French-Spanish group Amuse Animation – with hubs in Paris, London, Beijing and the Canary Islands – has recently inked broadcasting deals for Latin America and Middle East/North Africa, for over 540 episodes of its popular YouTube shows, including “Shark Academy,” “Miliki Family,” “RoboFuse,” “AnimaCars” and “Increditales.”
Founded in 2014 by Arthur Lener, Amuse Animation began as a multi-channel network (McN) supplying third-party content to YouTube and soon began producing shows for global pre-school audiences. Fueled in part by the pandemic, many pre-school viewers have migrated to YouTube and linear broadcasters are interested in bringing them back by acquiring content from digital-first studios.
Amuse Animation has embraced what it calls a 360º content strategy, combining digital and broadcasting content. It is repackaging its extensive library of shows – mainly short format of five minutes or less per episode – to secure deals with linear broadcasters.
This spring it plans to launch a dedicated multi-region fully localized...
Founded in 2014 by Arthur Lener, Amuse Animation began as a multi-channel network (McN) supplying third-party content to YouTube and soon began producing shows for global pre-school audiences. Fueled in part by the pandemic, many pre-school viewers have migrated to YouTube and linear broadcasters are interested in bringing them back by acquiring content from digital-first studios.
Amuse Animation has embraced what it calls a 360º content strategy, combining digital and broadcasting content. It is repackaging its extensive library of shows – mainly short format of five minutes or less per episode – to secure deals with linear broadcasters.
This spring it plans to launch a dedicated multi-region fully localized...
- 1/23/2024
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
French kids entertainment company Millimages has announced it is renewing with Netflix for Seasons 2, 3 and 4 of its hit series “Molang”, already picked up by co-producers TF1 and Canal+.
“Molang” will be rolling out in all territories except Scandinavia and China from Nov. 1, said Millimages general manager Marina Narishkin, adding that the deal bore testimony to the fluffy character’s popularity with audiences of all ages and from all continents.
“‘Molang’ is not just watched by children, our target audience is 15 to 30-year olds, the young co-parents. We’re not making packaged goods for children. “Molang” supports kindness, it’s a character that is non gender specific: That’s really important, and it was done way back, not just because it’s the fashion,” she added.
“That’s what I love about Millimages: These [themes] they put on the block way before they are popular. Take “Les Lascars” (English title: “Homiez”): It was about diversity,...
“Molang” will be rolling out in all territories except Scandinavia and China from Nov. 1, said Millimages general manager Marina Narishkin, adding that the deal bore testimony to the fluffy character’s popularity with audiences of all ages and from all continents.
“‘Molang’ is not just watched by children, our target audience is 15 to 30-year olds, the young co-parents. We’re not making packaged goods for children. “Molang” supports kindness, it’s a character that is non gender specific: That’s really important, and it was done way back, not just because it’s the fashion,” she added.
“That’s what I love about Millimages: These [themes] they put on the block way before they are popular. Take “Les Lascars” (English title: “Homiez”): It was about diversity,...
- 9/19/2022
- by Lise Pedersen
- Variety Film + TV
Driven by French animation and documentaries, the foreign investment and international sales of French TV programs were up 18% to €325 million ($384 million) in 2019, the second highest score ever.
The figures were jointly unveiled by France’s National Film Board and the promotion org TV France International during the 26th edition of the Rendez-Vous Biarritz, which kicked off virtually on Sept. 6.
Foreign sales of French programs alone were up 12.8% to $219 million, while global deals tripled over the last five years to reach a record level of $50 million, bolstered by global platforms. The rise of worldwide deals concerned animation, as much as fiction and documentaries.
The biggest increase came from international co-productions which skyrocketed by 44% to break a 10-year record, especially for animated programs and documentaries.
Overall, international investment, including pre-sales, were up 7.6%. French animation reached an all-time record in foreign sales to $91.4 million and accounted for 40% of all sales. The U.S.
The figures were jointly unveiled by France’s National Film Board and the promotion org TV France International during the 26th edition of the Rendez-Vous Biarritz, which kicked off virtually on Sept. 6.
Foreign sales of French programs alone were up 12.8% to $219 million, while global deals tripled over the last five years to reach a record level of $50 million, bolstered by global platforms. The rise of worldwide deals concerned animation, as much as fiction and documentaries.
The biggest increase came from international co-productions which skyrocketed by 44% to break a 10-year record, especially for animated programs and documentaries.
Overall, international investment, including pre-sales, were up 7.6%. French animation reached an all-time record in foreign sales to $91.4 million and accounted for 40% of all sales. The U.S.
- 9/9/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
French programs have brought in €276 million ($304.7 million) from international sales and foreign investment through co-productions in 2018. It marks the third highest performance of the last 25 years, according to a study unveiled by the French National Film Board, or Cnc, and TV France International.
Sales of French programs alone accounted for $190 million (compared with €205 million last year), driven by animation and fiction shows. The report, unveiled during the Rendez-Vous With French Cinema hosted by TV France International in Biarritz, also said that the rise of international streaming services has bolstered the sales of French TV programs, in particular animation and crime series such as “Baron noir,” which was acquired by Amazon U.K., HBO Go Scandinavia and Spain and Ivi in Russia.
Dominique Boutonnat, the new president of the Cnc, said the export of French TV programs has been thriving in spite of the competitive marketplace. “It is key to continue...
Sales of French programs alone accounted for $190 million (compared with €205 million last year), driven by animation and fiction shows. The report, unveiled during the Rendez-Vous With French Cinema hosted by TV France International in Biarritz, also said that the rise of international streaming services has bolstered the sales of French TV programs, in particular animation and crime series such as “Baron noir,” which was acquired by Amazon U.K., HBO Go Scandinavia and Spain and Ivi in Russia.
Dominique Boutonnat, the new president of the Cnc, said the export of French TV programs has been thriving in spite of the competitive marketplace. “It is key to continue...
- 9/10/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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