{"id":26250,"date":"2023-11-15T09:45:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T14:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/productions-taps-disney-alum-katie-barba\/"},"modified":"2023-11-15T10:46:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T15:46:15","slug":"a-productions-taps-disney-alum-katie-barba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/a-productions-taps-disney-alum-katie-barba\/","title":{"rendered":"A Productions Taps Disney Alum Katie Barba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Productions has hired former Disney development executive Katie Barba to help grow its slate of original kids\u2019 and family content.<\/p>\n<p>At Disney, Barba worked in production and development across a number of animated shows, including<em> 101 Dalmatian Street<\/em>, <em>Chip &#8216;n&#8217; Dale: Park Life<\/em> seasons one and two and <em>Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In her new role at A Productions, Barba will work closely on development with Mark Taylor, founder and joint managing director. She joins the company at a busy time, with the new action series <em>Digital Girl<\/em> in production, the recent launch of <em>Bea\u2019s Block<\/em> and the latest seasons of <em>JoJo &amp; Gran Gran<\/em> going number one in the show\u2019s slot in the U.K.<\/p>\n<p>The A Productions catalog also features <em>Pip &amp; Posy Let\u2019s Learn<\/em> and <em>Sesame Street: The Nutcracker<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to welcome Katie to the team at this pivotal time in the company\u2019s evolution,\u201d Taylor said. \u201cHer wealth of experience at Disney will help us to develop new relationships with creatives and partners, enabling us to realize our own IP and make new home-grown, innovative, creator-driven content for kids\u2019 TV and film.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barba added, \u201cI am delighted to be joining A Productions, where I can continue to develop my passion for discovering new animation talent and producing original content. A Productions has a great reputation for making creative, authentic shows that truly speak to their audience, and I can\u2019t wait to get started.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Productions has hired former Disney development executive Katie Barba to help grow its slate of original kids\u2019 and family content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":26251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[5170,8730,8731],"class_list":["post-26250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-a-productions","tag-katie-barba","tag-mark-taylor","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Productions Taps Disney Alum Katie Barba - 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\/a-productions-taps-disney-alum-katie-barba\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Productions Taps Disney Alum Katie Barba - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Productions has hired former Disney development executive Katie Barba to help grow its slate of original kids\u2019 and family content.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/a-productions-taps-disney-alum-katie-barba\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-15T14:45:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-15T15:46:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/AProductions-KatieBarba-1123.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/a-productions-taps-disney-alum-katie-barba\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/a-productions-taps-disney-alum-katie-barba\/\",\"name\":\"A Productions Taps Disney Alum Katie Barba - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-15T14:45:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-15T15:46:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/a-productions-taps-disney-alum-katie-barba\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/a-productions-taps-disney-alum-katie-barba\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/a-productions-taps-disney-alum-katie-barba\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Productions Taps Disney Alum Katie Barba\"}]},{\"@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\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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