M6 Group’s Maud Branly to Receive TV Kids Pioneer Award

Maud Branly, children’s acquisitions director and international TV channels children’s programming director at M6 Group, will be honored with the TV Kids Pioneer Award at the TV Kids Summer Festival, taking place from June 6 to 9.

Branly’s broad remit across the M6 Group includes Gulli, M6, Canal J, TiJi, Gulli Girl Russia, TiJi Russia, Gulli Bil Arabi and Gulli Africa. She joined Lagardère Active as executive buyer in February 2009 and has been with the kids’ channels through their acquisition by M6 in September 2019.

The TV Kids Summer 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 TVKidsSummerFestival.com. Unlike other events requiring hefty registration fees, attendance to the TV Kids Summer Festival is free. The TV Kids Festivals regularly attract more than 1,700 participants.

For information on how to congratulate Branly for her TV Kids Pioneer Award honor in the June (TV Kids Summer Festival and Pre-Annecy/MIFA) digital edition of TV Kids, please contact Ricardo Guise at rguise@worldscreen.com.

Look for more announcements in the coming weeks about key speakers and panels taking place during the TV Kids Summer Festival. Registration will open in May.