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Forewords 4-5 Jayne Kirkham 22 Danny Lopez 4 Jollywise Media 23 Greg Childs and Sarah Baynes 5 Kindle Entertainment 24 Laughing Gravy Media 25 Lookman Ltd 26 UK Delegate Companies 6-41 MCC Media 27 1973 Films 6 Minimonos 28 Accorder Music Publishing 7 Nutmeg Animations UK Ltd 29 Adair Digital Ltd 8 Picture Lock Music Ltd 30 AVM Ltd 9 Plug-in Media 31 Bright Box Creative 10 Pluto Entertainments Ltd 32 Clifton Village Productions Ltd 11 Red Hat Animation Ltd 33 Compact Media Group 12 Red Kite Animation 34 Darrall Macqueen Ltd 13 Rights.tv Ltd 35 Deepwater Blue 14 Smart Party 36 Dog Ears 15 Team Cooper 37 Factory TM Ltd 16 The Creative Garden 38 Flickerpix Animations 17 The Children’s Media Conference 39 Flix Facilities Ltd 18 Tiger Aspect Productions 40 Fun Crew Ltd 19 Visible Ink Television 41 Gardiner Entertainment Ltd 20 IpDipSkyBlue 21 Contacts 42

Cover images: Top left: Fingers McGraw, Top right: Dinopaws! Middle: The Cat In the Hat Knows a Lot About That! Bottom left: Victoria Spunge, Bottom middle: Clifton Village, Bottom right: Nutmeg 4 UK@Kidscreen 2013

Foreword By Danny Lopez

It is wonderful to see so many of the UK’s most inﬂ uential and creative companies here at this year’s Kidscreen.

Children’s broadcasting is a Mary Poppins and James and the I hope this year’s Kidscreen is a particularly successful sector for Giant Peach, it was a great reminder valuable opportunity for you to the UK. We have an excellent track of the global appeal and reach of network and build new relationships. record of producing entertaining and British culture. I wish you all an enjoyable, successful educational television programmes and productive programme. for children, both animation and live We are now building on this success action, dramatic and factual. to push the UK’s creative industries Danny Lopez is the British into new and exciting areas. The Consul-General in New York The London 2012 Olympic Games Government is committed to Opening Ceremony was a fabulous and introducing tax breaks for animation magical demonstration of the capacity and TV production companies, further of the UK’s creative talent to surprise, demonstrating the UK’s commitment inspire and astound. Referencing to creativity. For investors, of course, many of the nation’s favourite these tax breaks are another element children’s books and ﬁ lms, including of the UK’s perennial attraction as a Harry Potter, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, place to do business. UK@Kidscreen 2013 5

ForewordTitle By Greg Childs, The Children’s Media Conference and Sarah Baynes, The Creative Garden

It’sAddress a great time to be returning to Kidscreen with the UK delegation. This is the second year that The Children’s Media Conference and The Creative Garden have led the UK@Kidscreen group on behalf of UK Trade & Investment. We’re delighted to say there are more companies, and more individuals – in fact nearly twice the number. It really feels like “the British are coming”. We hope you’ll enjoy meeting them as much as we enjoy organising the group – and we Name Title wishwww. you a happy and successful Kidscreen 2013. Greg Childs Sarah Baynes

The UK’s record in children’s content The Creative Garden works with a wide Our delegates have great ideas to development, production, distribution variety of clients from all sides of the share, and service offers which are and exploitation is second to none. industry, from large international unbeatable. We are confi dent you This year’s UK@Kidscreen group broadcasters to individual creatives will fi nd their expertise enviable and includes companies and individuals working wherever their laptop can their willingness to build partnerships with expertise in live-action, be charged. invaluable. drama and comedy, mixed media, interactive production, multi-platform The Children’s Media Conference – Greg Childs is Editorial Director of development, digital and creative attracting over 800 delegates – is held The Children’s Media Conference consultancy, music production and annually in July in Sheffi eld and is exploitation, and of course, the newly where the UK kids content industry Sarah Baynes is the Creative Director buoyant sector in the UK – animation – gathers to refresh its creative and of The Creative Garden of every shape and style. business batteries, keep up with the innovative and learn from the successful. The UK@Kidscreen delegation is organised by The Creative Garden and Kidscreen provides these opportunities the CMC who have both been helping too – and the chance to build client the kids’ creative sector thrive in and partner relationships which get different ways over the last ten years. great projects off the ground. 6 UK@Kidscreen 2013

1973 Films

5 High Green Tel: +44 (0) 20 8541 4382 Great Shelford Email: tim@1973ﬁ lms.co.uk Cambridge Linkedin: uk.linkedin.com/pub/ CB22 5EG tim-goodchild/47/735/534/ United Kingdom Other: http://www.timgoodchild.co.uk

New York Contact: +44 7411 061452 Tim Goodchild Louise Scott Producer Director

1973 Films is a new UK-based We’re very excited to be attending production company founded by Kidscreen 2013 as part of the UK multiple Emmy and BAFTA honoured delegation and are interested in producer Tim Goodchild and director meeting with potential co-production Louise Scott. Alongside our factual partners across all media for our series and TV movies, we are currently projects as well as other like-minded developing a number of animated companies who are looking for children’s preschool projects which partners in the UK. we will be taking to Kidscreen this year. UK@Kidscreen 2013 7

