Tag: Shaw Rocket Fund
11 Terrific Toons to Catch at MIPJunior
The fall, the MIPJunior market will bring over 11,000 global animation producers, creators, distributors and buyers from more than 100 countries to the Marriott...
Paxolotl & Zoot Introduce All-Indigenous Created Series ‘CHUMS’
Dennis Jackson, the creator the award-winning children’s series Wapos Bay, has teamed up with his son, Eric Jackson of Saskatoon’s Paxolotl Media Inc., along...
Mediacorp Goes Green with Big Bad Boo’s ‘Galapagos X’
Big Bad Boo Studios has partnered with Singapore’s national media network Mediacorp on the new children’s TV series Galapagos X. In this deal, Mediacorp...
WildBrain Greenlights New ‘Slugterra’ Shorts, Extra ‘Summer Memories’
Canadian kids and family producer WildBrain Television announced that Family Channel, its flagship broadcast network, has greenlit three new content projects across live-action and...
BGM, Oasis Animation Prep ‘Riley Rocket’ for Liftoff
Toronto-based content-creation company BGM Inc. and Oasis Animation, a Montreal-based 2D animation studio (both owned by Canada’s Sphere Media) have announced a major commission...
Muse Ent. Brings Robert Munsch’s ‘Moose!’ to Life in New Series
Muse Entertainment is expanding their family entertainment slate with an animated adaptation of bestselling author Robert Munsch’s children’s classic Moose! (Allez ouste, l’orignal!). The...
Adam Yaniv’s ‘Summer Memories’ Now in Production for WildBrain
A&N Productions (founded by animator/producer Adam Yaniv), Aircraft Pictures (producers of the Academy Award-nominated animated feature film The Breadwinner and Emmy-nominated series Holly Hobbie)...
Yeti Farm’s Longer Format ‘Sweet Tweets’ Premieres on Knowledge Nov. 1
Yeti Farm Creative (Hotel Transylvania S2, Summer Memories), an artist-driven studio and one of Canada’s most robust animation pipelines, is bringing a longer-form version...
Knowledge Network Slates First Original Kids’ Series ‘Luna, Chip & Inkie’
Knowledge Network today announced Luna, Chip & Inkie Adventure Rangers Go, currently in production with partner Epic Story Media, headed up by Ken Faier....
TV & Streaming: ‘Happy House of Frightenstein,’ ‘Pokémon Master Journeys,’ ‘Gabby’s Dollhouse’ S2 & Much, Much More
Headspinner Productions (headspinnerproductions.com) has started production on the preschool animated series Happy House of Frightenstein, based on the beloved characters from the 1971 Canadian...
WildBrain, Headspinner Strike ‘Denis and Me’ Deal Across Distribution, Broadcast & YouTube
WildBrain, a global leader in kids' and family entertainment, has partnered with Headspinner Productions for a second season of the hit 2D-animated kids' comedy...
YouTuber Toon ‘Denis and Me’ Premieres Dec. 4 on Crave
Headspinner Productions announced that season one of the animated series Denis and Me, starring YouTube personality Denis Kopotun (DENIS), debuts exclusively on Crave on...
Kids’ Ent. Vets Launch Epic Storyworlds with Radio Canada Commission
Seasoned children’s entertainment executives Steve Couture and Ken Faier have joined forces to launch Epic Storyworlds, an independent kids content creation company headquartered in...
Headspinner Spins 1st Toon: ‘Denis and Me’ with YouTube Star Denis Kopotun
Toronto-based Headspinner Productions and showrunner/producer Diana Moore have begun production on a series of animated shorts created by and starring YouTube sensation Denis Kopotun....
L&M Bytes: BLE Deals & Debut Announcements
CPLG has secured a number of licencees for MGM’s The Addams Family (Q4 2019). Smiffy’s are on board for dress-up for the U.K., Benelux,...
Portfolio Secures Slate of Global Sales ahead of MIP
Canadian media company Portfolio Entertainment is bringing the summer to a close by announcing a raft of new sales that bring its content to...
Pukeko Opens a New Chapter on ‘Book Hungry Bears’ with Broadcast, Publishing Deals
Pūkeko Pictures has unveiled deals with top international publishers and broadcasters for its new CGI preschool series Book Hungry Bears (52 x 11’), as...
2019 YMA Awards of Excellence Winners Announced
This year’s Youth Media Alliance awards gala unfolded before an enthusiastic audience on May 29 at the CBC Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto. The...
Portfolio Sends ‘Cat in the Hat’ & ‘Freaktown’ Streaming ‘Round the World
Portfolio Entertainment has inked a significant streaming deal that will bring season one of its long-running hit preschool series The Cat in the Hat...
Pukeko, Breakthrough & HSK Bring ‘Book Hungry Bears’ to TV
Pūkeko Pictures (New Zealand) has brought on Breakthrough Entertainment (Canada) and Hengxin Shambala Kids (China) as co-production partners for the new CGI picture-book preschool...
ADVERTISEMENT
NEWSLETTER
CONTEST
ADVERTISEMENT
