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Forewords 5-7 Fun Crew Ltd 28 Danny Lopez 5 Gateley LLP 29 Greg Childs and Sarah Baynes 6 Happy Films 30 HIT Entertainment 31 HoHo Entertainment 32 UK Delegate Companies 8-49 Kickback Media Ltd 33 1973 Films 8 34 Absolutely Cuckoo 9 Lion Television 35 Accorder Music Publishing 10 Magic Light Picture 36 Adobe Systems Europe Ltd. 11 MIDAS 37 Beakus 12 MCC Media 38 Beyond Distribution 13 Plug-in Media 39 Bigmouth Audio Ltd 14 Pluto Entertainments Ltd 40 Blue-Zoo Productions 15 Saffery Champness 41 Bob & Co 16 Saltbeef Productions 42 Box of Frogs Media 17 Serious Lunch Ltd 43 Bright Box Creative 18 SyncScreen.tv and The Little Big Partnership 44 CAKE 19 The Children’s Media Conference 45 CHF Entertainment Ltd 20 The Creative Garden 46 Coolabi Limited 21 Tinyworld 47 Cutlass Productions Ltd 22 Walker Productions 48 23 World of Wishes 49 Dog Ears Ltd 24 Dominic Macdonald 25 Dot to Dot Productions 26 Contacts 50 Factory Transmedia 27

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Welcome to the world of children and children’s content at CMC 2014. Over 900 delegates will converge on 2,3,4 July in Sheffield for keynotes, over 50 sessions, workshops, parties, networking. PLUS: Wednesday 2 July – a full day to meet commissioners, buyers and co-producers at the CMC International Exchange. Our great value Early Bird pass is £255+ VAT – saving you 25% on the CMC full rate. Sign up to our email bulletin at www.thechildrensmediaconference.com and be the first to hear when the Early Bird pass goes on sale. SOURCE: INDEX MUNDI 5 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Foreword By Danny Lopez

It’s wonderful to see so many of the UK’s most influential and creative companies back here at this year’s Kidscreen Summit.

Children’s broadcasting is a High-end television and tax business relationships. I wish you particularly successful sector for the relief scheme, looking to build upon all an enjoyable, successful and UK, and Britain’s biggest TV export the success of the film tax breaks we’ve productive programme. market is the USA. We have an offered for several years. High-end excellent track record of producing television and animation productions Danny Lopez is the British Consul entertaining and educational can now get up to 25% of their UK General in New York television programmes for children, spend back. For investors, of course, both animation and live action, these tax breaks are yet another part dramatic and factual. of the UK’s attractive proposition as a place to do business. We are now building on this success to push the UK’s creative industries I hope this year’s Kidscreen is a into new and exciting areas. In April valuable opportunity for you to 2013, the UK government launched the network and build new transatlantic 6 UK@Kidscreen 2014

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

Address Kidscreen has become an important annual event for British producers, writers, service companies, consultants and interactive media specialists. The UK@Kidscreen delegation is bigger than ever with over 40 companies attending. With the UK Animation Tax Incentive now firmly in place, we can truly say that Britain is “open for business”. Come and meet the Brits in our new UK@Kidscreen area in the delegate lounge – we can assure you of a warm welcome when you drop in for those vital partnership meetings. We’re thrilled to be leading the UK delegation to Kidscreen for its third year. Good luck and good fortune to everyone attending! Name www. Title

The UK’s record in children’s content We lead the UK delegation from The Children’s Media Conference (CMC development, production, distribution different perspectives – Sarah Baynes to its friends) gathers together every and exploitation is second to none. as a media consultant and Greg sector of the children’s media scene in This year’s UK@Kidscreen group Childs as the Editorial Director of The the UK to discuss the creative, business features expertise in a wide range of TV Children’s Media Conference. and strategic issues they face, and to and digital media specialisms – and of seek out innovative partnerships. Over course the newly buoyant animation At The Creative Garden, Sarah works 950 delegates from every corner of sector is well represented. We have a with a wide variety of clients, from the UK and Ireland, and from areas as range of companies in the delegation large international broadcasters to diverse as radio, film, TV, interactive who can either offer potential individuals from the creative world. media, licensing, games, publishing, partnerships on content creation – or She has experience buying, live events and theatre spend three specialist expertise in the legal and commissioning and launching new days building bridges and sharing financial issues around accessing the channels as well as connecting key learning. tax incentive. players across the globe. 7 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Greg Childs Sarah Baynes

The new worldwide focus of the CMC, launched successfully last year, is the International Exchange – a TV and cross-media market designed to allow commissioners, buyers, funders and co-producers to meet the Brits in one place at one time – and enjoy all the benefits of the conference too. If you’re keen to take part let us know: [email protected]

The CMC takes place in Sheffield (2-4 July 2014) – come and join us.

