{"id":18081,"date":"2020-02-12T09:56:59","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T14:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/pocket-watch-opens-london-office\/"},"modified":"2020-02-12T13:30:52","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T18:30:52","slug":"pocket-watch-opens-london-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/pocket-watch-opens-london-office\/","title":{"rendered":"pocket.watch Opens London Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>pocket.watch, a studio creating global franchises from YouTube stars and characters, has opened its first international office based in London.<\/p>\n<p>Danny Spronz will lead the company\u2019s expanded global presence as pocket.watch\u2019s managing director for EMEA. In his new role, Spronz will be responsible for all business operations, advertising sales, consumer products licensing and content sales in the region.<\/p>\n<p>pocket.watch has also entered into a partnership with Etisalat, the largest telecom operator in the Middle East, to bring the company\u2019s slate of kids\u2019 programming to e-Junior. Further, pocket.watch plans to roll out new consumer products from the Ryan\u2019s World, <em>Ryan\u2019s Mystery Playdate<\/em> and HobbyKids Adventures franchises within the territory in the second half of the year.<\/p>\n<p>pocket.watch is also expanding its roster of creator partners, with the addition of the Netherlands-based creator JasonVlogs. The company will replicate its creator-to-franchise business model with JasonVlogs to develop an animated series launching this year. Following the launch, the partners will extend the franchise into consumer products, games and more.<\/p>\n<p>Danny Spronz, managing director for EMEA at pocket.watch, said: \u201cThe rate of demand for children\u2019s programming from the biggest stars and creators loved by generation alpha across EMEA and other western territories shows no signs of slowing down, and pocket.watch is uniquely positioned to fill this need. pocket.watch has proven time and again to be a trailblazer in the kids\u2019 entertainment space and I am thrilled to be joining the team to help further the company\u2019s success and reach into new territories.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Humaid Rashid Sahoo, CEO of E-Vision, said: \u201cWe are delighted to continue to enhance our content offering by partnering with pocket.watch. Our e-Junior channel is the number one most-watched kids\u2019 channel in the UAE and exclusively available on Etisalat\u2019s eLife TV. Bringing the latest and the best in kids\u2019 entertainment to the UAE complements our objective of delivering the best quality content to our e-Junior customers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>pocket.watch, a studio creating global franchises from YouTube stars and characters, has opened its first international office based in London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":18082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[2567,1207],"class_list":["post-18081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-pocket-watch","tag-youtube","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>pocket.watch Opens London Office - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/pocket-watch-opens-london-office\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"pocket.watch Opens London Office - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"pocket.watch, a studio creating global franchises from YouTube stars and characters, has opened its first international office based in London.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/pocket-watch-opens-london-office\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-12T14:56:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-02-12T18:30:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/Danny-Spronz_Headshot-0220.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/pocket-watch-opens-london-office\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/pocket-watch-opens-london-office\/\",\"name\":\"pocket.watch Opens London Office - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-12T14:56:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-02-12T18:30:52+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/pocket-watch-opens-london-office\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/pocket-watch-opens-london-office\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/pocket-watch-opens-london-office\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"pocket.watch Opens London Office\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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