{"id":29901,"date":"2025-06-13T07:21:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T11:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/roberto-genovesi-provides-outlook-on-new-rai-kids\/"},"modified":"2025-06-13T10:18:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T14:18:20","slug":"roberto-genovesi-provides-outlook-on-new-rai-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/roberto-genovesi-provides-outlook-on-new-rai-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Roberto Genovesi Provides Outlook on New Rai Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rai Kids hosted a session at Annecy in which Roberto Genovesi, who took over as director of Rai Kids when Luca Milano stepped down in April, shared his vision for the future of the company and a snapshot of its current programming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll see a new Rai Kids in early 2026,\u201d Genovesi said. He plans to refine the company\u2019s approach to production and development, strengthen its relationship with other European national broadcasters and open up to new targets, including the 14-plus demographic. \u201cNo more vision [based on] a number of channels but a vision [based on a] brand for generations. The only thing I can say: Nothing will be the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLuca Milano is a friend of mine, but we [have] a very different vision of the children\u2019s world,\u201d he added. \u201cI come from comics and video games. I am a game designer, I am a scriptwriter, and I am a novelist for teens and young adults.\u201d He plans to bring these experiences to Rai Kids to shape the company\u2019s strategy going forward.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Rai Kids has a strong portfolio of original, co-produced and acquired content for Italian children. Currently, 50 Italian productions are in progress, 23 of which are international co-productions.<\/p>\n<p>Among its original titles are <em>Piripenguins<\/em>, <em>Winx Club: The Magic is Back<\/em>, <em>Underdog and the Canine Defenders<\/em>, <em>Eglefino<\/em>, <em>Anselmo Wannabe<\/em> and <em>To Be<\/em>, among others. Works in progress include <em>Floki<\/em>, <em>Magic Lilly<\/em>, <em>Melody &amp; Momon<\/em>, <em>Witch Detectives<\/em>, <em>Slippers<\/em>,<em> Lola\u2019s Circus<\/em> and <em>Pet Pals<\/em>, plus so much more.<\/p>\n<p>Programs returning with new seasons include <em>Nefertine on the Nile<\/em> (broadcast as <em>Nefertina sul Nilo<\/em>); <em>Alice &amp; Lewis<\/em>; <em>Gris\u00f9<\/em>; <em>Trulli Tales<\/em>; and<em> Pipo, Pepa &amp; Pop<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Live-action titles that are part of the Rai Kids catalog, typically for an older audience, include <em>Crush<\/em> and <em>Clan\u2014Choose your Destiny<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition slate is robust as well, featuring hits such as <em>Bluey<\/em>, <em>The Smurfs<\/em> and <em>Winnie the Pooh<\/em>. Newly acquired are\u00a0<em>Ronja, the Robber\u2019s Daughter<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Tiny Creatures<\/em> and\u00a0<em>Billy the Cowboy Hamster<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rai Kids hosted a session at Annecy in which Roberto Genovesi, who took over as director of Rai Kids when Luca Milano stepped down in April, shared his vision for the future of the company and a snapshot of its current programming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":29902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[2518,8789,10641],"class_list":["post-29901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-rai","tag-rai-kids","tag-roberto-genovesi","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Roberto Genovesi Provides Outlook on New Rai Kids - 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\/roberto-genovesi-provides-outlook-on-new-rai-kids\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Roberto Genovesi Provides Outlook on New Rai Kids - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rai Kids hosted a session at Annecy in which Roberto Genovesi, who took over as director of Rai Kids when Luca Milano stepped down in April, shared his vision for the future of the company and a snapshot of its current programming.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/roberto-genovesi-provides-outlook-on-new-rai-kids\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-13T11:21:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-13T14:18:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/06\/RaiKids-AnnecySessionWIP-0625.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/roberto-genovesi-provides-outlook-on-new-rai-kids\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/roberto-genovesi-provides-outlook-on-new-rai-kids\/\",\"name\":\"Roberto Genovesi Provides Outlook on New Rai Kids - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-13T11:21:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-13T14:18:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/roberto-genovesi-provides-outlook-on-new-rai-kids\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/roberto-genovesi-provides-outlook-on-new-rai-kids\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/roberto-genovesi-provides-outlook-on-new-rai-kids\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Roberto Genovesi Provides Outlook on New Rai Kids\"}]},{\"@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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