In the meantime, don’t miss your chance to meet UK delegates with great ideas Norwegian producer Frank to share, and unbeatable expertise and service offers. Visit us at the UK@Kidsreen Mosvold seeks out UK creative zone in the delegate lounge for your next great partnership deal. and funding potential at the CMC International Exchange 2013. Greg Childs is Editorial Director of The Children’s Media Conference

Sarah Baynes is the Creative Director of The Creative Garden 8 UK@Kidscreen 2014

1973 Films

5 High Green Tel: +44 (0) 20 541 4382 Great Shelford Email: [email protected] Cambridge CB22 5EG New York Contact: United Kingdom +44 7411 061452

Tim Goodchild http://www.1973films.co.uk Producer

1973 Films is a UK-based production company founded by multiple Emmy and BAFTA honoured producer Tim Goodchild and director Louise Scott. We are currently developing a number of animated children’s projects which we will be taking to Kidscreen this year including ‘Hettie Makebelieve’ a 52 x 7’ animated series for 3 to 5 year-olds about imagination. © 1973 Films 2013 9 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Absolutely Cuckoo

Unit 3 Tel: +44 (0) 208 772 6600 Taylor’s Yard Email: [email protected] 67 Alderbrook Road : @AbsoCuckoo London https://twitter.com/AbsoCuckoo SW12 8AD United Kingdom New York Contact: +44 7841 343778 Dan Good http://www.absolutelycuckoo.com Managing Director

Dan Good started Absolutely Cuckoo in working in close collaboration with Eric late 2006 with partners Lucy Chesher Hill, Spot’s creator. Dan lives in London and Kevin Snoad. Dan and the team with his partner Lucy Chesher and their create high quality, engaging and three children, two cats, numerous exciting shows for kids and the slate of stick insects, and sadly, now only one new projects is constantly renewed with hamster... original and unique content. Recent work includes ‘Waybuloo’, ‘Our Pet Planet’ (Floogals), ‘Wissper’ and now ‘Spot on’ which Dan and the team are

Wissper © 2013 Absolutely Cuckoo 10 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Accorder Music Publishing

3 Braziers End House Tel: +44 (0) 203 432 4946 Oak Lane Email: [email protected] Braziers End Twitter: @AccorderMusic Buckinghamshire https://twitter.com/AccorderMusic HP5 2UL United Kingdom New York Contact: +44 7885 317746 Simon Forrest http://www.accordermusic.com Managing Director

Accorder Music Publishing has Key to the company’s growth in the become the number one choice for UK and abroad has been Accorder’s producers and composers in the field ability to go the extra mile – providing of children’s TV. This reputation has a service that completely outstrips been won because the company traditional music publishers. Music provides a truly bespoke service for published include ‘Tree Fu Tom’, ‘In the each client – helping them maximise Night Garden’, ‘Bookaboo’, ‘Grandpa in royalty income while ensuring the very My Pocket’, ‘Toby’s Travelling Circus’, highest quality composed music in ‘Abney & Teal’, ‘Woolly & Tig’, ‘64 Zoo their productions. For many producers Lane’, ‘Driftwood Bay’, ‘’, Accorder has becomes their “virtual ‘Alphablocks’, ‘The Abadas’ and many, music department” helping with a host many more wonderful properties from of administrative and creative tasks around the world. alongside the important collection of global royalties. Accorder also works with some of the finest creators of children’s music helping them achieve their creative and professional ambitions. © Sixteen South

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Adobe Systems Europe Ltd.

The Old Manse Tel: +44 (0) 7813 670396 11 Victoria Road Email: [email protected] Camelford Linkedin: http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/michael-o-neill/0/401/796/ Cornwall PL32 9XA New York Contact: United Kingdom +44 7813 670396 http://www.adobe.com/solutions/broadcasting/plan-and-produce.html Michael O’Neill http://www.adobe.com/solutions/broadcasting/partners.html EMEA Senior Business Manager http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeanywhere.html Film, Broadcast, Animation & Gaming

