Cynopsis: Kids

Cynopsis: Kids! 08/30/10 Good morning. It’s Monday, August 30, 2010, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. Disney-Pixar’s Toy Story 3 jumped the $1 billion mark at worldwide box office on Friday.  In addition to being the world’s biggest animated release ever, Toy Story 3 also joins Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland […]

Cynopsis: Kids!   08/27/10 Good morning. It’s Friday, August 27, 2010, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. The Hub, the new joint venture network between Discovery Communications and Hasbro, adds another new original series, Hubworld, to its launch lineup.  A weekly, half-hour magazine series, Hubworld is hosted by actor/comedian/magician Justin Willman […]

Cynopsis: Kids!   08/26/10 Good morning. It’s Thursday, August 26, 2010, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. BBC Worldwide Sales & Distribution finalizes its first digital content deal in China with online video portal Sohu.com ( www.sohu.com ), which will see kids, educational programming, and drama licensed over two years.  […]

Cynopsis: Kids!   08/25/10 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, August 25, 2010, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. imbee, a tween-centric social media company, launches Drew ( http://drew.imbee.com ), a new pop culture news site for tweens.  Drew, which by the way stands for the Dopest, Realist, Epic, Wrap-up, will feature […]

Cynopsis: Kids!   08/24/10 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, August 24, 2010, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. Discovery’s Science Channel launches its new commercial-free, middle school-targeted science programming block, Head Rush, this week.  Head Rush is a one-hour block that is designed to inspire and excite middle school kids (kids/tweens 11-14) […]

Cynopsis: Kids! 08/23/10 Good morning. It’s Monday, August 23, 2010, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. Discovery Education ( www.discoveryeducation.com) enters into a new deal with The Jim Henson Company that will see the entire preschool Sid the Science Kid available via Discovery Education Science for Elementary in the next […]

Cynopsis: Kids! 08/20/10 Good morning. It’s Friday, August 20, 2010, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. Family Channel (Canada) gives the go ahead on three new live-action comedy series, each with multiplatform opportunities and all of which will premiere in spring 2011. Decidedly Debra (13×30) – the series follows Debra, a […]

Cynopsis: Kids!   08/19/10 Good morning. It’s Thursday, August 19, 2010, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. Beyond Distribution will debuts its new preschool property Toybox (75×30) at MipJunior in Cannes, October 2-3.  Created by Ian Munro and Ron Saunders (Hi-5, New MacDonald’s Farm, Bananas in Pyjamas, Magic Mountain and Milly, […]

Cynopsis: Kids!   08/18/10 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, August 18, 2010, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. Haim Saban’s Saban Brands acquires Paul Frank Industries (PFI), featuring its library of 150+ characters including Julius the monkey.  Though the deal terms have not been announced, the deal is believed to valued at […]

Cynopsis: Kids!   08/17/10 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, August 17, 2010, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. Metrodome Group ( www.metrodomegroup.com ), a UK-based indie film distributor, completes its acquisition of rights manager and producer/distributor Target Entertainment ( www.targetentertainmentgroup.com ) in a deal valued at about US$1.2 million.  […]