Friday, April 19, 2024

Interviews

Paramount’s Layla Lewis

December 16, 2022

The senior VP of global acquisitions and content partnerships for the kids and family group on using the filter of a kid’s point of view to guide programming decisions across multiple platforms.

The Jim Henson Company’s Halle Stanford

December 9, 2022

The president of television discusses how the company is delivering on passion points of education, the environment, world peace and the arts through programming that young ones and families can bond over together.

Lupita Nyong’o

November 18, 2022

The actress, activist and children’s author talks about her involvement with Super Sema, which went into its second season on YouTube this summer.

ACTF’s Jenny Buckland

November 11, 2022

The CEO of the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) discusses how the foundation has grown over the past 40 years, what it is up to now and the value it provides to the Australian industry.

Super RTL’s Thorsten Braun

October 27, 2022

Super RTL CEO Thorsten Braun on the benefits of being wholly owned by RTL Group since early 2021, emerging opportunities on platforms like TikTok and Roblox and the importance of the company’s prosocial initiatives.

Peanuts Worldwide’s Tim Erickson

September 30, 2022

The executive VP of the Peanuts Worldwide brand at WildBrain speaks about the lead-up to Peanuts’ 75th anniversary in 2025, taking a multigenerational approach to managing the brand and being a lifelong fan of Charles M. Schulz’s best-known creations.

M6 Group’s Maud Branly

July 8, 2022

Maud Branly, the children’s acquisitions director and international TV channels children’s programming director for the M6 Group, talks to World Screen Newsflash about what’s on her wish list for programming acquisitions.