Execs to Discuss Edutainment at TV Kids Festival

Dandelooo’s Emmanuèle Pétry-Sirvin, The itsy bitsy Entertainment Company’s Kenn Viselman and Toonz Media Group’s Bruno Zarka will take part in a panel spotlighting how curricula, DNI, ecotainment and more are being woven into children’s shows at the TV Kids Festival, which you can register for here at no cost.

Pétry-Sirvin is partner and producer at Dandelooo, whose portfolio includes Stinky Dog and Dounia. Viselman is the founder of The itsy bitsy Entertainment Company, which co-produces MeteoHeroes with Mondo TV. Zarka heads the content distribution arm of Toonz, and his portfolio includes credits such as the international hits Masha and the Bear, Zafari and Naruto.

These executives join the lineup of TV Kids Festival speakers previously announced: Entertainment One’s Yannick Ferrero; pocket.watch’s David B. Williams; Genius Brands International’s Paul Robinson; Cloudco Entertainment’s Sean Gorman; Mattel’s Richard Dickson; Jetpack Distribution’s Dominic Gardiner; Serious Kids’ Genevieve Dexter; Monster Entertainment’s Andrew Fitzpatrick; Magic Light Pictures’ Muriel Thomas; Sixteen South’s Colin Williams; Sky Kids’ Lucy Murphy; TFO’s Marianne Lambert; Paramount UK & Ireland’s Louise Bucknole; Future Today’s David Di Lorenzo; Guru Studio’s Frank Falcone; DeAPlaneta Entertainment’s Carlos Biern; CAKE’s Ed Galton; Big Bad Boo Studios’ Shabnam Rezaei; Nelvana’s Athena Georgaklis; Cyber Group Studios’ Ira Singerman; Sesame Workshop’s Kay Wilson Stallings; Boat Rocker Studios’ Shaleen Sangha; 9 Story Media Group’s Vince Commisso; WildBrain’s Eric Ellenbogen; Banijay Kids & Family’s Benoît Di Sabatino; Doc McStuffins’ Chris Nee; Star Trek: Prodigy’s Kevin and Dan Hageman; Gabby’s Dollhouse’s Traci Paige Johnson and Jennifer Twomey; Emma Memma’s Emma Watkins; and First Day’s Julie Kalceff and Kirsty Stark.

Taking place from February 7 to 10, the TV Kids Festival will feature keynotes and panels with leading executives and creatives discussing the major trends in the children’s programming business. It will be streamed live and available on-demand on TVKidsFestival.com. Unlike other events requiring hefty registration fees, attendance to the TV Kids Festival is free. The inaugural festival attracted more than 1,700 participants.

You can register for the TV Kids Festival here at no cost.