Category: Entertainment

Princess Sam Entertainment Group has announced that its hit kids’ adventure-comedy-fantasy Tara Duncan has been sold to major broadcasters across North and Latin America, with a number of launches under way or imminent. Tara Duncan is available now in French on Canada’s Télé Quebec and will arrive in English in Canada on Family Channel through WildBrain, a global leader in kids’ and family entertainment, from 7 July; Brazil’s biggest media conglomerate, Grupo Globo, will launch the show on Gloob, its kids’ pay tv network, on 12 October; and pay TV Disney Channel plans to broadcast Tara Duncan across Latin America.

Slumberkins, the leading brand for early emotional learning, announces the upcoming release of their new music album “Together We Shine: Vol. 1,” featuring seven songs for children and families that help promote social-emotional growth. A Great Big World, the Grammy award-winning duo of Ian Axel and Chad King, have debuted the first single from the album titled “Heart Family.” “Together We Shine,” Executive Produced by Emmy-nominated, platinum-selling Indie-pop artist Ingrid Michaelson and set to be released Summer 2023, includes the work of talented music artists A Great Big World, Michaelson, Rachel Platten, Trevor Hall, Britnee Kellogg, AHI and MOsley WOtta.

Millimages, one of the most innovative IP developers and oldest independent animation studios in Europe, has launched a new Molang digital channel that will be hosted by Molang as a YouTuber. The innovative concept will see Molang and sidekick Piu Piu interacting with their fans in video concepts normally made by humans (gaming, ASMR, reactions, and various challenges), propelling the cartoon character and brand into a whole new dimension of social media.

The Pokémon Company International announced the third batch of episodes of Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series, the globally popular Pokémon animated series, is now available exclusively on Netflix in the U.S. In the newest episodes, Trainers can join Ash Ketchum and his Pikachu on their latest adventures in the Pokémon world and witness the duo’s legendary victory as they achieve the goal of becoming World Champion after 25 seasons of countless battles and challenging quests. For a sneak peek at the adventures leading up to Ash and Pikachu’s historic Pokémon World Coronation Series win, Trainers can watch a new trailer on the official Pokémon YouTube channel.

Yoto, the audio platform for kids behind the critically acclaimed and award-winning screen-free Yoto Player and Yoto Mini, has struck a deal with Warner Music Group (WMG), one of the world’s largest music companies.  Their collaboration will see music from some of WMG’s legendary roster of artists available on a portable audio player that is home to a host of amazing children’s music and entertainment brands. Inspired by Montessori principles of education, Yoto is the brainchild of digital music pioneers Ben Drury and Filip Denker, who created a device that enables young children to access the best kids’ audio, without being exposed to ads, unsuitable content or racking up too much screen time. 

KIDZ BOP, the #1 music brand for kids, is partnering with OTTera, a leader in FAST linear and OTT application solutions, to bring the KIDZ BOP+ app and the 24/7 KIDZ BOP TV linear FAST channel to kids and families worldwide. KIDZ BOP+ is the ultimate destination for KIDZ BOP fans, featuring hours of music videos as well as exclusive bonus content from the KIDZ BOP Kids including Vlogs, Behind The Scenes content, challenge videos, tutorials on how to be a KIDZ BOP Kid, and more. “Having enjoyed the music of KIDZ BOP as a kid myself, it’s incredibly exciting to partner with them now and help in expanding their global reach through their KIDZ BOP+ app and FAST channel,” says Jordan Warkol, VP Business Development OTTera. 

In a bold move that will extend the intersection of Hollywood, Broadway and theatre globally, Hollywood.com and Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment (NWE) announced the formation of Hollywood.com LIVE as a joint venture between Hollywood.com and NWE. In addition, the new venture announced its acquisition of Theatrely, the only Gen-Z led media company that offers the internet generation’s perspective on live theatre.

Acclaimed animation house Lil Critter Workshop (LCW) has made two strategic moves to further expand its global business, launching Lil Critter Digital – a Digital First Animation Production Studio out of Malaysia, which provides total solutions for art, design and production for social media and web series content – while continuing to develop long-form animated series from its Bristol base with the appointment of Jan Stradling as Consultant Development Executive. Lil Critter Digital’s first project is Lawak Campus: School Daze, a 104 x 15 second surreal comedy series for tweens which has launched on TikTok and will also debut as a 52 x 2’ web series in English on YouTube and in a Bahasa Malaysia exclusive to Astro later this year. The shorts have already garnered an impressive 96.3k followers since they launched in TikTok last month.