Tag: TV Kids Festival 2025

Zachariah OHora delivered the final keynote of the fifth edition of the TV Kids Festival today, taking viewers behind the creation of PBS KIDS’ Carl the Collector.

Composition Media’s Carl Reed and Cheeky Little Media’s Patrick Egerton joined the TV Kids Festival to share their thoughts on animation innovation today.

Agnes Augustin, president and CEO of the Shaw Rocket Fund, told TV Kids Festival delegates about how the Canadian kids’ content sector is weathering the industry’s challenges.

Dominique Neudecker, VP of kids and family for TOGGO at Germany’s Super RTL, discussed her content strategy at the TV Kids Festival today before being presented with the TV Kids Pioneer Award.

Dubit’s David Kleeman moderated the closing conversation of day two of the TV Kids Festival, discussing the importance of gaming extensions with Wind Sun Sky Entertainment’s Catherine Winder and DeAPlaneta Entertainment’s Jimena Tormo.

Jon Rutherford, president of global rights, franchise and content strategy at Boat Rocker Studios, offered up insights into what’s driving that company’s kids’ operations at the TV Kids Festival today.

Kids’ media expert Emily Horgan joined the TV Kids Festival today to discuss tips for engagement and utilizing YouTube with pocket.watch’s Beck Canote and Kedoo Entertainment’s Olivier Bernard.

Vince Commisso, president and CEO of 9 Story Media Group, discussed the company’s union with Scholastic as day two of the TV Kids Festival kicked off today.

With commissioners seeking out known IP, the TV Kids Festival convened a panel with Dandelooo’s Emmanuèle Pétry, ZDF Studios’ Oliver Grundel, Hidden Pigeon Company’s Kristofer Updike and Lion Forge Entertainment’s Jeremy Colfer to discuss their approaches to adapting books and graphic novels.

Olivia Deane, research manager at Ampere Analysis, gave TV Kids Festival viewers valuable data on commissioning trends and provided insights for traversing the “volatile” market today.