Prensario Internacional Kids & Teens - MipJunior 2022

BBC: ‘We are committed to diversity and inclusion across all our content’

Celebrating its centenary this year, BBC continues to be one of the most trusted entertainment and news media brands in the world. It has been a pioneer in the development of new TV formats for all audiences and especially on kids’ programs with The BBC’s Children Hours as the first TV shows broadcasted in 1946.

Today, the brand continues to bring unique ideas and formats as it did then. ‘We are the biggest producer of original local content in the UK: we commission, develop and produce over 450 hours of originals every year for children from the ages of 0-12. Our aim is to create highly entertaining content that can also educate and inform children, we do this thru many different formats and genera’, initiated Patricia Hidalgo, BBC Director Children’s & Education.

‘We have a daily news program called Newsround that’s been on-air for the past 50 years, or the oldest running children’s live show magazine in the world celebrating this year 64 years old, Blue Peter. We produce specials and documentaries that help our audience make sense of the world around them, like Being Black and British which puts a light on racism, or Let’s talk about periods which looks at people’s attitudes towards them and why it’s important to open up the conversation’.

Series like My Life celebrates the lives of children in the UK and around the world, produced and directed by different small independent companies. Also, historical and contemporary dramas: ‘We launched the kids and family targeted live action period series Dodger which is a spin off from Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist. Comedy plays an important part of everything we do, live action and animation: we also make hilarious highly educative and innovative factual entertainment programs like Horrible Histories which teaches children UK and world history or Operation Ouch which teaches them everything about medicine, how their bodies work and their health’, she adds.

Lastly, edutainments like Numberblocks (teaches math to 3-6 years olds kids), Andy’s Wild Adventures (about the importance of the natural world and the conservation our planet’s biodiversity) and Baby Club (parents, careers and their babies can play, sing along and listen to stories together).

Outside TV, BBC has been at the Royal Albert Hall during the BBC Proms in London with a special live on-stage production of CBeebies A Sea Adventure featuring the hosts from the channel together with animation characters, accompanied by the Southbank Sinfonia Orchestra in front of a crowd of over 7.000 children and their families.

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It has also been at Globe theater with a live adaptation for preschoolers of Shakespeare’s play As you like it with 6.000 kids and their families attended this production. ‘Both real-life experiences have been recorded and will be available to our audiences on iPlayer and on the channel’, remarked Hidalgo

‘Despite the digital disruption and challenges TV is facing today, our linear channels CBeebies and CBBC are the two leading TV channels for children in the UK, and BBC iPlayer is the #1 local SVOD service for UK children, with 1.2 billion minutes consumed of our children’s programs in the last year’, added the executive.

BBC Childrens & Education reaches almost half (49%) of UK children aged 4-15 daily, with its linear channels CBBC for the oldest (7-12) and CBeebies for the youngest (0-6): ‘We are present on-line with digital platforms such as Bitesize, an education curriculum-based service for kids

from 5 to 15 years old which attracts 1.7 million users each week, whilst our edutainment CBeebies Apps for the little ones have 0.8 million users. On Facebook and Instagram, we have 1.7 million weekly accounts, our YouTube channels attract over 12 million weekly views and we are also on TikTok with 440,000 weekly visits’, she completed.

‘We have launched the initiative Ignite, which will look for creative ideas from the UK that can have international appeal to be produced as animated shows: +1.000 entries have been received and we have spent the past year working with the selected few which started at 40 and which are now down to nine. Three of them will be made into animated pilots and eventually commissioned into full series’, remarked Hidalgo

Lastly, she announced the 7+ docu-reality series Football Academy (15x28’) from Zig Zag Productions; the new live action drama A Kind of Spark (10x25’) from 9 Story Media Group about a bright autistic girl dreaming of acceptance; Game On Grandparents (Electric Robin, 10x20’), a game-show where girls and boys who dream of playing at an eSports tournament will get the chance to compete. And the original animated drama Digital Girl (26x22’) from Cyber Group Studios produced by A Productions in Bristol.

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Series like My Life celebrates the lives of children in the UK and around the world Horrible Histories teaches children UK and world history

Disney EMEA: ‘We want to innovate, surprise, connect and excite’

The Walt Disney Company EMEA goes through a great moment of its originals, which promote inclusion and diversity, from the local to the global market and vice versa. Prensario Kids & Teens interviewed Inés Ramos, Programming Director, Kids & Family, who highlighted the great moment of production and streaming in the region, and her upcoming projects.

‘In the audiovisual sector, in general, and Disney, in particular, we are experiencing a great moment in which storytelling and technology are going to be linked like never before. Work is underway to take storytelling to another dimension, as our CEO, Bob Chapek, highlighted at Expo D23: we are moving towards Next Generation Storytelling, a new stage that seeks to reach a third dimension by linking interactivity and content’, she described.

Regarding the region covered, she added: ‘In EMEA, and with all our territories having already launched Disney+, we continue to bet on the production of diverse content, with a special interest in telling local and relevant stories for each territory’.

In the coming months, the company will launch content in theaters and on the platform, but also on its linear channels: ‘For Disney Channel and Disney Junior, we

will have several new features for this recently inaugurated back to school. New Disney Junior animated series, produced by Disney Television Animation, include Eureka! with a protagonist girl who we present as the first female engineer in history and who fosters values such as curiosity and imagination; Firebuds (Rescue Team) where a patrol made up of two boys and a girl together with their vehicles, are in charge of responding and acting in emergency situations; or Kiya and the Kimoja Heroes, a new animated series developed by South African creators and inspired by the culture and traditions of this country.

For Disney Channel there are two new animated series: first, created by Laurence Fishburne, Marvel Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur, which follows the adventures of the superhero and genius Lunella Lafayette; and Hamster and Gretel animated series, developed by Dan Povenmire, one of the creators of Phineas and Ferb. ‘Also, for Kids, and a slightly younger target, we have just announced the production of two new originals from Europe, the chilling comedy The Doomies and the Japaneseinspired sports-themed series, Dragon Striker. Soon, Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire, an anthology of several science fiction animation stories developed by various African talents, will be released on Disney +, Ramos completed’.

‘At Disney Kids & Family EMEA we are looking for serialized animation series for K6-14, that push the limits of what would normally be understood as “Disney” content as well as content aimed at a preschool target, ideally family-based comedies, the school or other environments with which our audience can feel identified. We are also open to different co-production models,’ he summed up.

