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Wendy Goldman Getzler

Wendy is a senior online writer for KidScreen, Playback's sister publication.

Posts by Wendy Goldman Getzler

Rob the Robot heads to France, Korea and Norway

Entertainment One Family has inked three key broadcast deals for the first season of Amberwood Entertainment and One Animations’ 3-D preschool series Rob the Robot.

February 10, 2011

Franklin celebrates birthday with books, TV series

Corus Entertainment-owned Kids Can Press, Nelvana Studio and Treehouse are joining forces to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the preschool character Franklin.

February 2, 2011

Storm Hawks fly onto Disney XD

Disney XD has picked up 52 episodes of Vancouver-based Nerd Corps Entertainment’s original series Storm Hawks for air in the US early this year.

January 26, 2011

Shaftesbury programming lands in Latin America

Imira Entertainment is set to rep Canadian prodco Shaftesbury’s kids and teen programming library in Latin America.

January 20, 2011

Family Channel refreshes brand identity

Astral Media-owned Canadian kidnet Family Channel is donning a new look both on-air and online.

January 13, 2011

Rob the Robot heads to Sweden

Canadian producer and distributor Amberwood Entertainment has sold the broadcast rights for its newest preschool series Rob the Robot to SVT in Sweden.

January 12, 2011

Canadians select fave retro toon characters

Bugs Bunny has snagged the top spot in Canada’s Teletoon Retro Hall of Fame campaign, which invited consumers to vote for their top-five toon characters of all time.

December 21, 2010

Inspector Gadget gets on the go-go

CPLG Canada has commissioned Toronto-based XMG Studio to develop and market Inspector Gadget’s Mad Dash mobile app based on the iconic character and TV series.

December 20, 2010

RollBots rolls out through Asia

Ottawa-based Amberwood Entertainment has secured several TV and DVD licenses for RollBots in Asia.

December 15, 2010

DHX preschool series make way in Asia

With next month’s Asia Television Forum in the mainframe, Toronto-based DHX Media has scored a series of broadcast and home entertainment deals for its preschool slate in Asia.

November 26, 2010

New Tricon, Shark Teeth series steps onto CBBC website

Toronto prodcos Tricon Films & Television and Shark Teeth Films are launching a new CGI/live-action kids series, Smallfoot, on CBBC’s new online platform My Toons.

November 25, 2010

New Playhouse Disney Canada series backed with interactive

Toronto-based interactive studio zinc Roe is collaborating with production company Radical Sheep to develop an interactive extension of the new preschool series Stella and Sam, which premieres January 9 on Playhouse Disney in Canada.

November 18, 2010