Accorder Music Publishing

3 Braziers End House Tel: +44 (0) 1494 758779 Oak Lane Email: [email protected] Braziers End Buckinghamshire New York Contact: HP5 2UL + 44 7885 317746 United Kingdom

Simon Forrest www.accordermusic.com Managing Director

Since the company’s launch in 2009, royalties and music rights, tracking Accorder has become one of the airplay, exploiting the music through leading music publishers for kids’ TV digital media downloads and other producers and composers everywhere means, music clearance and music – maximising royalty income, ensuring supervision. Music published includes the use of high quality music and Tree Fu Tom, Toby’s Travelling Circus, protecting IP. The company provides a The Abadas, Olive the Ostrich, Mouk, highly bespoke service, ensuring a level The Ha Ha Hairies, Bookaboo, Abney & of service second-to-none. Teal, 64 Zoo Lane, Kikoriki, Supa Strikas and many, many more international Accorder’s activities include handling hits. A full list of the company’s contractual matters, sourcing music, extensive client list can be found collecting and administrating global on the website. 8 UK@Kidscreen 2013

Adair Digital Ltd

7 Sandycombe Road Tel: +44 (0) 20 8948 3018 Kew Email: [email protected] Richmond Surrey New York Contact: TW9 2EP + 44 7801 310946 United Kingdom

Julie Adair www.adairdigital.com Director

Adair Digital offers strategic consultancy in web and apps, project leadership, team and individual mentoring and training in all areas of interactive media.

We specialise in children’s content from pre-school upwards, working with broadcasters, publishers, opinion-formers and creatives. UK@Kidscreen 2013 9

Animal Vegetable Mineral

126 Bolingbroke Grove Tel: +44 (0) 20 3397 2543 Clapham Email: [email protected] London Twitter: @Butanica SW11 1DA United Kingdom New York Contact: +44 7771 762212

Rupert Harris www.animalvegetablemineral.tv Creative Director

AVM make spectacular TV show’s by The company was formed in 2011 by combining video game and broadcast the team behind the award-winning know-how so audiences can watch, BBC show BAMZOOKI and Josh create, play along and take part. Nizzi, the concept artist behind the Transformers and Iron Man movies. 10 UK@Kidscreen 2013

Bright Box Creative

33/34 Brunswick Road Tel: +44 (0) 7814 661575 Edinburgh Email: [email protected] EH7 5GU Skype: brightboxcreative United Kingdom Twitter: @BrightBoxCreatv

New York Contact: +44 7814 661575 Leanne Preston www.brightboxcreative.co.uk (under construction) Creative Consultant

Bright Box Creative is a creative Bright Box specialises in the consultancy run by Leanne Preston development of projects for children’s offering support to the Children’s TV and transmedia across live action Media sector. Leanne has worked in and animation, script development and Children’s TV for several years both editing and creative consultation across at Nickelodeon, where she worked production. Leanne is looking forward in International Development and to meeting producers and forging new Production for the network including collaborations to develop exciting new across the Bafta nominated House projects. of Anubis and most recently at Red Kite Animation in Edinburgh, as Development Manager. UK@Kidscreen 2013 11

Clifton Village Productions

17 Swiss Road Tel: +44 (0) 1494 758779 Ashton Vale Email: [email protected] Bristol Email: [email protected] BS3 2RU United Kingdom New York Contact: +44 7967 376565

Richard Higgs Debbie Smith www.cliftonvillage.tv Co-producer Co-producer

Clifton Village Productions Ltd. was Lily and Bill, with a host of eclectic set up in 2009 by Debbie Smith (a characters, from the antique shop longstanding, freelance design sculptor owner to the zookeeper. Core values with Aardman Animations) and Richard include community, compassion and Higgs (an Emmy award winning TV respect, whilst giving an insight into designer) to develop a 52 x 10 minute the lives, languages and cultures of stop-frame and CGI animation series the cosmopolitan neighbourhood they for pre-school. inhabit.

Clifton Village is based around the We are looking forward to presenting amazing adventures of 4-year-old Lily our project at Kidscreen, and securing Bell and her rag-a-pufﬁ n, Bill. This is collaboration with broadcasters, storytelling, containing bags of humour international co-producers, distributors and visual gags. Each episode provides and merchandising companies. a world of learning opportunities for 12 UK@Kidscreen 2013

Compact Media Group

6-10 Whitﬁ eld Street Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7874 7480 London Email: [email protected] W1T 2RE Twitter: @CompactGlobal United Kingdom New York Contact: +44 7738 415711

James Sellar www.compactmediagroup.com Head of Group Business Development

Compact Media Group (CMG) is a full- claimed and distributed over $400m in Our focus across all our divisions service intellectual property (IP) rights revenues to date. is to increase revenue-generating Management Company. Steeped in opportunities for our clients. Whether the creative media sector with a focus In September 2011 Compact acquired setting advantageous deal terms to on ﬁ lm and television rights, we are Rights.tv – the UK’s leading provider payment collection and disbursement – involved at every step to provide a of business affairs and commercial Your rights is our business. global resource for ensuring long-term advice to the media, ﬁ lm and television value of content rights. industry, representing a wide range of Our clients include: independent producers, talent As the leading independent market and rights owners. leader in audio-visual secondary Film & TV (retransmission) rights we have grown over our 16 year history to represent over 500 international clients, looking after 200,000 individual programs and having successfully UK@Kidscreen 2013 13

