ScreenMDM Kids/YA

ABC, BBC, and the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) have unveiled Little Lunch: New Class, a new chapter more than ten years since the mockumentary first premiered.

Cookbook Media is working with Mainframe Studios to develop new opportunities for the Vancouver-based outfit's slate across originals and its work-for-hire portfolio.

Splitting their time between London and San Diego this week, Cookbook Media's Claudia Scott-Hansen and Rob Bencal were guests on ScreenMDM Talks’ Gen A to Z strand to weigh in on navigating the fast-moving shifts in the kids’ media ecosystem.

As principal photography on the third season of the Canadian version of the Japanese format Old Enough! wraps, Blue Ant Studios and Nippon TV have unveiled a new format, Majority Rules.

Banijay Kids & Family has confirmed CANAL+ in France, ITV and ITVX in the U.K., NDR in Germany, and RTBF in Belgium for the new series Aquila & The Medieval Misfits, which was first pitched at Cartoon Forum 2023.

A co-production between Apartment 11 (Canada) and Fabrique Fantastique (Belgium), Olga, commissioned by CBC/Radio-Canada, TFO, and VRT, will be distributed globally by MIAM! distribution,

Helga Árnadóttir, CEO and co-founder of Tulipop Studios, joins ScreenMDM’s Gen A to Z strand to share the journey of the Icelandic IP from a series of charming character designs to animated series, specials, consumer products, live experiences, and more.

Doing a deep dive into audience behavior at Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, and HBO Max in the U.S. and Europe, Digital i has found that "low-friction" content—franchises, kids' and family fare, and big movie releases—are key to retaining infrequent viewers that are likely to churn.