TV Kids Festival Preview: Day 4

On the final day of the TV Kids Festival, there is a panel on French animation, alongside keynotes from Studio 100’s Hans Bourlon, pocket.watch’s Chris M. Williams and Kidoodle.TV’s Brenda Bisner, along with a special closing message from TV Kids’ own Anna Carugati. Register for the festival here; it’s free!

At 9 a.m. EST, the French Flair panel sees Raphaëlle Mathieu, senior VP of sales, acquisitions and new media at Cyber Group Studios; Corinne Kouper, senior VP of development and production, co-founder and executive producer at TeamTO; and David Sauerwein, producer and co-owner of Zephyr Animation, APC Kids’ production arm, discuss the latest developments in French animation.

Bourlon delivers a keynote at 10:30 a.m. EST. Bourlon is CEO and co-founder of Studio 100, which operates across all segments of the kids’ business, from animation studios and a distribution arm to theme parks, TV channels and a successful L&M operation.

At 12 p.m. EST, Williams, the founder and CEO of pocket.watch, will discuss how the company is mining YouTube to deliver a new generation of kids’ IP.

The 1:30 p.m. EST session is entitled The Kidoodle.TV Way. During this keynote, Bisner, the AVOD platform’s chief content officer, will weigh in on her approach to securing the best properties for audiences.

The event concludes its four-day run with Carugati, our group editorial director, offering up a closing message and checks in with a pair of delightful young ones in the extended TV Kids family about what they’re watching.