Darrall Macqueen

Teddington Studios Tel: + 44 (0) 20 8614 2061 Broom Road Email: [email protected] Teddington Middlesex New York Contact: TW11 9NT [email protected] United Kingdom

Billy Macqueen www.darrallmacqueen.com Company Director

Darrall Macqueen is a fully independent running children’s properties. Current UK-based production company comedy hits include Bear Behaving dedicated to producing high quality Badly 78 x 22 minutes (CBBC) and Pet children’s and pre-school entertainment Squad 52 x 11 minutes (CBBC/Sony for major broadcasters. International) and for pre-school the live action and animation Baby Jake Darrall Macqueen, formed in 2000 by 52 x 11 minutes and newly former Disney execs Maddy Darrall commissioned live action Topsy and Billy Macqueen, has a proven track and Tim 60 x 11 minutes. record of devising and producing long- 14 UK@Kidscreen 2013

Deepwater Blue

Atlantic House Tel: +44 (0) 1243 512000 119 Third Avenue Email: [email protected] Almodington West Sussex New York Contact: PO20 7LB +44 7775 758604 United Kingdom

Guy Michelmore www.deepwaterblue.net Composer

Deepwater Blue is a music production We love working on everything from company led by EMMY and ANNIE small short fi lms to theatrical features nominated fi lm and TV composer, and large scale international Guy Michelmore. He has scored eight co-productions. Our clients include animated feature fi lms for Marvel, the Marvel, Disney, DQ Entertainment, Ewan McGregor comedy Jackboots Film Roman, Moonscoop, BBC, TF1, ZDF, on Whitehall, TV series including Chinese State TV and loads more. Jungle Book, two-time EMMY winner Tutenstein, Iron Man: Armored We’d love to add you to the list so Adventures, Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest please, however speculative your Heroes and many more. project, get in touch. It’s never too early to think about the music. UK@Kidscreen 2013 15

Dog Ears Ltd

12-14 The Diamond Tel: +44 (0) 7515 797716 Derry-Londonderry Email: [email protected] BT48 6HW United Kingdom New York Contact: + 44 7771 597167

Helen Blayney www.cheersdogears.com International Business Development

Dog Ears is a children’s media company Dog Ears will team with King Rollo based in Derry, Northern Ireland. We Films to produce the series in Northern make books, apps, TV and events for Ireland. Project 2: Puffi n Rock is an children. Our fi rst project Miss Rosie innovative co-production with Cartoon Red launched with a hardback picture Saloon and Penguin Books. The series book and Ireland’s fi rst picture book follows a family of puffi ns who live app. The Miss Rosie Red animated TV on Puffi n Rock and has a humorous, series is scheduled to start production natural-history feel. Dog Ears has in April 2013 and has a unique been supported in the development of semi-improvised style, refl ecting the both these projects by NI Screen, Arts language and play of real 3-year-olds. Council NI and Invest NI. 16 UK@Kidscreen 2013

Factory Transmedia

Unit J, Tribune Avenue Tel: +44 (0) 161 929 6755 Altrincham Business Park Email: [email protected] Altrincham Email: [email protected] Cheshire WA14 5RX New York Contacts: United Kingdom +44 7785 752241 +44 7711 718319 Phil Chalk Neil Court www.factorytm.com MD Chairman

Factory Transmedia design and Bafta nominated Muddle Earth and collaborate on immersive for CBBC. Factory Transmedia have entertainment projects for exploitation completed fi lming the fi rst series of a across all media. Factory Transmedia truly ground-breaking show for CBBC Studios are one of the only studios in Strange Hill High, combining traditional Europe with expertise in all forms of rod-puppetry with CGI animation. animation; stop-frame, CGI and 2D. In the last four years Factory have produced Roary the Racing Car, Fifi and the Flowertots and Raa Raa the Noisy Lion for Chapman Entertainment UK@Kidscreen 2013 17

Flickerpix Animations

7-12 St Helen’s Business Park Tel: +44 (0) 2890 397347 Holywood Email: joel@ﬂ ickerpix.com BT18 9HQ Northern Ireland New York Contact: United Kingdom +44 7545 436382

Joel Simon www.ﬂ ickerpix.com Creative Director

Flickerpix is a creatively-driven produced programs for clients and animation studio which produces broadcasters as diverse as CBBC, animation series and BAFTA-winning BBDO, The Discovery Channel, Sesame animations in a variety of techniques, Workshop USA and Comic Relief. from stop-motion to 2D cel. Two of our projects in development We place a particular emphasis on are Zig&Zag – The Animated creating unique and memorable Series which we are co-producing with characters with universal appeal. Double Z in Ireland, with partners CBBC, RTE and BBC Worldwide, and Grace Hill, Based in Holywood, Northern Ireland a new pre-school series about Grace, a since 2003, Flickerpix has won 7 year old girl who helps animals in her numerous international awards and dad’s sanctuary. 18 UK@Kidscreen 2013

