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Josh Scherba, president and CEO of WildBrain, has joined the lineup of keynote speakers for the TV Kids Festival, running from February 17 to 20. You can register for free here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Scherba has been with WildBrain since its founding in 2006 and was appointed president in 2018 and CEO in 2023. He has cultivated a content-led approach to developing brands and led a 360-degree strategy across production, distribution and consumer products licensing. He will discuss his strategy during the keynote session.<\/p>\n

They join the previously announced participants: Evan Shapiro; Super RTL\u2019s Oliver Schablitzki; Sky Kids\u2019 Ian France; BBC Studios Kids & Family\u2019s Cecilia Persson; CAKE\u2019s Ed Galton; Hidden Pigeon Company\u2019s Karen K. Miller; Guru Studio\u2019s Frank Falcone; Banijay Kids & Family\u2019s Delphine Dumont; Madgic Distribution\u2019s Lionel Marty; SAMAX Entertainment\u2019s Rapha\u00eblle Mathieu; Sesame Workshop\u2019s Kay Wilson Stallings; PBS KIDS\u2019 Adriano Schmid; CBC Kids\u2019 Marie McCann; ZDF Studios\u2019 Oliver Grundel; Magic Light Pictures\u2019 Muriel Thomas; Kidoodle.TV\u2019s Brenda Bisner; HappyKids\u2019 David Di Lorenzo; Ampere Analysis\u2019s Olivia Deane; Dubit\u2019s David Kleeman, Matt Picton and Benjamin Sumner; and Elmo. Look for more announcements in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

You can register for the TV Kids Festival here<\/a>, free of charge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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