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Youth Media Alliance unveils noms for 2025 Awards of Excellence
This year’s selections include projects from Sinking Ship Entertainment, WildBrain, APTN, Lopii Productions and Blue Ant Studios.
WildBrain lines up its team for Finding Her Edge
EXCLUSIVE: The Family Channel and Netflix series has kicked off production in Ontario with Shamim Sarif and Jacqueline Pepall on board as directors.
ITV acquires animated series Badjelly from WildBrain
The series was commissioned by Family Channel and TVNZ and will debut in the U.K. this fall.
WildBrain to sell majority stake in TV channels to IoM Media
The sale is valued at more than $40 million over a four-year period and includes Family Channel, Family Jr., WildBrainTV and Télémagino.
Deals: PVP Media, Fubo, ATN, Telus, Hayu
Family Channel acquires SuperKlaus in two formats, NBCUniversal brings FAST channels to Fubo, and more.
Family Channel acquires Beyond Black Beauty
The Canada/Belgium copro is produced by Sinking Ship Entertainment, Leif Films and Saga Film.
Family Channel, TVNZ order animated series Badjelly
The 2D animation is coproduced by Montreal’s Sphere Animation, New Zealand’s Mukpuddy Animation and Ireland’s Cantilever Media.
I Woke Up a Vampire joins WildBrain’s content slate
L.A.-based television producer Thomas Lynch is the creator and showrunner of the series, produced by WildBrain in association with Netflix.
Deals: 9 Story Distribution, Media Ranch, WildBrain, Blue Ant
9 Story Distribution International has acquired worldwide distribution rights to Treehouse Republic and Turnip and Duck’s Atom Town, plus more.
CBBC orders two-part Malory Towers Christmas special
The special was filmed in tandem with its fourth season in the U.K. and Canada in June.
WildBrain brings back ‘Life With’ franchise
The mediaco leans on nostalgia for new linear content, ordering a live-action film for Family Channel that will serve as the second spinoff based on the Life with Derek series.
First-ever Canadian Screen Music Awards announces nominees
Netflix’s Vikings: Valhalla got a leading two nominations for the awards, put on by the Screen Composers Guild of Canada.
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