‘We are living in a great moment at the production level, in which local stories have become true global phenomena, many barriers have been broken down so that local voices can emerge and be heard much more forcefully than before. In this regard, we believe that the diversity and local strength of the talent behind these stories is key to truly maintaining TWDC

as a global entertainment company while also being relevant to local audiences’.

Ramos concluded: ‘We want to continue supporting local talent, of course including female voices, and help this talent reach a local and global audience with their stories. We want to innovate, surprise, connect and excite while being faithful to our tradition of storytellers’.

Inés Ramos, Programming Director, The Walt Disney Company, Kids & Family, Iberia & Regional EMEA

Eureka! and Kiya and the Kimoja Heroes, two projects for this year at Disney Junior

Created by Laurence Fishburne, Marvel Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur was produced for Disney Channel

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Crunchyroll: anime in a 360-degree experience

Crunchyroll is an independently operated joint venture between US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment and Japan’s Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyobased Sony Group Corporation. Launched in 2006, now the company hits 120 million users with 5 million being paid subscribers.

It is the most successful anime SVOD around the world with huge impact in the American continent, especially in Latin America where it has been in operation during the last decade. ‘Our community here is robust, passionate and dedicated. We moved from the TV screen to theaters, in partnership with Sony, video games with the interactive division, and consumer products in partnership with local gamers’, initiated Brady McCollum, head of international and global operations.

The company offers a diverse variety of experiences, including its streaming platform and library of anime series and movies, theatrical releases, live events such as Crunchyroll Expo, and activations at regional events such as La Mole and CCXP, consumer products, games, and more.

On the streaming side, the Crunchyroll Fan membership offers ad-free viewing and access to the library of

anime dubs and select series subtitled and/ or dubbed in Latin Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese when they premiere in Japan (simulcast). And Crunchyroll Mega Fan offers all the benefits mentioned plus the access to anime on the go with offline viewing and the ability to stream the app simultaneously on four different streams.

The company organizes “Dubbing Thursdays” with new dubbed episodes of fan-favorite series being released weekly, like Dragon Ball, To Your Eternity, and others. ‘When it was released, fans were so excited that they gathered on social media to watch it together. This is how the “Club de los Noctámbulos” was born and we eventually turned it into an official event with presenters and voice actors’, added McCollum.

Crunchyroll is bringing anime movies to theaters in Latin America in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment. ‘Earlier this year, we released the smash hit JUJUTSU KAISEN 0, and recently Dragon Ball Super: SUPER HERO, with the movies available both subtitled and dubbed in Latin Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese’, he commented

The interactive division also launched Crunchyroll Games which brought video games like Princess Connect! Re: Dive which has been particularly popular with its fans. ‘We work closely with local partners to deepen creative collaborations and thoughtful consumer products. In Argentina, Chile and Mexico, we have collaborated with Panini, Ivrea and Ovnipress to offer a wide variety of exclusive packaged consumer goods and social media activations. In Brazil, with Piticas on product lines for My Hero Academia, Attack on Titan, Yu Yu Hakusho, The Seven Deadly Sins, and JUJUTSU KAISEN, and with Foroni for Attack on Titan, My Hero Academia, and JUJUTSU KAISEN’, added McCollum.

‘Our Facebook page has more than 3.5 million followers and the YouTube channel almost 2 million. Facebook + YouTube Brazil have more than 2 million. In all the social media channels in Latin America, we exceeded 13 million followers,’ he completed.

Among the main contents of the service are BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS, One Piece and Overlord, along with the new

Among the new series arriving the next season are Chainsaw Man and BLUELOCK

BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS is one of the top shows on the platform

series that will arrive next season such as Chainsaw Man, BLUELOCK and Mob Psycho III. ‘We have 30-40 simulcast series each season and a vast catalog with +1,000 series across multiple genres, including Attack on Titan, Kaguya-sama: Love is War, Captain Tsubasa and more. Anime is diverse, there is always something for everyone. Spanishspeaking audiences are fascinated by classic and action-packed series, or with romantic elements.

Crunchyroll is focused on co-productions: ‘Back in 2020, we launched Onyx Equinox, a Mesoamerican story of destiny by Mexican creator Sofia Alexander. There are fans of the genre of all ages and genders, from adults who grew up watching Speed Racer in the ‘60s to kids who are still in their teens and have a passion for some of the biggest franchises in the world.

‘With so many options for entertainment, people need to choose wisely how they spend their time and budget. We offer a 360-degree experience and community with our localized approach: the depth of catalog and breadth of anime genres available, participation in events, movie premieres in theaters, merchandising alliances, and more’, concluded McCollum

Brady McCollum, head of international and global operations

Kids & Family: from pandemic to the future of the business

The Kids & Family trade shows that returned as physical events this year have shown record numbers: Quirino Awards (May, Spain), AnnecyMIFA (June, France) and the two editions of Kidscreen, the virtual one in March and the faceto-face last July. The key factors: the creation business acceleration, service diversification and new players appearing everywhere.

Prensario Kids & Teens has been following closely all these positive developments in the sector and each of its business lines. With focus on meeting each other again and resuming personal contact, the 2022 events have had a special energy that is reflected in the good moment of the children and youth programming industry around the world.

The creative community, platforms and broadcasters, plus the value chain services are

very active. And the main reason is because they have not stop during the pandemic: more content has been created, more alliances, distribution and production businesses have been generated, and more strategic coproduction agreements have been announced.

The emerging regions (Latin America, APAC, MENA) gained momentum, in quality and by improving processes, while the predominant markets (Europe, USA, Canada and some Asians) continued to demand content and this context helped the “wheel” to continue working normally.

Trends

The global animation is in good health. There are three main trends, which are consolidating. On the one hand, the targets: preschool and adults animation poles are strengthened, with the first attracting a greater number of projects especially from the large public broadcasters (Rai, ZDF, France TV, BBC), but also from Majors such as Warner Bros. Discovery that launched Cartoonito in Latin America and Asia; and the second is growing steadily within markets as USA and Canada such as Adult Swim, or in Europe with Tribes Media’ GLITCH (see special interview on the Premium section of this edition).

Second, topics and themes: heroines and female-lead characters stories, along with diversity, inclusion, ecology and the environment

The reality of the industry Creators, platforms and broadcasters plus service providers are highly active in this year’ market

The kids & family industry (except for the live action sector) did not stop during pandemic: more creations, alliances and distribution/production agreements

More strategic coproductions were born, confirming its the best way to “build bridges” among territories

Emerging regions (Latin America, APAC, MENA) made stronger developments, gaining quality and generating better processes.

