Theresa Dillon
Next to originals, anime and Web tops the list for Cartoon
NEWSCartoon Network has 25 series pilots in development and 120 new episodes of continuing shows ordered. The numbers represent a one-third increase over last year’s development slate, says Dea Perez, VP of programming. Perez says the first priority is originals. This…
Feisty Eloise plans two-phase merch offensive
NEWSIt’s been 45 years since author Kay Thompson and illustrator Hilary Knight first let the naughty but charming six-year-old loose to torment the staff and patrons of New York’s Plaza Hotel. And now, just under two years since Thompson’s death, movie,…
Mass-market Gundam Wing goods soar State-side
NEWSRiding a slow grassroots swell of interest that saw U.S. teens satisfying their Gundam fix with model kits ordered from Japan, Bandai America is finally ready to take the Gundam Wing merch program to the U.S. mass market….
The Education Market: the next frontier for kids’ producers?
NEWSSitting still is not an option in the kids biz. Success demands frenetic searching for the next big money maker and in the last few years the education market has piqued the interest of more than a few entertainment companies….
Dragon Tales:
NEWSAt first glance, the Dragon Tales team seems an odd marriage. On the one side is Children’s Television Workshop (CTW), the 30-year-old, not-for-profit icon that has made its mark with several generations of kids to whom it taught the ABCs. On…
Kids music biz hits a sour note
NEWSDespite some high profile releases last year with the Rugrats and Prince of Egypt soundtracks, the love child of the kids products spectrum-the audio category-is running frighteningly behind at retail….
Rotten Ralph claws his way to an international licensing launch
NEWSBook properties have long provided fertile pickings for the children’s animated world, and yet another has entered the ranks. Rotten Ralph, based on the book series illustrated by Nicole Rubel and written by Jack Gantos, features Ralph, an innocently mischievous and…
BKN taps into sci-fi and mystery with Roswell Conspiracies
NEWSThe X-Files’s Fox Mulder will no longer have to search for the truth alone. BKN is hoping its animated Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths & Legends will ride on the same wave of paranoia that drives Mulder, and that the show`s sci-fi…
Selling to the tween girl market
NEWSA gaggle of girls, all under five feet tall, move through the chartreuse-colored store. They call to each other over the music, lounge on the couches, giggle, try on clothes and look at nail polish. It’s like a public slumber party….
Editor’s Notes: Changing of the Guard
NEWSThirty-one issues ago in January 1996, Mark Smyka, then KidScreen’s editor and now our executive editor, wrote in that premiere issue, ‘The greatest idea, no matter how dazzling in concept, will not succeed if it is not equally brilliant in its…
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