Mansha Daswani

WildBrain CEO and Vice Chair Eric Ellenbogen shared his strategies for navigating the shifting landscape in his TV Kids Festival keynote today, which was followed by a screening of the buzzy new series The Brilliant World of Tom Gates.

The third day of the TV Kids Festival opened this morning with a panel on the French animation landscape with Xilam Animation’s Marc du Pontavice, Superprod’s Clément Calvet and Dandelooo’s Emmanuèle Pétry-Sirvin.

The second day of the TV Kids Festival wrapped with a fun and inspiring conversation with Dan Povenmire, co-creator of Phineas and Ferb and creator of the brand-new Hamster & Gretel.

Traci Paige Johnson and Angela Santomero discussed the process that goes into making Blue’s Clues & You!, a reboot of the iconic preschool show for Nickelodeon, at the TV Kids Festival.

Serious Lunch’s Genevieve Dexter, Guru Studio’s Frank Falcone, Toon2Tango’s Ulli Stoef and Boat Rocker’s Jon Rutherford discussed how the co-production model is evolving at the TV Kids Festival.

CAKE’s Ed Galton, 9 Story’s Alix Wiseman and eOne Family Brands’ Monica Candiani weighed in on exclusivity, AVOD deals and windowing strategies in a TV Kids Festival panel titled The Big Picture today.

Cyber Group Studios' Pierre Sissmann, France Télévisions' Christine Reinaudo and character designer Yann de Preval discussed the creative process behind 50/50 Heroes ahead of the premiere of a trailer for the brand-new series as the second day of the TV Kids Festival kicked off this morning.

Nina Hahn, the senior VP of international production and development for Nickelodeon International and head of ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS) Kids, and Jules Borkent, the executive VP for kids and family at ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI), discussed their acquisitions, commissioning and co-production strategies during the TV Kids Festival.

The TV Kids Festival saw award-winning actor Tony Hale join DreamWorks Animation’s Teri Weiss to share the story behind making the series Archibald’s Next Big Thing.

Super RTL CEO Claude Schmit told TV Kids Festival participants about how the broadcaster is staying at the forefront of the German market during his keynote conversation with Anna Carugati at the virtual event.