Central markets (Europe, USA, Canada and som Asians) continued demanding contents, which allowed that the “Wheel” continue working almost with “normality”

stand out; edutainment is highly required, especially in the post-pandemic. And third, formats: although live action returns strongly after the pause in production, animation stands out strongly and gains audience (as in the case of animation for adults).

Created in collaboration with Samsung, #WORMAGEDDON follows the heroes and antiheroes of Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty as they team up against a global threat. The exhibition was presented from August 20 to September 11 at Fremont Street Experience, Las Vegas

THE REALITY OF THE KIDS & FAMILY INDUSTRY

A very strong Latin American and Spanish TV channels delegation at Quirino Awards 2022: Mariana Hidalgo, NTV (Chile), Yago Fandiño, RTVE (Spain); Silvana Orlandelli, Señal Colombia; Andrea Basilio, RTP (Portugal); and Cielo Salviolo, PakaPaka (Argentina)

Pandemic has accelerated the change that was already here of the way people is consuming content, and children are not an exception. Top European and Asian executives foresee longer running series, more seasons of successful shows to be green-light faster to deliver that volume that’s needed.

Another thing happening is that families are looking to have a reason to be together with their children, so family-targeted dramas, films and game shows are also very important. Lastly, and most importantly, is not to forget that they want to get fun, so comedy has always been king withing children.

Local stories have become true global phenomena, many barriers have been broken down so that local voices can emerge and be heard much more forcefully than before. We believe that the diversity and local strength of the talent behind these stories is key to truly maintaining TWDC as a benchmark global entertainment company while being relevant to local audiences.

New players, new businesses

Zigazoo is the largest social network for children in the world. Zak Ringelstein, CEO: ‘We offer a safe place for children to be creative and share their ideas. We have generated several NFTs for children, that is, digital toys to collect. We have partnered with Moonbug and Blippi (12 billion views on YouTube) will be available this week with exclusive content (behind the scene) on our platform.

OVFX is a VFX studio from Baltimore (USA) that presents five original projects at the event: three animations and two video games that will be released in 2023/2024. ‘We participate in tradeshows looking for partners and opportunities to grow internationally. We are very enthusiastic and with a good level of meetings’, said Walt Carter, VP.

The MCN Totoy Kids seeks to grow from the

USA to the Spanish-speaking market with a special focus on Mexico and Argentina: ‘Our hit José Comelón expands regionally after the premiere on Netflix. We are closing Pay TV agreements in Brazil, while generating alliances with new countries in Latin America and the USA. We have content in Russian, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Spanish, English, Portuguese and Arabic’, described Rafael Bezerra, international business development.

Among the novelties in US Hispanic, Canela Kids stands out, which was launched in two stages: first in August with new programming such as Cocomelon, Blippi, Blippin Wonders and Lellobee Farm (these last two are new to US Hispanic); and second in December with the complete app and new productions with four original projects. “The channel is 100% in Spanish: we want parents and children to watch the channel together and that Hispanic heritage be the pride of families’, explained Maggie Salas-Amaro Castellon, Director.

Edye, the renowned HITN OTT announced an agreement with The Jim Henson Company, which has produced the platform’s mascot puppet: ‘We are very excited to incorporate this new evolution into our content offering: “Ray” is a magical character who represents a large part of what Edye is and means for children and

parents’, emphasized Guillermo Sierra, head of Television and Digital Services.

Conclusions

Every year there are better business proposals within Kids & Family, especially in animation, but also in live action, which is regaining its strength after the pause in production caused by the pandemic. Animation, especially preschool, is the great engine with content aimed at edutainment and focusing on issues of inclusion, diversity and the environment.

Regarding the first two, there are several novelties: the presentation of the iCan app for special education from First Media (USA); the alliance between the Manabu Foundation and the Have Dreams specialized autism center to generate educational and entertainment content for children with ASD; and the Latinlab association (Argentina) that works to promote children’s rights and adolescents’ rights in Latin America through quality and respectful communication.

The future is auspicious and the perspective, of growth. Evolution is a characteristic feature of this industry that strengthens relations between central and emerging markets in a joint effort to generate new content proposals and business models. MIPJunior, the last major event in the sector this month, will enhance everything achieved in 2022. Pay attention and do not miss key opportunities.

New players, new businesses: Zak Ringelstein, CEO, Ziggazoo, Maggie Salas-Amaro Castellon, Director, Canela Kids, Guillermo Sierra, head of Television and Digital Services, HITN/Edye, and Rafael Bezerra, international business development, TotoyKids

Teletubbies, Let’s Go! is a brand-new CG-animated preschool series produced by WildBrain Spark’s digital studio bringing the successful live action show into this animated version

Business diversification at Kidscreen Summit: Ylka Tapia, El Reino Infantil (MCN), Jordan Warkol, OTTera (FAST), Juan Ambrosini, Renxo (technology), Laura Ghisiglieri, BB Media (consultancy & services), and Said Shwarz, First Media (production)

Canela Kids shares and celebrates Hispanic culture

With the success of Canela.tv , Canela Media decided to bet on children from 2 to 12 years old with Canela Kids , presented last August 16 as a linear and AVOD channel, and which is waiting for the launch of its app at the end of this year.

Lingokids: content for comprehensive education

Maggie Salas-Amaro Castellon, Director

Canela Kids is a 100% Spanish content space that offers curated and safe children’s content for children of all ages: ‘First we have recently launched new programming such as Cocomelon , Blippi , Blippin Wonders and Lellobee Farm (these last two are new to the US Hispanic); and second in December with the complete app and new productions with four original projects”, highlighted Maggie SalasAmaro Castellon , director.

On the first point, she added: ‘Last August we presented three new linear channels 100% in Spanish: first, Moonbug Kids from Moonbug Entertainment with CoComelon , Blippi , Little Baby Bum , My Magic Pet Morphle , T-Rex Ranch , Gecko’s Garage , ARPO and more. And two new titles: Blippi Wonders and Lellobee City Farm , which are available for the first time on a Hispanicfocused platform’

Recognized as “Best Learning App” at Kidscreen Awards 2022, Lingokids offers exclusive playlearning content in English focused on 2-8 years old children. It was launched in 2016 as an educational tool to teach the language, and it is currently the #1 educational app in more than 90 countries.

Cristóbal Viedma, CEO: ‘The free version allows users to play three activities per day, but the full experience is lived through the Unlimited version: paying around USD 15 a month, theyycan play all the activities unlimitedly, access the Parents and Progress Center, use the app on more than one mobile device and play without an Internet connection. Available on the App Store and Google Play, it is rated an average of 4.5 stars based on over 60,000 App Store reviews’.

