CONTENTS

MATTEL’S RICHARD DICKSON The president and COO of Mattel highlights the crucial role IP plays in the company’s overall brand-building strategies.

WILDBRAIN’S ERIC ELLENBOGEN The vice chair and CEO of the leading kids’ and family content indie shares how he is guiding the company through a fast-changing marketplace.

BANIJAY KIDS & FAMILY’S BENOÎT DI SABATINO The CEO of Banijay Kids & Family lays out his growth strategy for the company, which includes a dedicated distribution and commercial arm and production labels across Europe.

TV KIDS PIONEER AWARD: FRANCESCA NEWINGTON The director of the Narrative Entertainment-owned POP Channels highlights her content strategy at the U.K. portfolio of services.

THE DECISION-MAKERS Sky Kids’ Lucy Murphy, Paramount U.K. & Ireland’s Louise Bucknole, TFO’s Marianne Lambert and Future Today’s David Di Lorenzo articulate their acquisition strategies.

9 STORY MEDIA GROUP’S VINCE COMMISSO 9 Story Media Group’s president and CEO highlights his strategy for building on the company’s successes and further expansion.

CHRIS NEE The creator of the breakthrough show Doc McStuffins and a slew of other titles via an overall deal with Netflix on innovation in preschool narrative techniques, the keys to encouraging co-viewing and her work in driving forward diversity and inclusion in children’s media.

SPOTLIGHT: U.K. & IRELAND Jetpack Distribution’s Dominic Gardiner, Serious Kids’ Genevieve Dexter, Monster Entertainment’s Andrew Fitzpatrick, Sixteen South’s Colin Williams and Magic Light Pictures’ Muriel Thomas in a conversation about British and Irish animation.

INSIDE GABBY ’S DOLLHOUSE Traci Paige Johnson and Jennifer Twomey offer an inside look at the process behind making the hit DreamWorks Animation series Gabby ’s Dollhouse

MONEY MATTERS CAKE’s Ed Galton, Guru Studio’s Frank Falcone, DeAPlaneta Entertainment’s Carlos Biern and Big Bad Boo Studios’ Shabnam Rezaei offer their insights on how to cobble together the financing on shows.

STAR TREK: PRODIGY ’S NEW FRONTIERS Kevin and Dan Hageman discuss making the first animated series for kids set in the beloved Star Trek universe.

MAKING SENSE OF YOUTUBE Strategies for harnessing the power of YouTube and other free video platforms in serving young viewers are debated by Entertainment One’s Yannick Ferrero, pocket.watch’s David B. Williams, Cloudco Entertainment’s Sean Gorman and Genius Brands International’s Paul Robinson.

THE JIM HENSON COMPANY’S HALLE STANFORD The president of television at The Jim Henson Company talks about how the outfit places “humor, heart and hope” at the center of every show it produces.

KIDOODLE.TV’S STREAMING EDGE Brenda Bisner, the chief content officer at the platform, reveals what’s driving its usage gains across multiple markets and platforms.

GETTING CREATIVE Sesame Workshop’s Kay Wilson Stallings, Nelvana’s Athena Georgaklis, Cyber Group Studios’ Ira Singerman and Boat Rocker’s Shaleen Sangha share their approaches to crafting development slates that meet the needs of all players in the market.

FIRST DAY ’S FIRSTS Creator Julie Kalceff and producer Kirsty Stark showcase how the Australian live-action series is breaking barriers in its representation of transgender kids.

SMARTER KIDS Dandelooo’s Emmanuèle Pétry-Sirvin, Toonz Media Group’s Bruno Zarka and The itsy bitsy Entertainment Company’s Kenn Viselman deliver lessons on successfully incorporating curricula and important social themes in kids’ content.

EMMA WATKINS The singer, dancer and actress who rose to fame as a member of The Wiggles talks about her new series, Emma Memma: Sing. Dance. Sign.

IN-DEMAND: EDUTAINMENT & DIVERSITY & INCLUSION Shows that put edutainment and diversity and inclusion front and center.

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