TVOKids

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.

Epic Story, TVOKids developing Burt the Beetle preschool series

The adaptation is based on the books by Canadian author Ashley Spires.

TVOKids greenlights unscripted kids series from Sphere

The 26 x 11-minute series follows a CGI-animated skeleton as he answers questions about the body posed by real-life children.

Sinking Ship Entertainment inks global deals for kids series

The latest deals include the sale of the U.K. version of Odd Squad to broadcasters in Australia and Norway.

TVOKids is getting Bumpy! from Turtlebox

The stop-motion toon will stream on the Ontario pubcaster’s YouTube channel and smart TV app next year.

Canadian public broadcasters greenlight Polly Can Do

Mike the Knight creator Alexander Bar is on board to write and direct the series about a young girl with cerebral palsy.

TVOKids orders Secrets of the Forest for Earth Day

The series is produced by Fifth Ground Entertainment and explores the various ecosystems in Canada’s national parks.

TVOKids greenlights unscripted series Trading Skills

The series is targeted to six-to-nine year-olds and is designed to spotlight career opportunities in various trade professions.

TVOKids greenlights Sinking Ship series Wordsville

The educational series is a live-action mystery that also teaches literacy fundamentals.

TVOKids commissions Project Rube from Sphere’s kids division

The unscripted live-action series will see YouTube content creator Morley Kert and a team of tweens conduct engineering experiments.

Sinking Ship expands flagship dino franchise with new series

Prime Video, Amazon Kids+ and TVOKids have collectively greenlit Dino Dex for a 2024 release.

TVO expands leadership team with four new roles

Natasha Negrea has been tapped to oversee programming, with new commissioners named for TVO’s documentary and kids streams.