Adobe’s Creative Cloud Worldwide Adobe® Story Plus is a brand new tool Strategic Development team is at lets you write screenplays and scripts Kidscreen to support Broadcasters, quickly, use scripts to generate schedules Animation Studios, Production and production reports, and collaborate Companies and Film and Animation online. There’s a free version of Story Schools to implement pipelines across available to try at story.adobe.com departments with Adobe’s Story Plus Scriptwriting tool, Editing with Please contact me for more information Premiere Pro & Prelude and Digital and to get in touch with your regional Post Production with After Effects & Adobe Strategic Development Technical Speedgrade. Consultant at [email protected] 12 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Beakus

67 Lambeth Walk Tel: +44 (0) 20 7820 7627 London Email: [email protected] SE11 6DX Twitter: @studiobeakus United Kingdom http://twitter.com/studiobeakus

Blog: http://www.beakus.com/news Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/studiobeakus Steve Smith http://www.beakus.com/#mini New York Contact: +44 7808 594887 Producer

Beakus is an independent animation We have a full-length pilot episode production studio based in London. voiced by Stephen Mangan (‘Episodes’, We create broadcast animation for ‘Green Wing’), with music composed clients such as CBeebies (‘Numtums’, by Emmy-award-winning David 25 x 5-mins, 2012) and Nickelodeon, Schweitzer (‘The Cat in the Hat’). The but also develop our own children’s showrunner is Beakus’ experienced series. We’re delighted to bring ‘Toggle’ BAFTA-winning director/producer Steve to Kidscreen, a 2D animated series of Smith, and our co-creator is two times 52 x 5-mins currently in development. Roald Dahl Funny Prize nominated With a pre-buy offer from CBeebies, UK author-illustrator Leigh Hodgkinson. tax relief, four-book publishing deal, Steve would love to meet broadcast and worldwide distributor on-board, we partners at Kidscreen who are looking expect to be in production in mid 2014. for a strikingly original pre-school show about creativity, fun and friendship!

Toggle © Beakus 2013 13 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Beyond Distribution

41/42 Berners Street Tel: +44 (0) 20 7323 3444 London Email: [email protected] W1T 3NB [email protected] United Kingdom New York Contacts: +44 7710 446283 (Yvonne Body) +44 7942 731638 (Alexandra Olsson) Yvonne Body Alexandra Olsson http://www.beyonddistribution.com Head of Acquisitions Junior Acquisitions Executive

Beyond Distribution has been a leading Beyond is proud to represent a variety independent distributor of world-class of high quality UK content for children television content since 1984, with a of all ages, including “Absolute Genius”, London and Sydney based sales team “Totally Rubbish”, “Junior Vets”, “Hero and a Dublin office. Squad”, “Iconicles”,” Tati’s Hotel”, “Get Squiggling!” and “Numberjacks”. Beyond’s name is synonymous with programmes of broad commercial appeal to television audiences worldwide and the catalogue comprises over 4,000 hours of top Absolute Genius with Dick & Dom quality and multi-award winning programming. Over 50% of Beyond’s catalogue originates from well- respected independent producers and broadcasters from around the world 14 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Bigmouth Audio Ltd

24b, 1103 Argyle Street Tel: +44 (0) 141 221 8867 Glasgow Email: [email protected] G3 8ND Twitter: @bigmouthaudio United Kingdom http://twitter.com/bigmouthaudio

New York Contact: +44 7894 453536 Stephen Scott http://www.bigmouthaudio.co.uk Director

Bigmouth Audio is a boutique audio We’re looking forward to a busy and post production facility, which exciting 2014 and will be kicking the specialises in creative and imaginative year off with the opening of our new sound for animation and children’s studio, more than doubling the size content. of our current facility! We’re keen to meet new and familiar faces at the We are currently enjoying working with conference and will be available for a clients across the UK and the rest of chat throughout the week! Europe on various projects from mobile games to long form animated series. 2013 saw us working with UK based on the pilot for ‘Bradley & Bee’, Finland based Anima Boutique on ‘Gigglebug’ and a second online series of animated children’s comic © Red Kite Animation & Hungry Boy Productions books for the BBC. 15 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Blue-Zoo Productions

Chesterfield House Tel: +44 (0) 20 7434 4111 385 Euston Road Email: [email protected] London NW1 3AU New York Contact: United Kingdom +44 7790 015360

