Mansha Daswani

As executive VP of creative development and strategy at Disney Branded Television, Ayo Davis discussed the live-action slate she oversees for Disney+, Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior and the traits she looks for in talent behind and in front of the camera at the TV Kids Summer Festival.

WildBrain’s Josh Scherba, Guru Studio’s Frank Falcone, marblemedia’s Mark Bishop, Portfolio’s Joy Rosen and Atomic Cartoons’ Richard Goldsmith weighed in on financing models, expansion and more in a TV Kids Summer Festival panel focused on the Canadian kids’ production and distribution landscape.

Tom Ascheim, the president of Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics at WarnerMedia, discussed the Redraw Your World tagline for Cartoon Network, its new preschool commitment and the kids’ slate at HBO Max in the opening keynote of the second day of the TV Kids Summer Festival.

Lion Forge’s David Steward II, Big Bad Boo’s Shabnam Rezaei and Safi Ideas’ Wa’qaar Mirza took part in a frank discussion on how far the kids’ business still has to go to fully engage with diversity and inclusion at the TV Kids Summer Festival.

TV Kids Summer Festival viewers got to spend some time with Cookie Monster before hearing from Ed Wells about how Sesame Workshop is building its content slate and its presence across the globe.

Speaking at the TV Kids Summer Festival, Maria Kyriacou discussed the success of ViacomCBS Networks International's (VCNI) kids' businesses in the U.K., Australia and Israel and highlighted some of the company’s inclusion initiatives, including its “no diversity, no commission” policy.

Nadine Zylstra, the head of family, learning and impact at YouTube Originals, articulated her approach to partnering with top YouTube creators and producers to develop content for the platform at the TV Kids Summer Festival.

Delivering the opening keynote address of the TV Kids Summer Festival today, Ynon Kreiz outlined the transformation strategy put in place to “unlock the true value of Mattel.”

PBS KIDS' Linda Simensky, Rai's Luca Milano, BBC's Sarah Muller and DR's Niels Lindberg discussed the crucial role of public-service media for kids, diversity initiatives and the need to cooperate as they face off against the global streamers as the TV Kids Summer Festival opened today.

Leading distributors tell Mansha Daswani about the latest developments in the always in-demand preschool space.