All CBeebies articles – Page 28

  • In The Night Garden
    News

    BBC seals £25.5m cash boost for kids

    2009-10-23T14:01:00Z

    The BBC Trust has rubber stamped an extra £25.5m for the BBC’s children’s budget over the next three years - money that will be used to improve online audio services and regain lost audiences on BBC1 and the CBBC website.

  • Humpty Dumpty
    News

    BBC 'dumptying down' nursery rhymes

    2009-10-19T08:47:00Z

    The decision to “dumpty down” children’s nursery rhymes for “creative reasons” has been defended by the BBC.

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    News

    Cosgrove Hall on the brink

    2009-10-09T15:03:00Z

    Cosgrove Hall Films, the children’s animation studio behind Danger Mouse and Count Duckula, is facing an uncertain future after owner ITV confirmed the company has been placed under a review.

  • Mipcom
    News

    Industry’s gloom lifts at Mipcom

    2009-10-08T08:41:00Z

    The Doomsday feeling that has hung over TV for the past 18 months finally appeared to be turning at this year’s Mipcom and MipJunior - giving way to a Dunkirk spirit of collaboration instead.

  • News

    Sky hires BBC Vision exec Gibney

    2009-10-07T13:58:00Z

    BSkyB has named BBC Vision chief marketer Naomi Gibney as its new director of marketing and communications for Sky Networks.

  • Darren Childs
    News

    BBCW to boost local content

    2009-10-06T13:25:00Z

    MIPCOM: BBC Worldwide is set to expand its international presence by ramping up locally produced content across all of its international channels, and boosting ad sales around the globe to help drive revenues.

  • News

    BBCW greenlights first CBeebies series

    2009-10-06T13:15:00Z

    MIPCOM: BBC Worldwide Channels has commissioned its first original international production for CBeebies, which will launch in Australia and later migrate to the UK.

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    News

    Chapman strikes first BBC deals

    2009-10-06T10:42:00Z

    Chapman Entertainment has struck its first deal with the BBC, which has taken its new preschool properties Little Charley Bear and Rah Rah The Noisy Lion.

  • Waybuloo
    News

    Waybuloo headed to the Middle East

    2009-10-05T09:07:00Z

    MIPCOM: Al Jazeera has become the latest broadcaster to pick up CBeebies series Waybuloo.

  • Bagpuss
    News

    Coolabi: Chorion talks ongoing but will end soon

    2009-09-30T10:20:00Z

    Coolabi is seeking a “swift resolution” to its sales talks with Chorion, which have seen its shares suspended for nearly five months.

  • News

    Rogers quits RDF Digital to launch start-up

    2009-09-29T14:50:00Z

    RDF Digital creative director Zad Rogers is to stand down and set up his own company.

  • Waybuloo
    News

    BBCW launches trio of channels in Australia

    2009-09-29T12:18:00Z

    BBC Worldwide Channels is to launch three branded channels in Australia following a distribution deal with pay-TV platform Austar.

  • Joe Godwin
    News

    Godwin to run BBC children's

    2009-09-28T10:35:00Z

    Joe Godwin has landed the most powerful job in British kids TV, after being named the new director of BBC children’s.

  • Charlie and Lola
    News

    CBeebies to launch in US in BBCW expansion push

    2009-09-24T18:39:00Z

    BBC Worldwide is gearing up to launch its preschool channel CBeebies in the US, bolstering its growing presence in the North American market.

  • News

    Jane Smith joins twofour54

    2009-09-21T11:44:00Z

    Entertainment Rights founder Jane Smith has resurfaced at Abu Dhabi-based twofour54.

  • In the Night Garden
    News

    CBeebies head counts himself out of kids’ role

    2009-09-10T07:00:00Z

    CBeebies controller Michael Carrington has ruled himself out of the running for BBC Children’s controller - leaving Nickelodeon UK boss Howard Litton and CBBC head of drama and acquisitions Steven Andrew as frontrunners.

  • Kerwhizz
    News

    Animator aims copycat claim at BBC

    2009-09-09T12:54:00Z

    A graphic designer has accused the BBC of copying his characters for its Kerwhizz cartoon - a claim the corporation has denied.

  • Octonauts
    News

    Chorion unveils Octonauts

    2009-09-08T13:07:00Z

    Chorion, the rights company that owns Noddy and the Mr Men, has unveiled a new preschool series that has already been picked up by CBeebies.

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    News

    BBC plans kids commentaries for sports

    2009-08-07T10:23:00Z

    BBC Children’s interactive division is aiming to forge a closer alliance with BBC Sport and produce “children’s commentaries” of key sporting events.

  • News

    Magic Lantern to launch CBeebies alphabet games

    2009-07-23T09:51:00Z

    Magic Lantern Productions is plotting a contemporary Words and Pictures-style multiplatform series as part of CBeebies’ 2010 slate.