Oli Hyatt http://www.blue-zoo.co.uk Company Director

Blue-Zoo Productions Limited is an passion for their work, and have award-winning animation studio picked up many awards along the founded in 2000 by Adam Shaw, way including in 2012, BAFTA’s Tom Box and Oli Hyatt. This creative, Children’s Award for best Independent adventurous and independent company Production Company and in 2009 Best has a renowned reputation for their Breakthrough Talent for Adam Shaw, passionate, stand-out, high-quality whilst continuing to work to the highest animation for TV, commercials, children’s standard of UK Animation. Blue-Zoo has programming, Titles and Idents. worked for many clients & brands that include; BBC, ITV, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Over the past 13 years Blue-Zoo have Network, Disney, Kellogg’s, Clarks, Lego, built strong relationships with TV DHL, Shell, The Rolling Stones, Barclays Broadcasters and Media companies & BSkyB amongst many more. allowing them to produce fantastic hits such as; ’Tree Fu Tom’, ’Q Pootle 5’, ‘Olive While creating such a buzz, Blue-Zoo the Ostrich’ and ‘Alphablocks’. have kept their feet on the ground, and still offer one of the most down to earth The vibrant, ambitious and dynamic and friendly services in the UK. team at Blue-Zoo have a genuine 16 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Bob & Co

5th Floor Tel: +44 (0) 20 3475 4872 1 Duchess Street Email: [email protected] London W1W 6AN New York Contact: United Kingdom +44 (0) 7711 190368

Simon Flamank http://www.bobandco.co.uk Executive Director

Bob and Co Ltd “Making Content executive directorships, fund-raising Happen”. and industry introductions. We also put direct investment in emergent media Bob and Co is a media advisory firm companies, and individual investments that provides guidance, fundraising in the development of film, theatre and and investment in film, television and television projects. theatre projects. We work in partnership with artistic talent – our goal is not Bob and Co has an effective network of simply to exploit the asset, but to media partners and a growing portfolio maximise its creative and investment of content across a range of formats. To potential. date they are the financiers (Directors and Shareholders) of Q Pootle 5, Minor We use our expertise and extensive Entertainment (Children’s Live Theatre) industry contacts to advise media and are currently actively fundraising/ companies on a range of issues such financing three further children’s as brand management, corporate programs and a major British animated strategy and business planning, non- family film. 17 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Box of Frogs Media

9 Pavilion Parade Tel: +44 (0) 1273 607997 Conference House Email: [email protected] Brighton [email protected] BN2 1RA [email protected] United Kingdom Twitter: @BoxOfFrogsMedia http://twitter.com/BoxOfFrogsMedia

New York Contact: Ben Simpson +44 7789 935131 Ben Simpson David Huntrods Kat Woolley http://www.boxoffrogsmedia.com CEO CTO Producer

Box Of Frogs Media is an independent Box Of Frogs Media has developed its company based in the exciting seaside own core technology to build appbooks city of Brighton, UK developing and and continues to invest in new and publishing appbooks across multiple groundbreaking features to expand its platforms, primarily for the children’s growing portfolio of books. storybook market. We believe in the power of stories to fuel imagination and exploration of the wonderful world we live in; specialising in delivering these stories through the digital format of appbooks. 18 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Bright Box Creative

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

New York Contact: +44 7814 661575 Leanne Preston http://www.brightboxcreative.co.uk Creative Director

Bright Box Creative was set up in Prior to founding Bright Box Creative, December 2012 and founded by Leanne Leanne Preston was Head of Preston with a view to generating Development at Red Kite Animation, and exploiting its own IP and offering developing a range of projects from development executive services to other preschool to tweens including ‘Bradley companies, helping to develop and & Bee’. Before this, she worked in champion ideas in the marketplace. Development and Production at With a diverse slate of projects in Nickelodeon, including on the BAFTA development and clients around the nominated ‘House of Anubis’. globe, Bright Box Creative is rapidly building a strong industry reputation for At Kidscreen, Bright Box is seeking Make It Mountain © Bright Box Creative and M R Lye quality and unique content with cross potential partners for its projects and to platform and international audiences establish potential new clients. in mind. 19 UK@Kidscreen 2014

CAKE

5th Floor Tel: +44 (0) 20 7307 3230 76 Charlotte Street Email: [email protected] London Twitter: @CAKE_Ent http://twitter.com/CAKE_Ent W1T 4QS New York Contacts: United Kingdom [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Edward Galton Tom van Waveren Gráinne Rowe CCO & CEO & VP Development http://www.cakeentertainment.com Managing Director Creative Director and Sales

CAKE is one of the world’s leading kids’ CAKE also prides itself on being a and family entertainment specialists. well-established meeting place for a Since 2002, the London-based company growing family of globally recognised has worked with animation and live- producers. CAKE looks after a diverse action producers from around the and distinctive range of animated world to develop, create, commercially and live-action programming from position and manage their IP the critically acclaimed TV parody propositions for international market. series Total Drama, the smart and We handle everything from traditional savvy Angelo Rules, to laugh out loud television rights to digital, online and Incredible Crew. Other titles include ancillary commercial rights. out of this world Space Racers, comic August Media Holdings / Kool Produktions classic Dennis the Menace and Gnasher and our newest launch, the happy-go- lucky Ella Bella Bingo. 20 UK@Kidscreen 2014

