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Television

Canal+ Says Bonjour to ‘Monster Math Squad’

Mercedes Milligan - July 11, 2013

Indie kids' entertainment creator/producer/distributor/licensor DHX Media has secured a deal with French network Canal+ to air its CG animated series Monster Math Squad (50...

Digital Manga to Release Complete Tezuka Works

Mercedes Milligan - July 11, 2013

Great news for fans of classic Japanese comics, otherwise known as manga: California based e-publisher Digital Manga Inc. has nabbed the rights to the...

Home Entertainment

Hasbro and Madman Renew Home Ent. Deal

Mercedes Milligan - July 10, 2013

Hasbro Studios has renewed its Australian and New Zealand home entertainment partnership with Melbourne-based Madman Entertainment for the second seasons of Transformers Prime and...

Festivals & Events

Crystal, Goodman Make Disney Legends List

Mercedes Milligan - July 10, 2013

At the premiere Disney fan event, D23 Expo, taking place in Anaheim, Calif. from August 9-11, the organizers will celebrate this year's crop of...

Home Entertainment

‘Mighty 7' Trilogy Gets Home Ent. Partners

Mercedes Milligan - July 10, 2013

International kids programming distributor and brand manager PGS Entertainment has secured home entertainment partners in the U.K., France, Australia and Canada for the upcoming...

Television

‘Winx Club’ Gets Season 6, New Licensing Deals

Mercedes Milligan - July 9, 2013

Rainbow has announced plans for a sixth season of it’s internationally successful Winx Club series, as well as new licensing initiatives for the girl-targeted...

‘Ash & Ollie’ Launches with Interactive E-Book

Mercedes Milligan - July 9, 2013

Children’s media company Yummico, co-founded by Blue’s Clues creator Traci Paige Johnson and film producer Caroline Baron, is launching a new preschool series called...

People

CN’s Sorcher, Adult Swim’s Lazzo Get Promotions

Mercedes Milligan - July 8, 2013

In a restructuring move, Turner Broadcasting's young adults and kids media group has made new executive appointments to aid a strategy of aligning content,...

Home Entertainment

‘Equestria Girls’ Hits Shelves Aug. 6

Mercedes Milligan - July 8, 2013

Hasbro Studios’ dimension-bending, original animated feature My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, based on its hit Hub Network series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic,...

Features

‘Despicable’ Wallops ‘Lone Ranger’ at Box Office

Mercedes Milligan - July 3, 2013

Universal and Illumination Entertainment's 3-D CG sequel Despicable Me 2 won't need a freeze ray to stun box office watchers after Tuesday night. The...

Television

Global TV News Bytes

Mercedes Milligan - July 3, 2013

+ Copyright Promotions Licensing Group (CPLG), a DHX Media subsidiary, has appointed Pau Pascual to the newly created position of General Manager-Iberia. CPLG is...

Licensing

Nottingham, Saban Make Plans for ‘Sendokai’

Mercedes Milligan - July 2, 2013

Audiovisual entertainment agency Nottingham Forest has announced its animated import Sendokai Champions will air on Saban's Vortexx block on The CW in the U.S....

Television

Atomic, Sticky Pictures Set Sail with ‘Pirate Express’

Mercedes Milligan - July 2, 2013

Canadian studio Atomic Cartoons and Australia's Sticky Pictures are hoisting the mizzenmast and starting production on 26 half-hour episodes (52 x 11) of Atomic's...

People

Nick Promotes Megan Casey, Claudia Spinelli

Mercedes Milligan - July 2, 2013

Nickelodeon Animation has made two major promotions for its Stateside operations, SVP of current series Rich Magallanes announced today. Megan Casey, executive in charge...

Features

The Gru Next Door: Building ‘Despicable Me 2'

Mercedes Milligan - July 1, 2013

Universal/Illumination's acclaimed anti-hero returns to the big screen in the 3-D summer sequel Despicable Me 2. Three years ago, when Despicable Me was heading into...

Television

Kabillion Launches on Xfinity App

Mercedes Milligan - July 1, 2013

Free kids' video on demand network Kabillion, a subsidiary of Moonscoop LLC ranked in the top 10 in the U.S., has announced its launch...

People

People on the Move: Beattie Upped at Tiger Aspect, Hidalgo Joins Turner EMEA

Mercedes Milligan - July 1, 2013

London-based Tiger Aspect (an Endemol Company) has announced Tom Beattie has been promoted to the position of Head of Animation and Children's Programming at...

Television

Exclusive Clip: ‘Aquabats’ Origins, Part 5

Mercedes Milligan - June 28, 2013

Alas, we’ve reached the final installment of our special five-part series of The Aquabats! Super Show! season 2 episodic sneak-peeks! Each of the first...

Festivals & Events

‘Avengers’ Triumphs at Saturn Awards

Mercedes Milligan - June 27, 2013

Marvel's The Avengers nabbed four honors at the 39th Annual Saturn Awards--a film and TV recognition put on by the Academy of Science Fiction,...

Licensing

Nelvana, Bridge Direct Partner for Pinkie Cooper

Mercedes Milligan - June 27, 2013

Corus Entertainment's Nelvana Enterprises and toy company The Bridge Direct have teamed up for a new line of girls' fashion dolls (and tie-in digital...

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