Ryan Tuchow

Ahead of the new laws coming into effect on March 17, Ofcom has shared details about 40 safety measures that platforms must implement to protect kids, if they want to avoid steep fines.

Fewer raises and more pay cuts are the obvious results of a hard year for the industry, and men are still making more than women.

To close out 2024, Kidscreen looks at several new show concepts for younger viewers that are in the industry pipeline. Today’s focus: Tween series.

Universal Products & Experiences hires a Disney vet to grow its EMEA CP business, and People of Play has recruited a Moose Toys inventor relations exec to join its board.

EXCLUSIVE: After 21 years with the stop-motion studio, Gladman will start sharing his development, digital and distribution expertise more broadly, starting with Magic Light Pictures.

The Kidscreen team looks back on their fave kids shows, toys and books from this year, and also makes some hot-launch predictions for 2025.

According to Ampere, BBC, NPO and France Télévisions greenlit the most first-run kids TV series in 2024, highlighting the key role public broadcasters are playing in the current market.

A joint-venture led by United Smile and Newen Studios are among the companies vying to acquire the insolvent French company in order to get their hands on key asset Gigantosaurus.

Michael Hirsh and Angela Santomero both wrote books this year about their lives, careers and the keys to success in the kids media business.

The three-year collective agreement covers PBS animation writers for the first time ever, and includes several other gains.