Flix Facilities

Invicta House Tel: +44 (0) 161 834 8808 2-4 Atkinson Street Email: leo@ﬂ ixfacilities.com Manchester M3 3HH New York Contact: United Kingdom +44 7958 287118

Leo Casserly www.ﬂ ixfacilities.com Managing Director

Flix Facilities, now in its twentieth year, grown to be one of the most successful be transmitted in January. They are was established in 1992. Throughout Post Production houses in the area. presently doing post for Tree Fu Tom, the fi rst ten years of the business, the Their impressive live action portfolio Cloudbabies and Postman Pat at company was responsible for post includes the documentary series BBC and Toby’s Toy Circus for producing several iconic animation Dispatches, Panorama and the BBC’s Channel Five’s Milkshake strand. series including Bill and Ben, Postman One Show. This year they have also With a reputation for high quality Pat and Rupert Bear. A second facility post produced their second series of and a passion for programme making, was launched in 2002 to accommodate Snog Marry Avoid for Endemol UK and Flix offers its clients a service that is an increasing demand for live action have just pitched and won a tender both personal and professional from and documentary fi lms. Since its to produce all the animated content the initial brief through to the delivery launch the Manchester facility has for a new BBC Children’s series to of the fi nal master. UK@Kidscreen 2013 19

Fun Crew Ltd

126 Hampton Road Blog: funcrewblog.blogspot.com Southport, Merseyside Twitter: @AddedSalt PR8 5DZ Other: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ United Kingdom angelasaltfuncrewltd http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ Tel: +44 (0) 1704 532655 stuart-harrison/11/711/118 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] New York Contacts: +44 7946 066726 Angela Salt Stuart Harrison Content Creator/Writer Content Creator/ www.funcrew.co.uk +44 7956 370037 Character Designer

Fun Crew create and develop content writing for screen and digital media for children’s media. Our ideas with an animated comedy focus. Fun are dynamic, quirky and FUN! The Crew create original and exciting kids’ independent studio was founded properties to tell stories and entertain in 2006 by Angela Salt and Stuart across platforms. Our development slate Harrison who have 20 years experience includes animated shows for pre-school serving clients such as Disney, MTV, to young teen, games and publishing. Nickelodeon, Scholastic, BBC and D.C. We’re bringing several great ideas Thomson. Stuart is an award-winning to Kidscreen with a view to building and versatile character designer. He relationships with international produced all the illustrations for a co-production partners and BAFTA-winning and Emmy-nominated broadcasters and offering our unique CBBC website. Angela is an illustrator creative consultancy services to the turned published children’s author now global children’s media industries. 20 UK@Kidscreen 2013

Gardiner Entertainment Ltd

8 Hereford Road Tel: +44 (0) 7825 006924 London Email: [email protected] W5 4SE Skype: domgardiner United Kingdom New York Contact: +44 7825 006925

Dominic Gardiner www.gardinerentertainment.com Director

Experienced kids’ television (Cartoon Network, Jetix, Disney) and new media consultant providing support and advice on creative development, distribution, sales and franchise management. I can help you save time and effort by focussing your development and increase your properties’ chances of commercial success. UK@Kidscreen 2013 21

IpDipSkyBlue

41 Bernard Avenue Tel: +44 (0) 2032 392616 Ealing Email: [email protected] London Twitter: Marcgoodchild W13 9TG Skype: marcgmobile United Kingdom New York Contact: +44 7860 611954 Marc Goodchild www.IpDipSkyBlue.tv (under construction) Founder

IpDipSkyBlue is a new digital We work with TV production companies that no-one was catering for the unique consultancy and cross-platform (Lion TV, Ideas-at-Work, Fresh One, way children consume multiple media production house specialising in Sundog Productions), and decided to build our own solution children’s and family content in the UK specialists publishers (Medikidz, which we are now rolling out on client and beyond. Atlantyca) and new digital IP and app projects. developers and we’re currently advising Founded by Marc Goodchild, (a former on a range of projects from Horrible head of digital services for children Histories to Olly, The Little White Van, a at the BBC), we help clients develop kids’ coding format and healthy eating practical strategies and products that show for the Middle East. are grounded in the real world, and designed around how children and This year at Kidscreen, we are also parents really use digital media. demonstrating a new technology platform that we have built with our IpDipSkyBlue works with a network sister company SyncScreen, to help of digital experts to deliver brand devise and author genuinely engaging marketing initiatives, full transmedia second-screen activities for children. experiences or increasingly revenue- Having immersed ourselves in the generating apps and digital ‘toys’. ‘companion app’ market, we realized 22 UK@Kidscreen 2013

Jayne Kirkham

Manor Lodge Tel: +44 (0) 1453 451248 Stinchcombe Email: [email protected] Dursley Skype: Jayne.Kirkham Gloucestershire GL11 6BQ New York Contact: United Kingdom +44 7711 568661

Jayne Kirkham www.jaynekirkham.com Freelance Writer

Jayne took up writing at the age of imaginative and adventurous, bringing three with a blue crayon on the front warmth and heart to tough thematic porch. It is still her favourite style. Her content and putting the art back in fart. work has been broadcast on television, Her current commission is for a live radio, and screened at ﬁ lm festivals. Her action feature ﬁ lm based on the award script consultancy has helped a range winning Gussie novels about a child of projects from American independent needing a heart transplant. Jayne is features to international charity keen to meet and work with producers projects. Having worked with all sorts of on both new, established and her own children, including those with special original projects for both live action and educational needs and young offenders animation. for most of her life, Jayne’s writing is UK@Kidscreen 2013 23

