Tag: BBC

The BBC has acquired the 20-episode series Knee High Spies from the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) to air on CBeebies and BBC iPlayer later this year.

BBC has picked up two seasons of Armorsaurs from CAKE for CBBC and iPlayer.

The BBC and North East Screen have partnered for the Digital Accelerator, a nine-month initiative to support four companies’ output of digital content for youth.

European public broadcasters are joining forces at Cartoon Forum, with BBC and S4C hosting Animated UK Meets Europe and France Télévisions and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) partnering for a financing initiative.

The Doctor Who franchise is expanding for a new demographic, with the BBC set to introduce an animated preschool series based on the IP on CBeebies.

CBeebies Parenting has launched online to offer caregivers up-to-date expert advice and content covering all things parenting to offer support during the early years.

BBC has ordered The Scarecrows’ Wedding from Magic Light Pictures, marking the latest adaptation of a book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.

BBC One has slated the seventh season premiere of Aardman’s Shaun the Sheep for May 24, in celebration of the eponymous character’s 30th anniversary.

The broadcasting rights to seasons one through six of Miraculous—Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir and five Miraculous World TV event specials have been licensed to BBC Children’s and Education.

BBC and ZDF have co-commissioned The Lady Grace Mysteries, an Elizabethan tween detective series from Cottonwood Media and Coolabi Productions, which has already presold to France Télévisions.