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\"\"MIPJunior as we have all known it\u2014the packed lobbies of the Martinez, Carlton or JW Marriott (or, for the old-timers, the Noga); the scramble to get a table; buyers spending hours on end in ballrooms converted into screenings lounges; the fabulous beachside parties\u2014will not exist this year, with a compressed version of the event taking place alongside MIPCOM inside the Palais. But as those of us who are planning to be there fret over variants, testing, vaccine proof, QR codes and paperwork, it\u2019s clear that kids\u2019 media execs can\u2019t wait to get back to business in person.<\/p>\n

There is something special about the international kids\u2019 community, isn\u2019t there? It is its own little universe with friendships forged over many, many years of showing up in the same city every few months. Friendships that became partnerships (both the work and personal kinds). The casual conversation that became the deal that transformed your business. The intel gathered at workshops and panels (and, of course, afterparties) that helped inform a decision\u2014leading you to make the right one and (hopefully) not the wrong one. The heavily European contingent that made it to Annecy and Cartoon Forum have already had a taste of what a return to live events feels like. From what I\u2019ve heard, it\u2019s not quite what it was, but just having a small taste of that bustling market energy was a blissful start.<\/p>\n

And the kids\u2019 business is at a fever pitch right now: lots of commissions, tons of new ideas and narrative techniques, a real attempt to embrace diversity and the promise of lucrative future revenues as AVOD expands\u2014a sector we take a deep dive into in this issue with a special report from me and a Q&A with Common Sense Networks\u2019 Eric Berger. We also hear about the keys to getting kids\u2019 comedy right, given how in-demand that genre is. We spotlight brand-building plans, which these days must cross physical and online platforms. And we hear from some of the biggest names in the business, including Mattel\u2019s Ynon Kreiz, WarnerMedia\u2019s Tom Ascheim, Aardman\u2019s Sean Clarke and more.<\/p>\n

Putting this issue together, I was struck by the diversity in styles, narrative techniques and, critically, characters\u2019 backgrounds and abilities in kids\u2019 TV today. Outside of the Amar Chitra Katha comics I would devour during long, hot summers in Bombay, I never saw stories from my life reflected anywhere. (And yay\u2014those comics are finally being adapted for TV now!) Progress has been hard-fought and we\u2019re not where we should be yet, but I\u2019m thrilled about how far the industry has come. If I\u2019d had that Disney Channel movie about the Indian-American girl who wants to be a DJ when I was a confused teen figuring out who I could be, I might have ended up on an entirely different career path! Commissioners and producers, please don\u2019t forget that these stories, in our formative years, do actually make a world of difference. (If you\u2019re reading this and have an amazing DJ\u2008name for me, I\u2019m open to suggestions.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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