CHF Entertainment Ltd

The Towers Tel: +44 (0) 161 667 9500 Towers Business Park Email: [email protected] Didsbury Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chfpip Manchester M20 2SL New York Contact: United Kingdom +1 (212) 965 8999

Francis Fitzpatrick http://www.chfentertainment.com President

CHF Entertainment is the reincarnation which launches in the autumn of 2014. of the multi award-winning animation It will follow the adventures of Pip, a house, Cosgrove Hall, famous for big mischievous pup and his best friends brand children’s shows such as ’Danger Alba, Hopper and Pasty in the perfect Mouse’, ‘Wind in the Willows’ and ’Count seaside town of Salty Cove. The series Duckula’. CHF Entertainment continues is currently in production under the that tradition by creating entertaining, creative leadership of multi award- innovative, brilliantly characterised and winners Jean Flynn and Ben Turner, and educational, children’s television shows. features Sir David Jason as the voice of Pip’s uncle Skipper. The first series on the blocks is ‘Pip Pip Ahoy! © Cosgrove Hall Fitzpatrick Ahoy!’ an animated pre-school series 21 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Coolabi Limited

1st Floor Tel: +44 (0) 20 7004 0980 Watergate House Email: [email protected] 13-15 York Buildings http://www.linkedin.com/company/coolabi-ltd London WC2N 6JU New York Contact: United Kingdom [email protected] [email protected] Jeremy Banks Michael Dee Zoë Bamsey [email protected] Chief Executive Director of Content Director of http://www.coolabi.com Development and Production

Coolabi are a leading, independent, The group, made up of Coolabi and international media group and rights Working Partners, has a particular owner specialising in the creation, expertise in the media of publishing, development and brand management television and digital. Brands we own of children’s and family intellectual or represent include Poppy Cat, Purple property rights. Ronnie, Beast Quest and the ’ trio of properties , and All our intellectual property rights Ivor the Engine. are developed and managed in order that they might to excite, engage and endure to appeal to consumers across all media of exploitation in every major media market, internationally. © 2014 Smallfilms Ltd and

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Cutlass Productions Limited

Studio 3S1 Tel: +44 (0) 7711 670076 The Phoenix Gallery Email: [email protected] 10-14 Waterloo Place Twitter: @cutlasstv Brighton http://twitter.com/cutlasstv BN2 9NB United Kingdom New York Contact: +44 7711 670076 David Curry John Lomas- http://www.cutlasstv.com Managing Director Bullivant Writer

Cutlass is a start-up animation studio Creative Skillset Challenge Fund Award based in Brighton which is showcasing for a CelAction course to run in May its kids animation series ‘Roc, Bopp 2014. and Po’ at Kidscreen 2014. Written by industry veteran John Lomas-Bullivant the show is aimed at 6-9 year olds and is being developed with the support of a MEDIA programme award. In the past, the founder David has produced Modern Toss Drive By Abuser Trailer for C4 animation for the cult brand ‘Modern Toss’ which, commissioned by C4, won a Royal Television Society Award for Best Online Video in 2012. Cutlass have also just finished a short form comedy series for Yahoo! UK entitled ‘Yes Ma’am’ and are one of the first recipients of a 23 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Darrall Macqueen

Twickenham Studios Tel: + 44 20 8607 8835 The Barons Email: [email protected] Twickenham Twitter: Baby Jake, Topsy and Tim, Darrall Macqueen Middlesex Facebook: Baby Jake, Topsy and Tim TV, Darrall Macqueen TW1 2AW United Kingdom New York Contact: + 44 7767 685050 Billy Macqueen http://www.darrallmacqueen.com Company Director

Darrall Macqueen is a triple-BAFTA running children’s properties. Current award winning indie production comedy hits include ‘Bear Behaving company dedicated to producing high Badly’ (78 x 22mins for CBBC) and quality children’s content for major animation ‘Pet Squad’ (52 x 11mins broadcasters. for CBBC / Sony International), and for pre-school the Broadcast Children’s Darrall Macqueen, formed in 2000 by Programme of the Year 2013 ‘Baby Jake’ former Disney executives Maddy Darrall (52 x 11mins) and the new CBeebies and Billy Macqueen, has a proven track smash hit drama ‘Topsy & Tim’ (60 x record of devising and producing long- 11mins). 24 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Dog Ears Ltd

