The first season of Backyard Beats has been nominated for Best Mixed-Media Series at the 2021 Kidscreen Awards. TVO has greenlit a second season, featuring even more DIY instrument projects, to the tune of big-name musical guests and talented Junior Jammers!
BGM Inc. is partnering with sister company Oasis Animation to develop the animated series Riley Rocket, an action-packed, rocking comedy about Riley and her band mates, who are secret superheroes that use the power of their music to save the day.
The animated series Denis and Me launched in November on YouTube and December on CRAVE Canada through the CMF-SRF Kids Digital Animated Series Program. It currently has over 15 million views and close to 300K followers! Season 2 is now in production with support from Wildbrain.
Having acquired the global rights for Dollicious last year, K6 Media Group is developing an exciting 360 brand strategy for the IP which includes publishing, toys, an animated series, TV specials and more.
The group has also just launched their publishing house, K6 Editions, that will be launching the Dollicious comic book series this year and is publishing the latest volume of the successful Canadian comic series, Biodome.
Cutie Pugs won a YMA Award, a W3 Award and a 2020 Kidscreen Award, and received its second nomination for a Prix Jeunesse. It was one of the most-viewed preschool series on both Hop! Channel Israel and Hopster UK, and is selling to a raft of new international partners.
Hopster Head of Content Ellen Solberg promoted Cutie Pugs in a December 2020 Worldscreen interview as one of its most-viewed preschool series. Sharon Moverman, Director of Acquisitions at Hop! Channel Israel also cited Cutie Pugs as one of its top-viewed preschool programs.
Little Engine launched a summer Creator Preschool Pitch Initiative which received over 60 submissions from across the country. Two animated properties by female creators were optioned and are in active development: Camp Coup and Tiny and Tall. They are being actively tracked by international broadcasters, and Little Engine is entering into follow-up meetings at Kidscreen Summit.
Marika was nominated for a 2020 Prix Gmeaux for Best Original Program or Series Produced for Digital Media: Fiction, and Nicolas Germain-Vien was nominated for Best Male Performance for a Program or Series Produced for Digital Media: Youth (as part of Marika 2). Season 4 will be available on the ICI TOU.TV platform starting in February 2021.
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