Jollywise Media

34 West Street Tel: +44 (0) 7932 654943 Brighton Email: [email protected] East Sussex Twitter: @jollywise BN1 2RE United Kingdom New York Contact: +44 7932 654943

Jon Mason www.jollywisemedia.co.uk Director

We are an award-winning agency who brands in an engaging way. We are make nice things for big brands and proud to have worked on some of the their fans. We specialise in creating biggest kids brands in the world, here engagement experiences across the full are just a few: The Muppets, Ben 10, range of digital channels. Jollywise is a Winnie the Pooh, Toy Story, Cars. Facebook preferred developer. Jollywise was created in 2006 by Jon Mason ex-Creative Producer for The Walt Disney Internet Group. The vision was to create effective digital content that connected the consumer to our clients’ 24 UK@Kidscreen 2013

Kindle Entertainment

1a Goldsmiths Row Tel: +44 (0) 20 7748 5277 London Email: E2 8QA [email protected] United Kingdom [email protected]

New York Contact: +44 7795 302813 Anne Brogan Melanie Stokes www.kindleentertainment.com Co-Director Co-Director

Kindle was founded in 2007 by Anne Dogs Bite, a hard-hitting drama with Brogan and Melanie Stokes. Recent heart about Britain’s lost boys, starring productions include the second series Thomas Sangster, and pre-school of major drama Leonardo, currently property Big and Small, now in its third airing on CBBC. Two further series, The series. Kindle Entertainment have also Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby, a enjoyed a successful on-air premiere modern retelling of the Charles Dickens of Dustbin Baby, a drama based on classic, and Get Well Soon, a pre-school the novel by best-selling author, Dame show that eases children’s fears about Jacqueline Wilson. Dustbin Baby won illness, have just recently aired. Past the 37th International Emmy Award for portfolio also includes Treasure Island, the Children & Young People category a Christmas special for Sky One, starring and the Children’s BAFTA for Best Writer Eddie Izzard as Long John Silver; Some in 2009. UK@Kidscreen 2013 25

Laughing Gravy Media

Suite 5 Tel: +44 (0) 20 7087 1220 11 Greek Street Email: [email protected] London W1D 4DJ New York Contact: United Kingdom +44 7976 407914

Karl Woolley www.laughinggravymedia.com Managing Director

A multi-Bafta winning team with several thousand years of experience in children’s programming, animation and comedy. Whilst continuing its current productions for broadcasters worldwide, the company is developing new properties – some encompassing new genres and formats – but all still with a hint of fun!! Courtesy of Impossible Kids/Cbeebies/Treehouse/BBC WorldWide 26 UK@Kidscreen 2013

Lookman

Dar as Salaam Tel: +44 (0) 1293 862293 Horley Road Email: [email protected] Charlwood Blog: http://4lookman.wordpress.com Surrey Twitter: @Lookman RH6 0BJ Other: www.facebook.com/LookmanFilmAndAnimation United Kingdom www.linkedin.com/in/lookmanauthor www.vimeo.com/lookmanﬁ lmtv L Raymond Whittinger http://lookman.biz New York Contact: +44 7926 184297 Executive Producer, MD

Lookman Ltd creates and develops Mihte Lugh features the youthful Celtic engaging children’s animated television hero Lugh in a land of monsters, giants, series. We also are produce and and druids. “Jack dreams of being a generate high concept screenplays superhero. He is abducted with his across all audience profi les. siblings into the Underworld, where his dreams are fulfi lled; Jack soon fi nds he Who is Henrietta? launched at MIP is evolving into Lugh, leading fi ve kids Junior 2012, is a unique innovative charged to defend the world from the comedy in 3D, 22’ x 13. “Henrietta fi nds dread Lord of Annihilation, Balor.” it is not easy to conceal your alien Kidscreen Screening ID: 104636 friends in a small town, especially as one is a scatty shape shifting alien, and the other is a violin-playing trickster who dresses like a leprechaun.” Kidscreen Screening ID: 104635 UK@Kidscreen 2013 27

MCC Media

St Peters Gate Tel: +44 (0) 191 556 1080 Charles Street Email: [email protected] Sunderland SR6 0AN New York Contact: United Kingdom +44 7748 842978

Paul McCoy www.mccmedia.co.uk Creative Director

MCC Media Ltd is an award winning This year MCC Media is taking two such We believe that good business is creative production company that was projects to Kidscreen – Silly Street which founded upon good relationships so founded on the desire to make high is a 20-minute comedy show based we’ll be looking to meet with potential quality children’s TV. Having worked around kids’ talents (for 8-12 year olds), co-production partners, international with many of the UK’s top names in and The Imaginarium which is a distributors and commissioners as entertainment, health and education, 5-minute story telling show where well as any like-minded producers MCC Media are now working tirelessly children’s imaginations come to life interested in forming potential to develop new concepts and shows (for 4-6 year olds). partnerships. that will both excite and engage young people all around the world. 28 UK@Kidscreen 2013

