Tag: Bob the Builder
DHX and Mattel Creations Ink Content Deal for ‘Rainbow Magic’
DHX Media has licensed much-loved children’s publishing property Rainbow Magic from Mattel, Inc., in a long-term, exclusive, worldwide agreements managed under the Mattel Creations...
Rainmaker Appoints Gregory Little SVP of Content
Vancouver-based Rainmaker Entertainment -- the studio behind the first-ever CG animated TV series, ReBoot -- has appointed veteran content exec Gregory R. Little to...
MIPTV News Bytes
+ Imira Entertainment in Spain is teaming up with Italian studio Just for Kids Factory to co-produce Dummysaurs (104 x 2), a non-dialogue slapstick...
HIP Signs New Partners for ‘Lily,’ ‘Elias’
Henson Independent Properties (HIP), the third party licensing and distribution label under The Jim Henson Company, has secured new broadcast and digital license deals...
DHX Brands Hires Three Key Execs
DHX Brands is expanding its team with three key hires for its LA and London offices.
Kaisa Nieminen has been appointed Senior Brand Manager for...
‘Bob the Builder’ Snags New European Deals
Mattel and HIT Entertainment announce that the all-new series iteration of top preschool brand Bob the Builder has been acquired by European broadcasters France...
Hopster Lands in Iceland
Education and entertainment kids’ content service Hopster has inked a deal with Vodafone in Iceland which will bring the fun to the mobile and...
DHX, Mattel Launch Content Partnership
DHX Media and Mattel Inc. are entering a long-term partnership for the development, production and distribution of a range of new, multi-platform content for...
Kids Producer Jocelyn Stevenson to Receive BAFTA Special Award
Accomplished children's television producer and writer Jocelyn Stevenson will be honored with a BAFTA Special Award at the British Academy Children's Awards ceremony taking...
OobEdoO Picks Up ‘Charlie & Lola’
U.K. digital service for preschoolers and parents OobEdoO has acquired three major titles to add to its growing roster of quality kids’ programming, including...
New-Look ‘Bob the Builder’ Set for PBS, YouTube
Bob the Builder will return to PBS in November with a brand-new look for Bob, updated CG animation and a new character for young...
HIT Greenlights Second Season of New ‘Bob the Builder’
HIT Entertainment, a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc., has greenlit a second season plus a 60-minute special for its new CG-animated Bob the Builder series....
Kylie Ellis Upped to VP Production at Mainframe
Vancouver-based animation studio Rainmaker Entertainment has promoted its Director of Production, Kylie Ellis, to the newly created position of Vice President of Production at...
Nelvana Teams with Abominable Snowman for ‘Camp Yeti’
Cryptozoology has never been so cuddly. Corus Entertainment's Nelvana has announced it has entered a development agreement for a new CG-animated preschool series, Camp...
Deals, Deals and More Deals from MIPCOM
MIPCOM is now under way in Cannes, with buyers and sellers from all over the world converging to work out deals.
Here's the latest from...
Growth Spurt
Canada's deep talent pool, excellent infrastructure and generous tax incentives are fueling a new boom in animation and visual-effects work.
Michael Hefferon
Few countries as well...
Soho Square Taps Award-Winning Team
Soho Square Studios partners Kim Goody and Alan Coates announce the launch of its new television production company, Soho Square Productions. The pair plans...
Rainmaker Ups Tara Kemes to VP Culture & Talent
Vancouver studio Rainmaker Entertainment has promoted Director of Talent Development Tara Kemes to the newly created position of Vice President, Culture & Talent. Kemes,...
MGM Vet Steve Hendry Joins Rainmaker Board
Vancouver's Rainmaker Entertainment has appointed former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executive Steve Hendry to its board of directors. The decision was announced by Rainmaker's chairman and CEO...
Mainframe to Animate HIT’s New ‘Bob’ Series
HIT Entertainment has tapped Vancouver-based Rainmaker Entertainment's Mainframe division to animate a new CG-animated Bob the Builder series.
Now in production, the series is being...
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