Family Channel

WildBrain greenlights new series from Shaftesbury, Aircraft

The broadcaster has rolled out its greenlights and acquisitions for the 2021/22 schedules on Family Channel and Family Jr.

WildBrain takes Headspinner’s Denis and Me to TV

The company has picked up the Headspinner-produced YouTube series for Family Channel, and will also take over global distribution and AVOD management.

CBBC, Family Channel commission 26 more episodes of Malory Towers

New episodes of the Canada/U.K. treaty coproduction go to camera in England in the spring and Canada this summer.

Deals: WildBrain, Cineflix, eOne

Family Channel goes back for more Lockdown, Cineflix Rights inks multiple Nordic deals and eOne pacts with Sky.

Family Channel acquires Sinking Ship’s Lockdown

The WildBrain-owned network picked up second-window rights to the confinement-focused series created by J.J. Johnson.

DHX greenlights new live-action series from Frank van Keeken

The new Family Channel commission will join Bajillionaires (pictured) and Rev & Roll as part of DHX’s MIPTV sales slate.

Family Channel sets two-day premiere for Holly Hobbie

This will be the Canadian broadcast premiere of the children’s series, which premiered on Hulu in the U.S. in late 2018.

Family Channel, CBBC get more Creeped Out

The kids channels have ordered a second season of the spooky series produced by DHX Media and BBC Children’s Productions.

Cartoon Network preps DHX Media’s Mega Man

The new video game-based series will debut next month following WildBrain’s launch of a YouTube fan hub for the show.

CRTC renews licences for DHX-owned channels

The commission set PNI spending at 13% of the previous year’s revenues, mandating that half of that be independently produced.

Cottonwood teams with Sarah Haasz

The former Family Channel exec has been tapped to help develop the French prodco’s growing North American slate of live-action and animated series.

More broadcasters join DHX’s Massive Monster Mayhem

Season one of the new live-action competition series has been picked up by five additional broadcasters in Europe and Australia.