12-14 The Diamond Tel: +44 (0) 2871 308640 Derry-Londonderry Email: [email protected] BT48 6HW United Kingdom New York Contact: +44 7771 597167

Helen Blayney http://www.cheersdogears.com International Sales and Business Development

Dog Ears is a children’s media company so friendly) creatures. The series will be based in Derry, Northern Ireland. broadcast on RTE Jr in Ireland and Nick We make children’s books, apps, Jr in the UK from January 2015. TV and events and we are currently co-producing ‘Puffin Rock’ with our For all ‘Puffin Rock’ inquiries please partners, Cartoon Saloon and Penguin contact our Head of International Books. Sales Helen Blayney. For more information about Dog Ears’ people ‘Puffin Rock’ is an animated pre-school and projects, including: ‘Miss Rosie series for 3-5 year olds and features the Red’ and our annual children’s book funny adventures of Oona and Baba, festival ‘Humdinger!’ please visit two young pufflings, who live on the www.cheersdogears.com island with an array of friendly (and not 25 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Dominic Macdonald

246 Longhurst Lane Tel: +44 (0) 7803 167149 Mellor Email: [email protected] Stockport Cheshire New York Contact: SK6 5PW +44 7803 167149 United Kingdom

Dominic Macdonald Freelance writer and producer

I am a Series Producer and Writer winning a Broadcast and RTS award working in the UK mainly for the BBC. I for ‘My Parents Are Aliens’ (CITV) and have just completed producing Series directing such shows as ‘’ Two of CBeebies hugely successful for , ‘Grange Hill’, show, ‘Old Jack’s Boat’, winner of an ‘Byker Grove’ and ‘Blue Peter’ for CBBC RTS award and recently nominated and ‘Emmerdale’ for ITV. for a 2014 Kidscreen Award. My other producer credits include ‘Gigglebiz’ I have three kids, a house in the hills, Series Three, ‘ZingZillas’ Series One- a lovely wife and I play in a great little Four and ‘Jackanory Junior’ Series One band called the Prohibition Swing Club and Two for CBeebies. I have also had a – check us out: prohibitionswingclub.com very successful career as a TV director 26 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Dot To Dot Productions

Unit 9 Tel: +44 (0) 20 8994 0663 Turnham Green Terrace Mews Email: [email protected] London [email protected] W4 1QU United Kingdom New York Contacts: +44 7900 247860 (Jo Killingley) +44 7815 034592 (Alan Robinson) Jo Killingley Alan Robinson http://www.dottodotproductions.com Managing Director Head of Development

Dot To Dot Productions are a Bafta for a BAFTA), ‘Get Squiggling!’, an nominated, award winning children’s interactive art show for CBeebies production company who have (nominated for an RTS Award, Broadcast delivered programming for broadcasters Award and British Animation Award), including: CBeebies, CBBC, Nick Jnr, ‘The Adventures of William Whiskerson’ Disney, S4C and ZDF. They create iconic for BBC Learning, ‘Totally Rubbish’ an ratings winning programmes, and are art show for CBBC and ‘Fun with Claude’ passionate about engaging and fuelling for Disney Junior and ZDF (winner of imaginations with enriching and Cartoon on the Bay). entertaining content. Dot To Dot’s pre-school animation, Monster School – 52 x 7’ pre-school animation for CBeebies Commissions include: ‘Big Cook Little ‘Monster School’ (52 x7’), has just Cook’ for CBeebies (nominated for a been green lit by CBeebies and they Broadcast Award), ‘Bubble & Squeak’ for are looking to speak to potential Nick Junior (nominated for a BAFTA), broadcasters about this and their other ‘Undercover Dads’ for CBBC (nominated animated series ‘Hoppy Burrows’. 27 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Factory Transmedia

Unit J, Tribune Avenue Tel: +44 (0)161 929 6755 Altrincham Business Park Email: [email protected] Broadheath Twitter: http://twitter.com/factory_tm Altrincham Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/factorytransmedia Cheshire Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/factorytm WA14 5AX Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/company/factory-tm United Kingdom New York Contact: Phil Chalk http://www.factorytm.com +44 7785 752241 Managing Director