MiniMonos

128A Westbourne Terrace Email: [email protected] London Twitter: @maximonos @minimonos W2 6QJ Blog: http://blog.minimonos.com/gobananas/ United Kingdom http://blog.minimonos.com/ Skype: mclarkr Tel: +44 (0) 7426 816546 (UK) LinkedIn: uk.linkedin.com/pub/melissa-clark-reynolds/3/a16/67/ Tel: +64 21333394 (NZ) New York Contact: Melissa Clark-Reynolds www. minimonos.com +1 8562 981811 Alpha Monkey and CEO

MiniMonos is an ethical kids launched the UK, NZ and Australia’s ﬁ rst entertainment brand based around a FSC cardboard prepaid gaming card in Virtual World. On MiniMonos Island, December 2012. Over 1,000 kids have kids can be eco-heroes and save the undertaken eco projects and submitted world. In 2013, we are launching a them to our site for virtual rewards. number of apps for several platforms MiniMonos brings a ready-made and our ﬁ rst toy range is being audience and a strong technical team exhibited at the London Toy Fair. We to develop 360-brand engagement with are taking the brand into print (books the property. and magazines) and in the early stages of planning e-book content. We have We are looking for partners to develop over 1.3m registered users, our core and broadcast shows using our key demographic is boys (68%) 9-11. We characters and messaging. are committed to sustainability, and UK@Kidscreen 2013 29

Nutmeg Animations UK Ltd

Unit 3 Tel: +44 7710 707771 10 Pinfold Road Email: [email protected] London [email protected] SW16 2SN Twitter: @nutmegsoccer11 United Kingdom Other: Facebook.com/likenutmeg

New York Contact: +44 7710 707771 Comfort and Olu Alemoru www.nutmegsoccergirl.com Directors

Nutmeg Animations UK Ltd was set up an animated series about Louise Sage, in August 2011 by Manchester born a 17-year-old Afro Latina and gender brother and sister duo Olu Alemoru breaking phenomenon from South Los (writer/creator) and Comfort Alemoru Angeles who becomes the ﬁ rst female (producer) to develop the Nutmeg to play in men’s soccer when she signs cartoon series for broadcast. Using for a top English club. ﬁ ctional and real elements, Nutmeg is 30 UK@Kidscreen 2013

Picture Lock Music

1 Park View Road Tel: + 44 (0) 1442 866440 Berkhamsted Email: [email protected] HP4 3EY United Kingdom New York Contact: +44 7714 216676

Anne Miller www.picturelockmusic.com Director

Picture Lock Music is a new production experience in the children’s ﬁ eld having music library working with some of published the music for such classics as the most dynamic producers and Teletubbies, Boohbah and Rosie & Jim. composers in television. The library has As well as using the music in children’s over 17,000 tracks – a library designed productions the library can help create to bring fresh, original new music to animatics, teasers and pilots thus the world of television and ﬁ lm. This is saving development costs. In addition music for the adventurous, for those to working with many children’s looking for something different, who production companies Anne looks after appreciate that music is not just an the interests of many leading children’s afterthought but a key part of the composers. The library is constantly whole production. The library is led expanding with several children’s by Anne Miller, a highly experienced albums currently in development. music publisher with extensive UK@Kidscreen 2013 31

Plug-in Media

85 Gloucester Road Tel: +44 (0) 1273 783794 Brighton Email: [email protected] East Sussex Twitter: @pluginmedia BN1 4AP Other: www.facebook.com/pluginmedia United Kingdom New York Contact: +44 7973 749571 Dominic Minns Juliet Tzabar www.pluginmedia.net Creative Director Managing Director

Plug-in Media is a BAFTA-winning digital and digital content for some of the time an interactive company has media production company that delivers best-loved children’s entertainment been recognized. The company has engaging, interactive entertainment brands (such as Sesame Street, a development slate of in-house IP for children and families. We blend Octonauts, Tree Fu Tom, and Clifford destined for a variety of different animation, gaming and narrative with the Big Red Dog). These outstanding platforms from broadcast TV to physical great design and fi rst-class technical interactive entertainment experiences toys, and has just received its fi rst development to produce work that is not only complement their linear commission, based on its own IP. visually stunning, technically ground- TV counterparts but also deliver breaking and with great storytelling and compelling, playful and fun digital humour at its core. experiences to children of all ages, throughout the world. Our work for clients such as BBC, Nickelodeon, Turner Broadcasting In 2012 Plug-in Media received a and Sesame Workshop has involved Children’s BAFTA nomination as creating award-winning games, apps Best Production Company – the fi rst 32 UK@Kidscreen 2013

Pluto Entertainments Ltd

PO Box 273 Tel: + 44 (0) 1829 732427 Tarporley Email: [email protected] CW6 9XZ United Kingdom New York Contact: +44 7973 861777

Keith Hopwood www.plutomusic.com Managing Director

Pluto is the production and publishing album projects for the music industry vehicle for Keith Hopwood, who (after have also been written and produced. a life in pop music as a member of Pluto is now representing additional Herman’s Hermits) has been writing writers, who all have kids’ TV credits, but music successfully for kids’ TV for in addition have written for mainstream many years – from The Wind in the TV, including US produced shows. We Willows and The BFG for Cosgrove Hall, now also have one foot ﬁ rmly in the pop to Pingu and Bob the Builder for HIT. music world, so can create character Main themes, orchestral scores, and based tracks or projects from scratch, songs have all been created for many whether for standalone projects or TV shows. Secondary exploitation, such as production. UK@Kidscreen 2013 33

