{"id":24476,"date":"2023-01-24T09:00:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T09:10:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T14:10:38","slug":"tv-kids-festival-to-spotlight-the-u-k-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/tv-kids-festival-to-spotlight-the-u-k-ireland\/","title":{"rendered":"TV Kids Festival to Spotlight the U.K. &#038; Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jetpack Distribution\u2019s Dominic Gardiner, Serious Kids\u2019 Genevieve Dexter, Monster Entertainment\u2019s Andrew Fitzpatrick, Magic Light Pictures\u2019 Muriel Thomas and Sixteen South\u2019s Colin Williams will discuss the latest developments in British and Irish children\u2019s programming during the TV Kids Festival, which you can register for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventcreate.com\/e\/tv-kids-festival-2023\">here<\/a> at no cost.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gardiner is CEO of Jetpack Distribution. Dexter is CEO of Serious Kids and Eye Present. Fitzpatrick is chairman and founder of Monster. Thomas is international distribution director at Magic Light. Williams is founder and creative director of Sixteen South. They will come together to shine a light on Ireland and the U.K.\u2019s kids\u2019 industry during a special session as part of the TV Kids Festival.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These executives join the lineup of TV Kids Festival speakers previously announced: Sky Kids\u2019 Lucy Murphy; TFO\u2019s Marianne Lambert; Paramount UK &amp; Ireland\u2019s Louise Bucknole; Future Today\u2019s David Di Lorenzo; Guru Studio\u2019s Frank Falcone; DeAPlaneta Entertainment\u2019s Carlos Biern; CAKE\u2019s Ed Galton; Big Bad Boo Studios\u2019 Shabnam Rezaei; Nelvana\u2019s Athena Georgaklis; Cyber Group Studios\u2019 Ira Singerman; Sesame Workshop\u2019s Kay Wilson Stallings; Boat Rocker Studios\u2019 Shaleen Sangha; 9 Story Media Group\u2019s Vince Commisso; WildBrain\u2019s Eric Ellenbogen; Banijay Kids &amp; Family\u2019s Beno\u00eet Di Sabatino; <em>Doc McStuffins<\/em>\u2019 Chris Nee; <em>Star Trek: Prodigy<\/em>\u2019s Kevin and Dan Hageman; <em>Gabby\u2019s Dollhouse<\/em>\u2019s Traci Paige Johnson and Jennifer Twomey; <em>Emma Memma<\/em>\u2019s Emma Watkins; and <em>First Day<\/em>\u2019s Julie Kalceff and Kirsty Stark. Look for more speaker announcements coming soon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking place from February 7 to 10, the TV Kids Festival will feature keynotes and panels with leading executives and creatives discussing the major trends in the children\u2019s programming business. It will be streamed live and available on-demand on TVKidsFestival.com. Unlike other events requiring hefty registration fees, attendance to the TV Kids Festival is <u>free<\/u>. The inaugural festival attracted more than 1,700 participants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can register for the TV Kids Festival free of charge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventcreate.com\/e\/tv-kids-festival-2023\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Ricardo Guise at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:rguise@worldscreen.com\">rguise@worldscreen.com<\/a>\u00a0or Dana Mattison at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:dmattison@worldscreen.com\">dmattison@worldscreen.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jetpack Distribution\u2019s Dominic Gardiner, Serious Kids\u2019 Genevieve Dexter, Monster Entertainment\u2019s Andrew Fitzpatrick, Magic Light Pictures\u2019 Muriel Thomas and Sixteen South\u2019s Colin Williams will discuss the latest developments in British and Irish children\u2019s programming during the TV Kids Festival, which you can register for here at no cost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[6531,5938,3386,1581,958,4189,301,7150,6163,1201,5723],"class_list":["post-24476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-andrew-fitzpatrick","tag-colin-williams","tag-dominic-gardiner","tag-genevieve-dexter","tag-jetpack-distribution","tag-magic-light-pictures","tag-monster-entertainment","tag-muriel-thomas","tag-serious-kids","tag-sixteen-south","tag-tv-kids-festival","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>TV Kids Festival to Spotlight the U.K. &amp; 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