‘We create a transversal content where we cover from “hard skills” to “soft skills”. Some of the subjects are English, Mathematics, Engineering, Physical Activity, Practical Life Skills, Social and Emotional Learning and Responsibility so that we can focus on a well-rounded education rather than just academics.’

Cristobal Viedma, CEO, Lingokids

Lingokids Memory Game, the first physical Lingokids product launched with Ravens burger and available on Amazon

Yo Soy, original production to be released soon

Second, Blue Ant Media ’s Love Nature brings audiences closer to the beauty and wonder of nature, sharing stories and shedding light on the struggle for survival in a changing world. And third, Mundo Pequeño , a preschool channel that features titles like Pocoyo , Rainbow Ruby , Robocar Poli and RAGGS

Salas-Amaro Castellon announced that Canela Kids is also developing originals, such as Yo Soy , an 8-episode series about pioneering Hispanic women whose life stories are told through motion graphics animation: Frida Kahlo, Sonia Sotomayor, Rita Moreno, Katya Echazarret, Isabel Allende, Selena and Rigoberta Menchú, advanced the executive.

‘For us it is very important not only to be a benchmark in the US Hispanic, but also in Latin America, where the media business is growing and especially streaming. We want to be a friendly place for Latino children and parents to share and celebrate Hispanic culture through a variety of content options’, she concluded.

‘Lingokids is built for boys and girls to have intrinsic motivators, as opposed to external validation, either by markers or leaderboards. The mission is to break down educational barriers and create equal opportunities for all children. More than 50 million families in the world use the app, with the USA and Mexico among the main markets, and with Europe and Latin America among its objectives’.

‘We have tripled the production of originals with more songs and new animations such as Curiosity Time, Sketches or I Know Nothing Also new songs and albums on Spotify, Apple Music or Amazon Music, as well as podcast Stories for Kids & Music to our Ears or Growin’ Up with a more active participation of the little ones.

Among the alliances, the one with Ravensburger stands out, leader in the toys and puzzles sector, launching its first physical product: Lingokids Memory Game, available on Amazon, and with whom it is preparing a catalog of new games for next year. ‘Or with UNICEF or Save the Children in the SCR field. Also campaigns with Samsung, Ikea, H&M and McDonald’s, Vips, or distribution of our content globally on Amazon Prime Video, Pluto TV or airlines such as Iberia, among others’, concluded Viedma.

Blippin Wonders, exclusive launch for the US Hispanic in Canela Kids

Clan builds bridges between targets NTV celebrated its first anniversary

Yago Fandiño, director of children’s content at RTVE, described the line of work for the coming years: reinforce the programming grid that allows it to build bridges between Clan and PlayZ, this is, between the main targets that are on both platforms.

Clan is a benchmark with global IPs such as Peppa Pig, Paw Patrol, Gus, the Little Knight, PJ Mask, SpongeBob, as well as local productions in which the corporation’s channel is involved as coproducer. ‘We cover all targets, from preschool to infant. Some of our programs reach up to 12 years. We are looking for content from all the targets in the market, and this year the goal is to find that programming that allows Clan to link with our OTT PlayZ, which reaches even university students’, Fandiño stressed.

Recognized as a general market trend, the executive clarified: ‘Although it is true that many want to reach larger targets, talking about Young Adult content is complex because it does not allow the audience to be easily defined. For example, the Italian animated series Strappare lungo i bordi on Netflix, reaches adults up to 30 years old. We need works that naturally build the bridge between targets. We have tried anime and manga, which work very well in Spain’.

International and local 2D and 3D preschool content is key on the grid: Mironins (Peekaboo) and Momonsters, or educational betting programs under development with the Ministry of Education, Learn with Clan. ‘We always look for contemporary content in design, characters and diversity, but one with meaning’, he stressed.

Lastly, he reflected: ‘We do not seek to force the concept, but to talk about diverse people, give them a voice and space in the media. If we don’t, we run the risk of showing the opposite. The multitude of colors does not imply integration. The market and those of us who are in it must show consistency in that aspect.

Fandiño concluded: ‘The challenge is not the content, but to improve creative and financing processes, and there it is essential to share experiences with the industry in Latin America. From Clan we can provide the know-how of how it is done in Europe, and help build alliances on this continent’.

NTV, TVN’s family cultural network from Chile, celebrated its first anniversary this year ranking as the most watched among children’s and cultural channels. Since its launch, it offers programming for the whole family and has been linked with organizations such as UNESCO and other public media in Latin America and the rest of the world.

Among the most relevant contents are the premiere of new episodes of Celeste; the telefilms La Isla de las Aves and Luisa y la Serpiente Plumada, No Exageres Enzo, and a new season of El Cosmos del Profe Maza. Also ¿Qué hay en la caja?, the second season of Manso Viaje, and, hosted by María Jimena Pereyra and Jorge Hevia, Conectados con Latinoamérica

Mariana Hidalgo, NTV Programming Director: ‘We are grateful for the audience’s reception. We know and understand the responsibility entrusted to us, valuing the existence of a channel that transmits culture, knowledge and entertainment to all ages’.

The cultural network has premiered 184 programs (742 hours: 70% family programs and 30% children) in its different blocks, of which 89% (164 programs) correspond to national production and 11% to international production (20 programs). Chilean contents are divided according to their origin: 34% were produced especially for the channel (internal and external production and co-productions); 21% national canning; 17% children’s CNTV bookstore; 16% donations and 12% TVN library with repetition on NTV

More than 10 million adults, children and adolescents have watched the network. On average, almost 125,000 people daily, and almost 900,000 children between the ages of 4 and 12, have watched the channel during its first year of operation. And according to a recent brand study, 70% of the people who have seen it value its family programming, and 45%, its innovative content.

NTV ranks first among cultural cable channels. In the annual average, third place among children’s cable, and since May 2022 it has led the ratings in this segment. ‘In just one year, we managed to be competitive in an already consolidated territory by summoning different audiences’, Hidalgo completed.

Yago Fandiño, director of children’s content at RTVE

Mariana Hidalgo, Programming Director

Yanko and Dina, a new Zinkia production for 6-8 years with RTVE as partner

Samuel from Pikkukala for Tweens

Celeste series premiered new episodes in August

¿Qué hay en la caja?

Banijay Kids & Family: focus on preschool Canary Islands: bigger investments and projects

Part of Banijay Kids & Family, Zodiak Kids & Family Distribution (UK) launches at MIPJunior/MIPCOM several brand-new animated series. From Zodiak K&F France and Animoka, France Télévisions and Rai (Italy) comes Mumfie, a delightful preschool series, based on the beloved Britt Allcroft creation that features an array of colourful characters that will delight young audiences.

