GLENDALE: Fourth-quarter revenues at DreamWorks Animation rose by 36.3 percent to reach $319.3 million, delivering an adjusted net profit of $48.1 million.

SINGAPORE: Following launches in Thailand and Malaysia last year, DreamWorks Channel is now set to be available in Singapore through a deal with cable platform StarHub.

NASHVILLE: The animation outfit Magnetic Dreams has taken to Kickstarter to secure the financing for Planet Blue, a new series that encourages children to protect the environment.

SYDNEY: ABC Commercial has renewed its agreement with Sesame Workshop that covers the home-entertainment rights to Sesame Street in Australia and New Zealand.

The kids’ content platform has ambitious growth plans for 2016, including ramping up its slate of original IP.

Kids’ content distributors discuss how their businesses are faring across Asia. The number of platforms for kids to access content is on the rise across the globe, and Asia is no exception. In fact, there have likely been more new platform launches for children’s programming in the region over the ...

Nickelodeon’s Jules Borkent, Lagardère Active’s Caroline Cochaux, Disney’s Karen K. Miller, Cartoon Network’s Adina Pitt and KiKA’s Sebastian Debertin talked acquisitions, co-productions, brand values and more in conversation with World Screen’s Anna Carugati. Carugati began the session by asking, “What’s missing from the market?” Pitt, VP of content acquisitions and ...

Deirdre Brennan, the head of children’s TV at Australia’s ABC, speaks to TV Kids about how much has changed since her last stint at the broadcaster and offers up insights into what her audiences expect from the service today. TV KIDS: The kids’ business has changed so much in the ...

NEW YORK: Avi Arad, founder of Arad Productions, tells TV Kids about how he is working with 41 Entertainment, which is handling TV, licensing and merchandising rights, to build new shows into global brands that help kids understand the importance of protecting wildlife and the environment. TV KIDS: When you ...

Dan Good didn’t have to look far from home for inspiration for his new series, Wissper. Commissioned by Channel 5’s Milkshake!, Wissper focuses on a quirky little girl who can talk to animals. For Good, his own young daughter was the starting place for the new animated series, which is ...