominic Gardiner and Xilam Animation’s Charles Courcier discussed the challenges and opportunities in partnering with ad-supported platforms for kids.

This first half of the TV Kids Summer Festival super panel on the massive kids’ AVOD opportunity featured WildBrain Spark’s Jon Gisby and Roku’s Ashley Hovey discussing working with content and ad partners.

Sean Clarke, the managing director of Aardman, discussed the studio’s commitment to innovation and nurturing talent and opportunities for growth at the TV Kids Summer Festival this morning.

Philippe Bony, the head of thematic and youth channels at M6 Group, outlined the strategies the company has put in place to keep its market-leading portfolio at the forefront of the French kids’ sector at the TV Kids Summer Festival this morning.

Fresh TV’s Tom McGillis and Jennifer Pertsch and CAKE’s Ed Galton discussed how the Total Drama franchise has evolved and maintained its hit status in the kids’ market at the TV Kids Summer Festival.

SLR Productions’ Suzanne Ryan, Super RTL’s Lisa Albers and ABC Australia’s Michael Drake discussed how the new animated co-pro Space Nova, distributed by ZDF Enterprises, came together ahead of the show’s premiere at the TV Kids Summer Festival.