After Pandemic, the Canary Islands started 2021 with great strength: there was a filming record with +150 productions, without counting advertising. ‘We are talking about an investment of more than €100 million’, underlined Natacha Mora Yanes, coordinator, who also predicted ‘better results’ for 2022.

The all-new animated comedy

The Unstoppable Yellow Yeti is produced by Zodiak K&F France and Gigglebug Entertainment, and shows the sleepy, snowy town of Winterton is turned upside-down for two 12-year-old cousins, when they befriend the wacky and hilarious yeti Gustav. Powerful sci-fi, live-action drama, Silverpoint, from Zodiak Kids & Family Productions UK follows a group of kids at a remote adventure camp, who discover something mysterious buried in the woods.

There is a second series of preschool 2D animation inspired on the classical Italian puppet from the ’60, Topo Gigio, from Movimenti Production

And a co-production between our labels Zodiak Kids & Family France and Monello Productions, Street Football is an iconic pillar of our catalogue. The new series takes viewers on a thrilling journey with some fresh team members, as they embark on their latest challenge – to enter qualifiers for the next Street Football world cup’.

Cécile Cau, SVP Sales, CoProductions and Acquisitions: ‘From comedy to drama, preschool to family, and animation to live-action, available in multiple languages, we have a brilliantly diverse catalogue for MIPJunior, especially with the recent additions of Kindle and Movimenti to our lineup, which helps us to be better positioned to meet the needs of our international buyers’.

‘By 1H 2023, we will host several more productions, also from Majors. The strategy to attract more projects is possible thanks to a very careful coordination between the islands. We are a fragmented territory, and the coordination of the strategy and audiovisual policy is essential for our positioning. It’s not just about offering good incentives, locations, connections, accommodation, but that everything works’.

There are two big news: ‘On the one hand, two new studios on Gran Canaria of 1,200 and 1,800sq2, respectively. In total, there are 6,000sq2 including services, dressing rooms, hairdressing and changing rooms. Promoted by the Cabildo de Gran Canaria through the local Sociedad de Promoción Económica, they are designed to host any type of filming and facilitate the processes,’ she described.

‘Also, a new initiative to promote the narration and filming of our own stories and/or shooting stories where the islands are a real location. This is the international lab IsLABentura Canarias, aimed at Spanish-speaking screenwriters. It is in the final phase that concludes with a pitch before national and international producers of recognized prestige by the scriptwriters’, Mora Yanes completed.

Animation is a key element in this universe: ‘We offer an attractive tax incentive for companies that want to establish here by taking advantage of the Canary Islands Special Zone (ZEC), which means being able to pay taxes at 4% in the corporate tax (vs. 21% on the Peninsula). This incentive has allowed that a bigger number of studios are being installed in the island. In addition, it is compatible with the incentives for audiovisual production of 50% - 45%’.

Pink Parrot reinforces its TV business

Created in 2018 by Marie Claude Beauchamp and Tania Pinto Da Cunha, Pink Parrot Media (Canada) specializs on live-action animation and family entertainment. Heading MIPCOM, it offers high quality CGI animated feature films with a strong narrative element, adventure, thrills and fun.

Recently, Snowtime and Racetime were released in cinemas all over the world, and Snowsnaps, sold to Disney + USA, Sky UK, Canal + France, Kika Germany, YLE Finland and Edye LatAm. The company has added the German series The Sleepy’s Dream Team from Bigchild Entertainment in association with Freebird Pictures

Begoña Esteban, Head of International TV Sales & Acquisitions: ‘We are promoting the 3D

animation series Butterfly Academy, based on the feature film Butterfly Tale. Comedy is the main value for clients, and diversity is what they want to see now too. It is highly important that the stories are credible and show good behavior and authenticity’.

‘We are a young company in the TV area with some projects in development and we are looking for partners. Also, for producers with very special titles that need help for distribution or financing’, she added.

‘We are focusing more on LatAm and Asia. We are in advanced talks to close our titles with local broadcasters, as well as in discussions with producers that have titles in development, distribution and/or co-productions’, concluded Esteban

Cécile Cau, SVP Sales, Co-Productions and Acquisitions, Zodiak Kids and Family Distribution

Mumfie from Zodiak Kids & Family France, Animoka, France TV and Rai

Natacha Mora Yanes, coordinator, Canary Islands Film

Momomonsters

Treasure Trekkers

Begoña Esteban, Head of International TV Sales & Acquisitions

Studio 100: Vegesaurs & FriendZSpace Mondo TV Studios: beyond animation

With new partnerships and to highlight its recent international sales, Studio 100 Media (Germany) returns to Cannes to promote at MIPCOM/ MIPJunior 2022 its comedy adventure, CGI animated series Vegesaurs

Led by Martin Krieger , CEO, the company has been announcing news, such as the recent agreement with Macmillan Children’s Book , who acquired the international publishing rights for this original series that follows a group of dinosaurs into unique vegetables creatures form, who invite to children to fruits and vegetables world.

The series was recently sold to CBeebies and for BBC streaming platform BBC iPlayer

In addition, it promotes the comedy and adventure series FriendZSpace (52x11’), and the CGI and ECO-tainment animation SeBelievers , where leads kids on an ECOadventure. Whether in the sea or on shore, the positive Sea Believers characters with their distinct seaweed hair, seashell nose, sea-colored eyes and webbed hands and feet, problem-solve and take action around key environmental issues.

To promote that second season is currently in pre-production, the company also highlights 100% Wolf, the hilarious story about a boy trying to find his way in a difficult world - one in which he is an outsider. As well as Mia and Me , the successful adventure of Mia and her friends in a magic land, which season 4 will be available next fall.

As for live action offer, Studio 100 Media brings to Cannes Game Keepers , where audience follows Mats & Sari when each time, they have to enter an unknown digital gaming world, play a game and defeat the mysterious GameMaster.

Mondo TV Studios records an increasingly higher volume of business that evolves year after year: ‘We operate within the entire value chain because we control the quality of what we produce in each phase of the project, and this gives us a differential’, underlined María Bonaria Fois, CEO.

‘Animation services represent 40.13% of our total income. We want to position ourselves as a benchmark in 2D and 3D CGI, and we have a team of specialized artists for each phase. We can work in several projects simultaneously and meet the needs of global partners and customers’, she said.

