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Alexandra Whyte

Posts by Alexandra Whyte

Boomerang EMEA picks up Kingdom Force

The animated preschool series is produced by Industrial Brothers and Boat Rocker Studios, in association with CBC Kids and Radio-Canada.

December 5, 2019

Frederator spins-off Bravest Warriors

After garnering 400,000 likes on YouTube, 135 million views on TikTok and 200 million loops of Giphy, the Catbug character is getting his own TV series.

December 3, 2019

Broadcasters bite into Book Hungry Bears

Several publishing partners have also boarded the preschool series from Pukeko Pictures, Breakthrough Entertainment and Hengxin Shambala Kids.

September 9, 2019

Nelvana president Scott Dyer to retire

Pam Westman has been named the president of the Corus-owned kids company effective Aug. 30, as Dyer retires after more than 20 years with the company.

August 28, 2019

Netflix greenlights preschool series from DHX Media, Atomic Cartoons

The streamer’s slate includes CG-animated series like Hello Ninja and DreamWorks Go, Dog. Go!, plus more.

July 22, 2019

Polly Pocket locks in new broadcast deals

Universal Kids has picked up season one and a just-greenlit season two of the toy-inspired show from DHX and Mattel.

June 14, 2019

Apple TV to launch new Peanuts “doc” project

Produced by DHX Media, Imagine Documentaries and Tremolo Productions, Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10 launches in May.

April 25, 2019

Illumination exec takes over at DHX animation studio

Amir Nasrabadi will oversee animation production, including the making of DHX’s Peanuts content for Apple as the new EVP and GM of its Vancouver animation studio.

April 15, 2019

Atomic Cartoons swims into Mermicorno series

Thunderbird’s kids division is partnering with Japanese brand tokidoki to develop an original animated series based on its toy characters.

February 4, 2019

9 Story opens live-action division

The prodco’s new division will be led by VP of live-action development and production Jeremy Slutskin.

January 29, 2019

DHX appoints new head of rights strategy

The kids media company has tapped Lara Ilie as VP of rights strategy and named Rachel Taylor as its new commercial director for WildBrain.

January 18, 2019

marblemedia hires Donna Luke as VP of production

The former supervising producer for The Bachelorette Canada and Project Runway will oversee production and business affairs for marblemedia and D360.

January 9, 2019