Tag: TV Kids Summer Festival

Lion Forge’s David Steward II, Big Bad Boo’s Shabnam Rezaei and Safi Ideas’ Wa’qaar Mirza took part in a frank discussion on how far the kids’ business still has to go to fully engage with diversity and inclusion at the TV Kids Summer Festival.

Delivering the opening keynote address of the TV Kids Summer Festival today, Ynon Kreiz outlined the transformation strategy put in place to “unlock the true value of Mattel.”

PBS KIDS' Linda Simensky, Rai's Luca Milano, BBC's Sarah Muller and DR's Niels Lindberg discussed the crucial role of public-service media for kids, diversity initiatives and the need to cooperate as they face off against the global streamers as the TV Kids Summer Festival opened today.

TV Kids Summer Festival, a free event focused on the major challenges and opportunities at play in the children’s media business today, kicks off on Monday with a powerful lineup of keynote speakers and panels.

The third day of the TV Kids Summer Festival features M6 Group’s Philippe Bony, Aardman’s Sean Clarke and 9 Story’s Vince Commisso, along with an AVOD superpanel that includes WildBrain Spark’s Jon Gisby, Roku’s Ashley Hovey, Jetpack’s Dominic Gardiner and Xilam’s Charles Courcier, and ZDF’s Nicole Keeb will be honored with a TV Kids Pioneer Award.

At 12 p.m. EDT on June 10, tune in to the TV Kids Summer Festival for episodes of two shows from the Australian Children’s Television Foundation: Hardball and The Inbestigators.

The second day of the TV Kids Summer Festival features keynotes from WarnerMedia’s Tom Ascheim and Disney Branded Television’s Ayo Davis, along with a session spotlighting Canadian production and distribution, a panel and premiere for ZDF Enterprises’ Space Nova and a look at the enduring success of the Total Drama franchise.

In this digital edition of the TV Kids Summer Festival agenda, you will find the full daily program, speaker biographies and descriptions of the shows that will be premiering on our Screenings Day on June 10.

Tune in June 10 at 11 a.m. EDT during the TV Kids Summer Festival for the premiere of Dandelooo’s The Upside Down River.

Mondo TV’s Luana Perrero and Toon2Tango’s Jo Daris give a behind-the-scenes look at how The Wee Littles came together ahead of a sneak peek at the series as part of the TV Kids Summer Festival on June 10 at 9 a.m. EDT.