‘We closed a distribution contract with RAI for a fiction series and, in animation, with Canela Media (USA) for originals and IPs from our library. As creation is our heritage, we focus in coproductions such as Annie & Carola with Mondo TV S.p.A, MB Producciones, RTVE and with the participation of RAI Kids’.

Annie & Carola, coproductionwith Mondo TV S.p.A, MBProducciones, RTVE and theparticipation of RAI Kids

In Cannes, it highlights MeteoHeroes (S1: 52x7’ and S2: 52x13’), plus four TV movies and other developments; Nina & Olga (S1 52 x7’) with Enanimation; two series with Toon2Tango (Germany): Monster Loving Maniacs (52x11’) and Agent 203 (26x22’), as well as One Love (26x7’) with Mondo TV S.p.A and T-Rex Digimation. ‘And a new animated series that we distribute for the Italian prodco Brand Cross’, she completed.

‘We keep diversifying the activities in order to adapt to the market needs, especially on videogames and fiction series for different audiences. Inspired on MeteoHeroes S1, and along with Sony Spain and Gammera Nest we developed the first physical videogame to be launched this fall in several countries by Meridiem Games. Second, there are two fiction projects involving Spain and Italy that have very interesting perspectives’, she added.

Bonaria Fois concluded: ‘We want to spread our sources of incomes. We always aim to control the value chain, implementing a 360º vision and execution model. And, of course we seek for more alliances such as the agreement with Kenn Viselman for MeteoHeroes in the USA and Canada’.

Fairyon debuts at MIPJunior

Maria Doolan, SVP of Content at ZAG launches at MIPJunior the new animation series Fairyon. This brand new 13 x one-hour episodic series for kids and families explores the secret history of fairy tales, which reunites the creative team behind Miraculous. Nathanaël Bronn, who also serves as the art director for Miraculous, is the series creator and director; and Jeremy Zag, creator of the Miraculous Universe will produce.

Moreover, the company is presenting Miraculous – Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir S5, which will start to roll out this fall around the world with Globo and Disney Channel in LatAm as partners. Doolan underlined the company’s alliances, and expressed to be ‘excited’ about their partnership with Cross Creek Pictures: ‘We are co-producing a

Miraculous feature, and also the new animated musical feature Melody, created and directed by Jeremy Zag and starring singer, songwriter, and actress, Katy Perry’.

In addition, ZAG is presenting Ghostforce, an original comedy/action series for kids and families that follows three junior high school students who form a secret team to defend their city from the ghastly ghouls haunting it. Broadcasting partners include TF1 (France), Disney Channel EMEA, Japan, India, Russia and CIS, and Discovery Kids Latin America. ‘Our vision is to create content that anyone, anywhere, and any age, can relate to: we care about telling honest stories that help people to discover themselves through the story. We are working on new partnerships, while recruiting talent for the new 500-square foot studio in Paris’, she concluded.

María Bonaria Fois, CEO, Mondo TV StudiosMartin Krieger,

Maria Doolan, SVP of Content, ZAG

Toonz seeks new partnerships Sesame: legendary, multi-platform content

Toonz Entertainment (India) is looking forward to generating new alliances and partnerships around the world for its global projects. Listing out the new line up for MIPCOM/MIPJunior, Bruno Zarka, president of Distribution explained that his expectations in Cannes are high.

Already on HBO Max USA, Sesame Street Mecha Builders is this newest animated series from Sesame Workshop (USA), which is also being launched on Germany’s SUPER RTL, Australia’s ABC Kids, Japan’s U-Next, and Latin America’s HBO Max and Cartoonito

Bruno Zarka, President of Distribution of Toonz Entertaiment

‘Heading the slate is the hybrid CGI live action series Briko (52x’10), which is about two best friends, a boy and a rabbit and a mystery box that’s the source of oodles of DIY fun’, he said and added that two adventure preschool series: Zoonicorn (52x’7), where young animals are growing up together enter brilliant dreamscapes when faced with challenges, and Bubble Bath Bay (52x’11) that features best friends Sydney the Sailboat and Zip the Water Taxi as they learn how to ride the waves of life alongside their fleet of friends in bustling Bubble Bath Bay.

Other key titles are The Black Diamond Race (9x’60), a period adventure series settled in 1929 and focused on kids 9-12; Daisy Dew Drop and the Rainbow Garden (52x’11), a magical adventure for 4-7 years old kids combining CGI and live action; Swat Kats Revolution (26x’22), a reboot of the original Swat Kats series for 8+, created by Tremblay Brothers and Head Writer Greg Johnson; and Harold and the Bearsy Bears (52x’11), a daily lifestyle CGI series also from Tremblay Brothers that follows the ‘un-BEAR-lievable’ adventures of a helpful little bear with big ideas for spreading happiness and improving the lives of his fellow tiny Bearsy Bears.

Lastly, the character-driven upbeat comedy Sunnyside Billy (52x’11) created by the makers of Oggy & Cockroaches and Zig & Sharko; the adventure preschool series Paddypaws (52x’11) and Goldie & Friends (52x’11), the STEM and adventure comedy created by GoldieBlox founder Debbie Sterling and Head Writer Scott Peterson.

Whit Higgings, SVP, International Media & Education, and Global Distribution: ‘Behind the TV series, we created a multi-platform strategy that included a presence on Roblox: players solve a series of STEM-focused puzzles in a multi-level adventure mirroring the three locations in the series. It’s such a great opportunity to extend the learning of the series’.

He added: ‘Sesame Street evolves into specials such as Elmo and Tango’s Furry Friends Forever, Monster at the End of This Story. Fans will also enjoy the classic The Nutcracker retold Sesame Street-style starring Elmo and his new puppy Tango. We are also promoting Sesame Street’s S53 is devoted to helping children grow up with a healthy self-identity and sense of belonging’.

Produced by Rockefeller Productions, Sesame Street: The Musical is opening this month in New York City: ‘Earlier this year, we launched the first Sesame Street-themed educational play center with AVECS Creative Group in Korea, Sesame Street Learn & Play, in an interactive location-based experience for young children. We are in conversations to open EPCs in USA and other countries. Celebrating Sesame Street’s 50th anniversary in Japan, with NeoSpace and Sony Creative Products, it debuted the “Hello” traveling exhibit, which highlights the show’s most memorable moments and on-going significance.