Factory TM design and collaborate on BAFTA nominated ‘Strange Hill High’, immersive entertainment projects for which combines traditional rod- exploitation across all media. Factory puppetry with CGI animation. TM Studios are one of the only studios in Europe with expertise in all forms of Factory TM has also been announced animation; stop-frame, CGI and 2D. as the production company entrusted by co-producers CBeebies, Coolabi, In the last four years Factory has Smallfilms and Sprout with the iconic produced ‘Roary the Racing Car’, ‘Fifi and much loved British classic TV show Strange Hill @ CBBC, Fremantle 2013 and the Flowertots’ and ‘Raa Raa the ‘The Clangers’, set to make its return to Noisy Lion’ for the BBC after 45 years. and BAFTA nominated ‘Muddle Earth’ for CBBC. Factory TM is currently filming the second series of a truly ground-breaking show for CBBC, the 28 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Fun Crew Ltd

126 Hampton Road Tel: +44 (0) 7946 066726 Southport, Merseyside +44 (0) 7956 370037 PR8 5DZ Email: [email protected] United Kingdom [email protected] Twitter: @AddedSalt http://twitter.com/AddedSalt Skype: AngelaJSalt Angela Salt Stuart Harrison New York Contacts: +44 7946 066726 Content Creator/ Content Creator/ Creative Producer Creative Producer http://www.funcrew.co.uk +44 7956 370037

Fun Crew create dynamic, original This will be our fourth consecutive year and marketable content for children’s return to Kidscreen and we’re looking media. forward to building relationships with diverse international co-production We’re an independent studio, founded partners, broadcasters, publishers and in 2006 by writer, Angela Salt and digital media specialists. award-winning character designer, Stuart Harrison. Our passion is for Fun Crew have an exciting development engaging characters, humour and slate which includes animated shows FUN, story-driven ideas which will work for pre-school to young teen audiences universally to entertain across media. and great ideas for broadcast, games and publishing. We’re also keen to meet We’re currently working with a global companies interested in hiring us as partner, Technicolor, developing our creative consultants on existing or new original idea for an adorable, animated projects. © Fun Crew Ltd. 2013 comedy series for children aged four to seven. 29 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Gateley LLP

1 Paternoster Square Tel: +44 (0) 20 7653 1647 London Email: [email protected] EC4M 7DX Twitter: @LisaLogan100 United Kingdom http://twitter.com/LisaLogan100

New York Contact: +44 7843 385705 Lisa Logan http://www.gateleyuk.com Head of Media

Lisa Logan, Partner, Gateley LLP is an She helps clients protect and exploit experienced commercial, IP/IT and their brands and valuable IT/IP and media lawyer. She has spent many years heads up the Gateley media group with in-house at leading US multinationals a growing contentious media practice such as Disney, Nickelodeon and including pre-publication review, IP Discovery Channel (where she was disputes and TV Format protection/ Director-Legal for six years) before breach of confidence. moving back to private practice several years ago to Top 50 UK law firm Specialities: TV/Film production, Gateley where she heads up media and distribution, compliance, music, talent, technology. Her in-house experience advertising/sponsorship, channel enables her to offer commercial and carriage, digital media experience. pragmatic advice aligned to each Both contentious and non-contentious client’s business strategy. She has matters. wide ranging TV/Film production, distribution, advertising/sponsorship, channel carriage and digital media and technology experience. 30 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Happy Films

31 Tadmor Street Tel: + 44 (0) 7702 241628 London Email: [email protected] W12 8AH Twitter: http://twitter.com/bookaboolucy United Kingdom Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BookabooTV

New York Contact: + 44 7702 241628 Lucy Goodman http://www.happyfilms.com Company Director

Happy Films was founded to create for CITV (UK) and CBC (Canada) now stand out children’s media and its also airing on ABC Australia. 2013 also short life has already picked up a raft of saw the format evolve to include a UK awards including a Prix Jeunesse award, schools competition in which teachers two BAFTAs, a British Animation Award from around the country auditioned and more recently was nominated as online to take part in the show. a 2013 Shaw Rocket Finalist. We pride ourselves on strong well researched At Kidscreen 2014, Happy Films looks content and high production values. forward to discussing new shows in development including a pre-school Happy Films first show, ‘Bookaboo’ has children’s game show and two children’s now completed its third season. Starting dramas (4-7 yrs and 8-12) out as UK only show for CITV, the live Happy Films will also be at Kidscreen action and animation format began to to talk to potential Bookaboo format travel overseas and this year completed producers or broadcasters in other 26 episodes in French for Radio Canada territories around the world. and TFO as well as a further 28 episodes 31 UK@Kidscreen 2014

