Tag: PBS Kids
PBS Orders Second Season of ‘Ready Jet Go!’
A second season of PBS Kids science series Ready Jet Go! is now in production at Wind Dancer Films. In addition to 24 new...
Amazon Prime Strikes Exclusive PBS KIDS Deal
Amazon and PBS Distribution have entered into a multi-year agreement that makes Amazon Prime Video the exclusive premium SVOD home for a broad collection...
‘Splash and Bubbles’ to Be MIPJunior World Premiere Screening
MIPJunior organizers have announced that The Jim Henson Company and Herschend Enterprises series Splash and Bubbles will receive a World Premiere TV Screening at...
Kratt Bros., 9 Story Enter Production on ‘Wild Kratts’ Season 5
Kratt Brothers Company and 9 Story Media Group are now underway on production of season five of the hit animated series Wild Kratts for...
Jim Henson Signs Multiple Partners for ‘Dinosaur Train’
The Jim Henson Company is continuing to expand the global presence of Dinosaur Train's consumer products program, bringing on several new licensing partners in...
PBS KIDS Dates Premiere for Henson’s ‘Splash and Bubbles’
Even though Sesame Street has shuffled off to HBO, the relationship between PBS KIDS and The Jim Henson Company is still going swimmingly. At...
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Rise of the Black Superhero
Washington Post’s Comic Riffs paints 2016 as a “watershed year" for black heroes in American pop-culture.
Peter Pan Live-Action Movie in...
First ‘Peg + Cat’ Movie Premieres March 28
PBS Kids is preparing to debut the first-ever Peg + Cat television movie, Peg and Cat Save the World. Premiering March 28, the one-hour...
Dete Meserve Named Wind Dancer Principal
Wind Dancer Films, the company behind TV series and films like Roseanne, Home Improvement and What Women Want, is going after the children’s TV...
PBS Launching Free 24/7 Multiplatform Kids Service
PBS has announced it will launch new, 24/7 children's services later this year which will include a new TV channel and live stream on...
‘Nature Cat’ Names New Distribution, Licensing Partners
Spiffy Pictures has appointed two key partners for its hit animated PBS KIDS series Nature Cat. HiHat Media will handle brand licensing in the...
Fred Rogers Co. Taps Ellen Doherty as Production Exec
The Fred Rogers Company has appointed Emmy Award-winning producer and writer Ellen Doherty as its executive in charge of production. Doherty will now oversee...
‘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...
‘Daniel Tiger’ Season 3 Picked Up by Disney Junior LatAm
9 Story Media Group announces that it has licensed season three of award-winning animated preschool series Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood to Disney Junior in Latin...
PBS Kids Announces Ocean Science Toon ‘Splash’
At the Television Critics' Association Press Tour in Pasadena on Tuesday, PBS Kids made two announcements to the gathered critics -- a new animated...
‘Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood’ Snags $2m in Funding
The Rite Aid Foundation's KidCents program has donated $2 million to The Fred Rogers Company to help fund production of its Emmy-nominated animated preschool...
Hour-Long ‘Nature Cat’ Special Debuts Monday
PBS Kids will premiere a new hour-long Nature Cat special on Monday, January 18. Packed full of “a-ha” discovery moments, the special features four...
‘Wild Kratts’ a Go in Oz
9 Story Media Group has secured several deals for Australian distribution of its hit animated adventure series Wild Kratts, including a broadcast agreement with...
PBS Schedules Specials, ‘Nature Cat’ Premiere
PBS KIDS will be offering up fun, festive holiday specials as well as a brand new series premiere this October and November.
Halloween specials will...
Fred Rogers Co. Receives $3M Federal Grant for ‘Peg + Cat’
The Fred Rogers Co. has earned a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to support Peg + Cat, its multiple Emmy-winning animated...
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