Thursday, July 3, 2008

Little Airplane's Bird takes off
Little Airplane Productions has been spreading its wings in the UK for seven months now and the big payoff came this week with the premier of its co-pro 3rd and Bird on CBeebies. (more)

Adness taps m4e to rep Kamen
Japanese-based kids entertainment company Adness Entertainment has named German brand management and media company m4e AG to rep broadcast, home entertainment, licensing and merch rights in German-speaking territories for the live-actioner Kamen Rider Dragon Knight. (more)

ITV commissions literacy series
ITV has commissioned the literacy based 13 x 10-minute series Bookaboo!. (more)

One-liners: Noteworthy news nuggets
• With 20 years under its belt, Canadian net YTV wants to mark the occasion on Monday, August 11 to Sunday, August 17 from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. with a slew of retro-programming. Eps of Rugrats and Rocko's Modern Life Reboot: Daemon Rising and Dragonball will air throughout the week.

• ABC Family's new original series, The Secret Life of the American Teenager scored a strong debut, reeling in 1.7 million US viewers in the 12 to 34 demo and stands as the net's most-watched original series premiere ever with 2.8 million total viewers.

Calon tackles bullying
Cardiff, Wales-based animation house Calon has brought in award-winning animation graduate Tom Brown to work on its latest project Your Choice, a film about bullying, bigotry and prejudice in the schoolyard. (more)

• Neopets founders launch new studio (Gamesindustry.biz)
• Study refutes Long Tail theory of web (Wall Street Journal)
• Sony pulls PS3 updates after problems reported (Washington Post)
• SAG situation stalled (Variety)