‘We’re about to kick off our 50th anniversary in Germany, where the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (MK&G) is unveiling a major exhibition titled “Sesamstrasse: 50 Years and Counting” in 2023. Across an area of 700sq2, visitors will be invited to immerse themselves into the world of our beloved characters. Created in cooperation with NDR, it will also highlight the design of the puppets, sets, costumes, props and music pieces’, commented Higgins

Lastly, Just Play becomes Sesame’s multi-territory master toy licensee for North America, Latin America and EMEA in 2023, manufacturing and marketing several products including preschool play patterns and categories like plush, figures, playsets, vehicles, role play/dress up, bath, and learning toys.

Zinkia: Pocoyo’s fifth season

Through its general director, Víctor López, the Spanish iconic prodco Zinkia launches at MIPJunior Pocoyo’s fifth season, which has been renewed in terms of design and storytelling.

‘We are going to incorporate some changes in the design of the characters, and we will also welcome a new member of the strip, Pocoyina, Pocoyo’s sister’, said López, who specified that the series incorporates aesthetic changes, such as

the use of mixed media of animation, and in its narrative structure.

‘We continue to work hard to continue developing and expanding the Pocoyo universe in more territories’, added López. He highlighted a recent alliance with a university in Spain to direct an educational project with the franchise of the beloved and curious child. Regarding the content strategy with the platforms, the executive specified that he is still dedicated to Pocoyo’s YouTube channel, which already has more than 11 million subscribers: ‘Our YouTube channel is one of our strengths as a brand, and we intend continue to strengthen it,’ he said.

On the other hand, López reported that Zinkia renewed deals with several VOD and TV channels for the supply of content, among which are HBO Max and Cartoon Network USA and Latam; HBO EMEA and Africa; Disney+ in the USA, and also Netflix

Zinkia/KOYI: Lorena Rocafort, TV, VOD & Apps Senior Sales Manager, Eduardo Garagorri, head of revenue and business development, Víctor López, general manager, and Israel Tamayo, business development

Swat Kats Revolution (26x’22) is a reboot of the original Swat Kats series for 8+

Sesame Street Mecha Builders

Whit Higgins, SVP, International Media & Education and Global Distribution

Peekaboo, “Producer of the Year” at Cartoon Tributes

Barcelona-based studio Peekaboo Animation was awarded as “Producer of the Year” at the competition organized during Cartoon Forum in Toulouse in September 19-22, an edition that has spotlighted Animation From Spain and the potential of the country players.

Grafi2000: King Shakir, a true 360-degree animation

Grafi2000 (Turkey) bets again at MIPJunior/MIPCOM with the most popular childrens band on Cartoon Network Turkey, King Shakir (200x’11), which has breaking sales records for licensed products targeted at kids of 6-9 years old.

‘Its second film has broken box office records, and the third, The Recycle, will be released in theaters after the pandemic. There are also two TV Movies broadcast on Exxen Turkey’, described Varol Yasaroglu, co-founder.

Christophe Goldberger (GoldBee), Tina Debertin (KiKA), Sebastian Debertin (KiKA), Ivan Agenjo (Peekaboo Animation), Javier Galan (Peekaboo Animation), Annick Maes (Cartoon Forum)

The company led by Iván Agenjo, executive producer, presented their new 2D show during the event, called Best Friends Forever... Stranded!, a mix of comedy and adventure for kids 7+ but putting friendship at the heart of the story. ‘Together to some other titles in development, Peekaboo is now involved in a slate of projects that positions the company as an important player of the European industry’, underlined Agenjo.

Spanish animation prodco has already finished titles such as I, Elvis Riboldi, sold to 140 countries, My Little Heroes and Mironins ‘This one was released in Canada in September through Knowledge Network and we are looking for other broadcasting partners in the North and South American regions’, concluded the executive

On King Shakir, the audience meets the lion family, their best friend elephant and neighbors of all kinds of animals are chasing a different adventure on each episode; sometimes on their neighborhood in Istanbul sometimes in a lost galaxy... Lots of humor and strong family/friend relations…

All time box-office record on animation in 2019 with second movie, surpassed all international competitors such as Frozen, Cars, Ice Age… it is also a best-selling book title, best kids show in YouTube. ‘Many licensed products with more than 3,500 SKUs, licensees such as P&G, Hilton, Johnson&Johnson have been launched. Although it is not a preschool character, it is equally loved by both boys and girls’, added the CEO.

Yasaroglu continued: ‘Since Turkey is right on the cross-road of Europe and Asia, King Shakir has a story telling and humor that has a global appeal. The market knows the success of Turkish dramas and now with this annimation series we are ready to meet the families from all around the world and create new success story with animation’.

‘Recently we have launched our third movie on Disney + instead of movie theaters. They have made a huge marketing investment and we are so happy to see that it payed off. With more than 200 episodes, the series is a great show but more above this we are happy to see that it is not just a kid show any more King Shakir is now a complete brand with huge variety of merchandise, theme parks, live-shows publishing etc’, concluded the company’s CEO.

reignites well-known brands

Wildbrain (Canada) draws on its extensive catalogue to reignite well-known brands, such as Teletubbies, Strawberry Shortcake and Caillou, while it pushes new projects at MIPJunior and for the following years.

‘Families are gravitating towards content they trust and are familiar with’, initiated Rebecca Lugo, sales manager, USA/USH and LatAm, and she exemplified with preschool series, Caillou, including 5 brand-new seasonal specials, multiple seasons of digital shorts, and a new CG-animated series delivering next year, as well more diverse content that portrays the world like Carmen Sandiego Classics as Teletubbies and Strawberry Shortcake

are enjoying success worldwide across multiple verticals. ‘We’ve just launched Ruby and the Well S2, a lovely drama about family, understanding and supporting each other, the live-action spinoff film of the Life with Derek franchise, Life with Luca (Shaftesbury) and family drama series Malory Towers, in partnership with King Bert Productions’, she said.

‘In animation, five half-hours to the popular new series Summer Memories (A&N Productions, Aircraft Pictures and Yeti Farm Creative), Sunrise Productions’ popular franchise, Jungle Beat and their second feature length movie, Jungle Beat 2: The Past to market’, concluded Lugo.

Rebecca Lugo, Sales Manager, USA, US Hispanic

LatAm

Popular preschool series Caillou

King Shakir

Varol Yasaroglu, co-founder, Grafi2000

Diversity and inclusion enhance global animation

Two of the main drivers of the worldwide animation sector have been diversity and inclusion. While the industry players bet strongly on content that reflect stories about kids with different capacities, tradeshows organizers are giving more space on conferences and awards. Prensario Kids & Teens replicates in this report some comments from key executives across Europe and America about their perspectives on these concepts.

