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DHX Scores Global Sales for Endangered Species

November 19, 2015

HALIFAX: DHX Media has signed seven broadcast and VOD distribution agreements around the world for the animated comedy series Endangered Species. CBBC in the U.K. snapped up Endangered Species for broadcast, as did Turner Broadcasting System Latin America for its …

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Splash Lines Up Kids’ Content for ATF

November 20, 2015

LOS ANGELES: Splash Entertainment is set to attend Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF) for the first time ever next month, where it will showcase its catalogue of award-winning children’s programming. The company will head to Singapore with a slew …

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New On-Air Idents for Fix&Foxi Channel

November 20, 2015

MUNICH: The kids' and family pay-TV channel Fix&Foxi has added new CGI-animated idents featuring the titular twin foxes and the other main Rolf Kauka characters in all of its broadcast territories around the world. Subscribers of Fix&Foxi in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, …

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Edgar Wright to Helm New DreamWorks Animation Feature

November 20, 2015

GLENDALE: Filmmaker Edgar Wright has been tapped by DreamWorks Animation to co-write and direct a new animated feature film. The untitled project will reportedly focus on the concept of shadows. It would mark the first feature-length animated project for Wright, …

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More Numb Chucks for Disney Channels Asia

November 23, 2015

TORONTO: 9 Story Media Group has licensed the second season of the animated comedy series Numb Chucks to Disney Channels Asia for broadcast in Southeast Asia, South Korea, Japan and the Indian subcontinent. Numb Chucks follows the wacky adventures of …

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Winners Announced for British Academy Children’s Awards

November 23, 2015

LONDON: CBBC won channel of the year and production company Somethin’ Else took home three trophies, among them a win for independent production company of the year, at this Sunday’s British Academy Children’s Awards. This year marked the third time …

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New Chief Creative Officer in Place at Toon Goggles

November 23, 2015

WOODLAND HILLS: Toon Goggles, an on-demand entertainment destination for kids, has appointed Lee Adams as its new chief creative officer.  In his new role, Adams will be in charge of the expansion of Toon Goggles’s IP into the licensing and …

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Disney XD Renews Gamer’s Guide to Pretty Much Everything

November 23, 2015

BURBANK: Disney XD has ordered a second season of its live-action comedy series Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything for a 2016 premiere. The show stars Cameron Boyce as a teenage pro-gaming phenomenon whose thumb injury forces him off the elite …

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Nickelodeon Taps Pete & Pete Co-Creator for New Position

November 24, 2015

BURBANK: Nickelodeon has appointed Chris Viscardi, co-creator of the kids’ classic The Adventures of Pete & Pete, as senior VP of content development for Nickelodeon Franchise Properties, with the executive currently in development on an original Hey Arnold! TV movie. …

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ACTF Places Lockie Leonard in Germany

November 24, 2015

MELBOURNE: The Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) has sold the first two seasons of the live-action dramedy Lockie Leonard to Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) and ARD for broadcast in Germany on KiKA and Das Erste, respectively. Lockie Leonard follows the titular …