Red Hat Animation Ltd

10-14 Crown Street Tel: + 44 (0) 20 8993 3666 London Email: [email protected] W3 8SB United Kingdom New York Contact: +44 7508 783810

David Elden Head of Production

Red Hat Animation Ltd produced The Series One and Two, 120 x 12 minute Cat In the Hat Knows a Lot About That! episodes plus a Christmas Special is with partners Portfolio Entertainment based on Random House’s best-selling Inc. in association with Dr. Seuss Beginner Book collection, The Cat in the Enterprises, Random House Children’s Hat’s Learning Library. Entertainment, Treehouse and PBS Kids, and started production in 2009. 34 UK@Kidscreen 2013

Red Kite Animation

189 Giles Street Tel: + 44 (0) 1315 540060 Leith Email: [email protected] Edinburgh Twitter: @RedKiteAnimatn EH6 6BZ United Kingdom New York Contact: + 44 7808 093758

Ken Anderson www.redkite-animation.com Founder and CEO

Red Kite Animation is a highly Network/ABC) and the International respected, award-winning production Kids Emmy 2013 nominated Best company, founded in 1997 by industry Animation Series – Ask Lara. Red Kite veteran Ken Anderson. We specialise Animations is currently producing: in the development, ﬁ nancing and Dennis and Gnasher – Series 4 (BBC/ production of children’s animated Nine Network/ABC); Wendy – Series content, for international broadcast. 1 (ZDF/France TV); Ella Bella Bingo – Series 2 (NRK/DR/SVT). Previous productions include: The Imp (Cartoon Network /BBC/Canal +/Disney We are actively looking for co-production XD); Marvo the Wonder Chicken (Disney partners and opportunities to work on XD); Dennis and Gnasher (BBC/Nine the next award winning series! UK@Kidscreen 2013 35

Rights.tv

6-10 Whitﬁ eld Street Tel: +44 (0) 20 7874 7496 London Email: [email protected] W1T 2RE United Kingdom New York Contact: +44 7734 428807

Rosemary Klein www.rights.tv Head of Factual & Kids

Rights.tv is the UK’s leading provider co-productions, advising on getting treaty co-productions and also to of business affairs and commercial the best distribution deals or on advising on the soon to be implemented advice to the media, fi lm and television various production fi nancing options. and highly anticipated new UK industry – representing a wide range We provide our clients with the animation and high-end television tax of independent producers, talent and fl exibility of an external service credit relief. rights holders and has considerable that acts as their dedicated in- experience in children’s and animation house business affairs unit and our Our clients include: Al Jazeera programmes. consultants have hands on experience Children’s Channel; Darrall Macqueen; of working with major producers and Happy Films; HoHo Entertainment; Our clients value us not just for our broadcasters – including Nickelodeon, ITV Global; Little Airplane; Mackinnon skills in negotiating the best deal CiTV and Cosgrove Hall Films. and Saunders; Tattiemoon and Archie for them and protecting their rights, Productions. but also for fi nding practical and In 2013 we look forward to continuing workable solutions to their problems to assist our clients with structuring Rights.tv is part of the Compact – be that assisting in structuring sophisticated and creative international Media Group 36 UK@Kidscreen 2013

Smart Party

16 Boundaries Mansions Tel: +44 (0) 7763 859514 Boundaries Road Email: [email protected] London Twitter: @smart_party SW12 8EZ United Kingdom New York Contact: +44 7763 859514

Stuart Simpson www.thesmartparty.co.uk Owner and Creative Director

At Smart Party we believe in creative ﬁ rst pre-school development, Victoria content. Our clients come to us for our Spunge, at Cartoon Forum 2012. original concepts and strong design ethos. We produce stimulating motion We are excited to be part of Kidscreen, graphic and animated material for ﬁ lm, and would love to meet people who broadcast, events and the web. With our share our creative passion. love of animation and storytelling we’ve turned our creative expertise towards children’s media and presented our UK@Kidscreen 2013 37

Team Cooper

Electric Works Tel: +44 (0) 114 286 6230 3 Concourse Way Email: [email protected] Shefﬁ eld Blog: www.teamcooper.co.uk/blog South Yorkshire Twitter: @TeamCooperLtd S1 2BJ Other: www.facebook.com/teamcooperltd United Kingdom New York Contact: +44 7866 492227 Tim Cooper www.teamcooper.co.uk Managing Director

Team Cooper is a digital amusements Mind Candy and Topps and our work agency based in the UK. We make for them has been nominated for BAFTA quirky digital entertainment, designing and TIGA awards. and building games and other fun digital content for web and mobile Recently we have also been working platforms. We work with broadcasters, on our own in-house game projects production companies and creative for Facebook and iPhone/iPad under agencies to deliver engaging and the moniker of Robot/Lizard amusing digital experiences that Productions. At Kidscreen we are support existing IP and promote brands. hoping to meet with broadcasters and production companies that we Our clients include the BBC, British Sky can work with to deliver awesome Broadcasting, Turner Broadcasting, digital content. 38 UK@Kidscreen 2013