Myriam Ballesteros is the president of Woman in Animation (MIA) that for the second year launched MIANIMA 22, a mentoring program for feature film projects and animated series in the development phase led by screenwriters, directors and producers from Spain and Latin America. The initiative counted with the support of Netflix, the ministry of Culture of Spain and the collaboration of EGEDA, CIMA IMPULSA and Weird Market

‘We seek that the female talent of IberoAmerican animation has a space of relevance in the industry. We are deepening the training work, expanding the time dedicated to the script phase and adding commercial bible tutorials,

which is key for the sale. We want to give visibility to women’s work and add more partners to MIA,” said Ballesteros.

Among its juries are Manuel Cristóbal, audiovisual producer and consultant, member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of the United States and Spain: ‘Animation is always more complex to produce, but, on the other hand, narratively, it is what gives greater freedom to the creator. What interests me most is to expand those borders and find that talent’, he opined.

Also, Daniela Vieira, former content strategy & development, production and business, Netflix: ‘We are going through a very sensitive and particular moment in Latin America. For one thing, streamers don’t make robust investments in animation like they do in live action. And on the other hand, the consolidation between global companies (Warner Bros Discovery) further reduces the space for local creators to act’.

Interviewed by Prensario Kids & Teens for this MIPJunior edition, Patricia Hidalgo, BBC Director of Children & Education, commented: ‘We are committed to diversity and inclusion across all our content, in front and behind the camera, we have set aside a budget of £300.000 to support the inclusion of talent to work in our shows that come from underrepresented groups’.

Also, from EMEA, Inés Ramos, Programming Director, The Walt Disney Company, Kids & Family, Iberia & Regional EMEA, who said: ‘We are experiencing a great moment at the production level, in which local stories have become true global phenomena, many barriers have been broken down so that local voices can emerge and be heard much more forcefully than before. In this sense, we believe that the diversity and local strength of the talent behind these stories is key to truly maintaining TWDC as a benchmark

global entertainment company while being relevant to local audiences’.

Christine Noel, Executive Producer, French Program Animation Studio, NFB (Canada), concluded: ‘I’ve been developing creative relationships with several new voices. We’ve been seeking distinctive graphic looks and personal artistic visions of animation from creators who have rarely or never worked with us. We have made sure to maintain gender parity among directors. We are committed to ensuring representation of racialized, indigenous, and LGBTQ2+ communities, as well as neurodivergent individuals, in accordance with the NFB’s commitments and goals of diversity, equity, and inclusion’.

Disney EMEA’ Inés Ramos, NFB’s Christine Noel and BBC’s Patricia Hidalgo

On CAKE & CBeebies’s ground-breaking, transformative and entertaining, the autistic Pablo uses his magic crayons to turn his life challenges into fantastic adventures

US families recognize themselves in 9 Story & PBS’s Rosie’s Rules amazing, Mexican-American and culturally-diverse extended family

Silex Films and France TV’ Brazen portraits of 30 women, each revolutionary in their own way

MIA’s Myriam Ballesteros (center) with Manuel Cristóbal, audiovisual producer and consultant, and Daniela Vieira, former content strategy & development, production and business, Netflix

Matthew Romano, Brand Partnership Lead, Dave Yang, Head of Partnerships, and Zak Ringelstein, CEO, from the kids social media Zigazoo Yago Fandiño, head of kids contents, and Eduardo Calvo, sales and licencies, RTVE (border) with Vicente Carrasco and Inma Blázquez from Spanish producer Zip Zap

Robert Unger, co-owner and executive producer, Line by Line Media Inc., Gregory Rebejcko, Translations.com, Yolanda Yott, executive producer and director of development, Beachwood Canyon Productions Inc., and Ani Poghosyan, COO y producer, Bimi Boo Kids Inc.

Latin American animation producers: Gabriel García, CEO, and Marcio Shima, business development, de Hype Studio (Brasil) with Milton Guerrero, director general, Red Animation Studios (Perú)

Josh Fisher, Kids Media Creative Executive, Content Creator, Producer, I Josh Around, with Jef Brustrom, VP Kids, Family & Animation, and Daniel Kendrick, Director of Development & Production, Animation/Kids & Family de IDW Entertainment

The Brazilian delegation at Kidscreen Summit, supported in 2022 by Brazil Games, the videogames developement program from Abragames

Sergio Iribarne, production director, Guillermo Pino, president, and Juan Tonelli, General Manager, Smilehood (Argentina) wih Valentina Verde, programming coordinator, Semillitas from SOMOSTV

Said Schwarz, director general, First Media Americas

Ylka Tapia, content acquisitions, El Reino Infantil, Jordan Warkol, senior director of business development, OTTera, Juan Ambrosini, COO, Renxo, Laura Ghisiglieri, global development & marketing manager, BB Media, and Said Shwarz, director general First Media

Carlos Biern, content and distribution director, y Diego Ibáñez Belaustegui, Chief Brand Officer, DeAPlaneta Kids & Family (border), Laura Montero, sales executive, RTVE, and Laura Ghisiglieri, global development & marketing manager BB Media

Team from VlogBox Oleksandr Zakrevskyi and Anna Koicheva

Edye/HITN and its new puppet Ray: Erika Vogt-Lowell, director of programming and acquisitions, Maximiliano Vaccaro, VP Digital Services, and Guillermo Sierra, Head of Television and Digital Services

OVFX Studio launched five original projects at Kidscreen: Adriana Velázquez, Showrunner, Tyria Murphy, Lead Clean Up Artist, and Walt Carter, VP

Beatriz Tompsom, Senior Acquisitions and Co-Productions Manager, LatAm, Warner Bros Discovery, nd Nicolás Valdés, Director, Circular Media (Uruguay)

Animation from Spain: Beatriz Marfa, Francisco Garzón, Teresa Martín, Diana Bueno, Enrique López, all from ICEX Spanish Trade and Investment, and the Commercial Office of Spain in Miami

Cristiana Buzzelli, SVP Content & Licensing, and Rich Magallanes, content creator/consultant, Rainbow (Italia) with Bruno Zarka, president of distribution, Toonz Entertainment (India)

LiLiam Hernandez and Ana Castillo, from Universal Cinergia with Daniel Rodríguez, CEO, Itoydani Corporation (center)

Laura Gagliesi, director, Animar Cluster (Argentina) with Anne-Sophie Vanhollebeke, president and Alfio Bastiancich, VP of the italian animation producer association Cartoon Italia

Lorena Rocafort TV, VOD & APPS Senior Manager, Zinkia and Francesco Miceli, Head of Content Distribution Partnerships, The Soul Publishing