TV Kids Summer Festival Schedule

Keynotes slated for the TV Kids Summer Festival, taking place from June 6 to 9, include Disney Branded Television’s Ayo Davis, BBC Studios Kids & Family’s Cecilia Persson, media cartographer and thought leader Evan Shapiro, Builder Brothers Dream Factory’s Drew and Jonathan Scott, M6 Group’s Maud Branly and many others. Check out the full schedule here and sign up for your free registration here.

The festival also features panel sessions on AVOD buying strategies, the latest developments in French animation, innovation in animation, revisiting classic properties, FAST channels and other hot topics.

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Tuesday, June 6

• 9 a.m. EDT 
  Buying for AVOD
  In our signature opening session focused on program buyers, we spotlight those making waves in the AVOD streaming space, hearing from Kidoodle.TV’s Brenda Bisner, HappyKids’ David Di Lorenzo, Canela Kids’ Maggie Salas-Amaro and Playground TV’s Daniel Nordberg.
• 10:30 a.m. EDT
  France in Focus
  Superprod’s Clément Calvet, Mediawan Kids & Family’s Julien Borde, Dandelooo’s Emmanuèle Pétry-Sirvin and HARI’s Sophie “Kido” Prigent discuss the latest developments in French animation.
• 12 p.m. EDT 
  Mercury Filmworks’ Animated Edge
  Heath Kenny, chief content officer at Mercury Filmworks, and Chantal Ling, VP of original series and co-productions, showcase the creativity at the heart of the animation studio.
• 1:30 p.m. EDT
  Disney Branded Television’s Ayo Davis
  As president, Ayo Davis leads all operations for the unit of Disney Entertainment that produces imaginative premium content for kids, tweens, teens and families on Disney+, Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior.
• 3 p.m. EDT
  The Moonbug Way
  Moonbug Entertainment is pioneering new production and distribution models with its slate of popular titles; Nicolas Eglau and Andy Yeatman take delegates inside what’s driving the buzzy company’s gains.

Wednesday, June 7

• 9 a.m. EDT
  BBC Studios Kids & Family’s Cecilia Persson
  Cecilia Persson, the managing director of the children’s division at BBC Studios, will outline her strategy for bringing shows with the BBC stamp of creativity to platforms across the globe.
• 10:30 a.m. EDT 
  Toon Innovation
  From attempting to shorten production timelines to pioneering techniques that give creators the tools they need to bring stories to life, we hear about new approaches to animation from Cyber Group Studios’ Raphäelle Mathieu, Toon2Tango’s Ulli Stoef and Sinking Ship Entertainment’s Matt Bishop.
• 12 p.m. EDT 
  Drew & Jonathan Scott
  After conquering the lifestyle content space with their beloved shows as the Property Brothers, Drew and Jonathan Scott are bringing their signature style to the kids’ arena with their animated series Builder Brothers Dream Factory.
• 1:30 p.m. EDT
  Classic Properties Revisited
  Banijay Kids & Family’s Delphine Dumont, ZDF Studios’ Katharina Pietzsch and Mondo TV Group’s Luana Perrero will share insights into what goes into resurrecting and rebooting classic properties.
• 3 p.m. EDT 
  Evan Shapiro
  The media cartographer and thought leader will share his unique perspective on engaging with kid audiences today.

Thursday, June 8

• 9 a.m. EDT 
  TV Kids Pioneer Award: Maud Branly
  For her achievements as children’s acquisitions director and international TV channels children’s programming director at M6 Group, Maud Branly will receive the TV Kids Pioneer Award after outlining her content strategy.
• 10:30 a.m. EDT 
  The WIT Kids Garden
  Bertrand Villegas, co-founder of The WIT, will spotlight the kids’ properties making waves across the globe.
• 12 p.m. EDT
  Not Quite Narwhal’s Brian K. Roberts
  The co-executive producer will offer up an inside look at the new DreamWorks Animation series for Netflix.
• 1:30 p.m. EDT
  Too FAST?
  How should kids’ content distributors be approaching the FAST segment? We’ll hear expert insights from pocket.watch’s David B. Williams and WildBrain’s Lara Ilie.
• 3 p.m. EDT 
  Brand Promise
  9 Story Media Group’s Katrina Hitz-Tough, Aardman’s Rob Goodchild, Epic Story Media’s Ken Faier and Cookbook Media’s Rob Bencal will offer up perspectives on how to build 360-degree brands in a fragmented and crowded landscape.

Friday, June 9: Screenings Day

Visit www.tvkidssummerfestival.com beginning at 9 a.m. EDT to screen a range of trailers from our sponsors and partners.