The Creative Garden

186 Meadvale Road Tel: +44 (0) 20 8930 3500 London Email: [email protected] W5 1LT United Kingdom New York Contact: + 44 7768 152397

Sarah Baynes www.thecreativegarden.co.uk Creative Director

Sarah heads up the creative media within children’s animation. Before consultancy, The Creative Garden. establishing The Creative Garden, Sarah She specialises in concept creation, was a commissioner at Channel 4. coaching and development within the She was part of the launch team and creative industries for leading global commissioner for The Big Breakfast companies. She advises international before assuming responsibilities broadcasters, creatives and opinion- for the ﬁ rst youth branded slots for formers on a range of issues including T4. She has extensive experience in channel launches, multi-platform Children’s Entertainment, Youth and ventures and characterisation Entertainment. UK@Kidscreen 2013 39

The Children’s Media Conference

The Children’s Media Conference Limited Tel: +44 (0) 7714 708986 PO Box 4719 Email: [email protected] Shefﬁ eld Blog: http://blog.thechildrensmediaconference.com/ S10 9EU Twitter: @childmediaconf United Kingdom Other: LinkedIn and Facebook Groups: The Children’s Media Conference

New York Contact: + 44 7714 708986 Greg Childs www.thechildrensmediaconference.com Editorial Director

The Children’s Media Conference is the The CMC also organises other events UK’s principal gathering for all media through the year such as the popular professionals associated with kids’ “Research Meets the Producers” series, content creation and distribution. From the UK@Kidscreen Delegation to New radio, TV, ﬁ lm and the internet, to apps, York, and seminars and conference publishing, games, licensing, museums, sessions in partnership with national galleries and theatre – every corner of and international media bodies. the kids’ industry is represented, as over 800 delegates meet annually for our early July Conference (3-5 July 2013). 40 UK@Kidscreen 2013

Tiger Aspect Productions

Shepherds Building Central Tel: +44 (0) 20 7434 6700 4th Floor Email: [email protected] Charecroft Way [email protected] London Twitter: @TigerAspectUK W14 0EE Other: Fingers McGraw Trailer – United Kingdom http://vimeo.com/46755736

New York Contact: +44 7958 744181 Tom Beattie Shane Murphy www.tigeraspect.co.uk +44 7779 098 885 Production Executive Commercial Director

Tiger Aspect Productions, an Endemol and My Monsters (26 x 30 minutes), a Company, is one of the UK’s most co-production live action series with successful and proliﬁ c independent The Jim Henson Company and Tinga television producers. The company Tinga Tales (52 x 11 minutes) also for portfolio includes animation, comedy, CBeebies, Disney Junior (US) and other drama, entertainment, feature ﬁ lm and countries worldwide. A few of Tiger factual genres. Tiger creates a wide Aspect’s non children’s credits include: range of critically acclaimed and The Vicar of Dibley, Benidorm, Mr Bean, award-winning programming for all Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Ross Kemp the UK’s major terrestrial and non- on Gangs, Billy Elliot and Catherine terrestrial broadcasters. The Animation Tate. Fingers McGraw is a fast-paced and Children’s credits include: multi and funny 2D Cops & Robbers show. BAFTA award winning Charlie and Enter Fingers McGraw – the notorious Lola (80 x 11 minutes) for CBeebies, masked mouse and his trusty Crew. A Disney Junior (US) and 40+ other comedy animation series with strong countries worldwide, Mr Bean: The characters and witty dialogue for the 6+ Animated Series (52 x 11 minutes), Me audience (52 x 11 minutes). UK@Kidscreen 2013 41

Visible Ink Television

Nine Mile Burn Tel: +44 (0) 1968 661291 Edinburgh Email: [email protected] EH26 9LX [email protected] United Kingdom New York Contact: +44 7976 250290 +44 7828 917536 Martin Fisher Emily Dodd www.visibleink.co.uk Head of Production Creative Developer and Development

Visible Ink Television is a highly experienced creator and producer of returning comedy series. At Visible Ink we have great experience of making children of all ages laugh. Our writers create fantastically portable British comedy, and a GSoH is prerequisite for all team members. Most are steeped in industry experience (formerly BBC), a few are BAFTA nominees and there’s also a BAFTA winner.

Visible Ink works with top writers and concept creators, and is a specialist in the fresh, new form of live action combined with animation. For this level of origination, UK broadcasters, co- production partners and distributors are sought for two globally important series. 42 UK@Kidscreen 2013

Contacts

The UK@Kidscreen delegation will be located in ‘The Delegate Lounge’ – 3rd Floor, Hilton Hotel.

Sarah Baynes Richard Powell Chloe Matthews The Creative Garden UK Trade & Investment UK Trade & Investment Tel: +44 (0)7768 152397 Vice-Consul, Creative & Media Business Development, Creative & Media Email: British Consulate-General British Consulate-General [email protected] 845 Third Avenue, 9th Floor 845 Third Avenue, 9th Floor New York, NY 10022 New York, NY 10022 Greg Childs Tel: (212) 745-0462 Tel: (212) 745-0433 The Children’s Media Conference Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 (0)7714 708 986 Email: [email protected] The UK@Kidscreen Mission is organised by The Children’s Media Conference and The Creative Garden supported by UKTI.

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