HIT Entertainment

5th Floor Tel: +44 (0)20 7554 2500 Maple House Email: [email protected] 149 Tottenham Court Road [email protected] London W1T 7NF New York Contacts: United Kingdom +44 7534 265937 (Michael Carrington) +44 7703 887177 (Marion Edwards) Michael Carrington Marion Edwards Vice President Global Executive Producer http://www.hitentertainment.com Content & Executive Producer

HIT Entertainment is one of the world’s Ballerina’, ‘Pingu’, ‘Fireman Sam’, leading preschool entertainment ‘Barney’, and much more! HIT companies, with a strong track record Entertainment represents more than in high-quality IP creation and an 1,000 hours of preschool children’s award-winning portfolio of world-class programming. We invite you to come content, like ‘Thomas & Friends’, ‘Bob meet us! the Builder’, ’Mike the Knight’, ’Angelina 32 UK@Kidscreen 2014

HoHo Entertainment

Suite 109c Tel: +44 (0) 20 7682 3154 Business Design Centre Email: [email protected] 52 Upper Street Twitter: @CloudbabiesNews London http://twitter.com/CloudbabiesNews N1 0QH United Kingdom New York Contact: +44 7921 268377 Oliver Ellis http:/www.hohoentertainment.com Joint Managing Director

Hoho Rights and Hoho Productions As a commercial operation, Hoho Rights are wholly owned subsidiaries of Hoho manages the distribution of TV, DVD Entertainment; a children’s production and all other ancilliary rights to both and rights management company in-house produced shows and other dedicated to developing intellectual 3rd party properties. We implement a properties that are designed to be seen 360° approach to rights management and experienced on all media platforms. allowing us to position our brands across all media platforms. Hoho’s Hoho Productions has produced current properties are: ‘Cloudbabies’, Cloudbabies, produced by HoHo Entertainment in association ‘Cloudbabies’ ® a 52 x 10’ CG animated ‘Abadas’, ‘Toddler Time’, ‘Mimi & Bibi’, with Studio Liddell show for CBeebies. The series was and ‘Everybody Loves A Moose’. created by awarding winning art director, Bridget Appleby, and was animated by Manchester based Studio Liddell. 33 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Kickback Media Ltd

Silverlocks Tel: +44 (0) 7770 381028 Cradducks Lane Email: [email protected] Staplehurst New York Contact: TN12 0DN +44 7770 381028 United Kingdom

John Lomas-Bullivant http://www.kickbackmedia.com Writer-Creator-Transmedia Consultant

John Lomas-Bullivant has over 25 years’ minded production company, which experience in children’s media and created a diverse slate of projects combines a unique creative, strategic ranging from pre-school TV series, and commercial skill set. John has to book properties and tween girl’s previously worked at several blue chip lifestyle brands – all unified by their companies such as Pearson Television, focus on character. John currently TV-Loonland and HIT Entertainment. In works as Writer, Show Developer and 2002 John established Kickback Media, Transmedia Consultant. probably Europe’s first ‘Transmedia’ 34 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Kindle Entertainment

1a Goldsmiths Row Tel: +44 (0) 20 7748 5277 London Email: [email protected] E2 8QA [email protected] United Kingdom New York Contact: +44 (0) 7795 302813 (Anne Brogan)

Anne Brogan Melanie Stokes http://www.kindleentertainment.com Co-Director Co-Director

Kindle Entertainment was founded ‘Big and Small’, is now in its third series in 2007 by Anne Brogan and Melanie and ‘’, a TV movie based Stokes. Recent productions include on the novel by Dame Jacqueline ‘Hank Zipzer’ starring Henry ‘The Fonz’ Wilson, won both the International Winkler; ‘Dinopaws’ an animated Emmy for Children & Young People and comedy about a trio of dinosaurs; the Children’s BAFTA for Best Writer in ‘Minibeast Adventure with Jess’, fact- 2009. ent for preschoolers; and ‘Dixi’, an interactive mystery set in the world of social networking. Earlier productions include ‘Leonardo’, an action adventure series about the young genius as an apprentice; a modern telling of the Hank Zipzer © DHX Hank Zipzer Productions Limited 2014 Dickens’ classic, ‘Nick Nickleby’; and ‘Get Well Soon’. Miniseries ‘Treasure Island’, stars and TV movie ‘Some Dogs Bite’ premiered at Woodstock, 2011. Pre-school property, Dinopaws © Kindle Entertainment Ltd/Guru Dinopaws Ltd / Laughing Gravy Ltd 2014 35 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Lion Television

Lion House Tel: +44 (0) 20 8846 2000 26 Paddenswick Road Email: [email protected] London W6 0UB New York Contact: United Kingdom +44 (0) 7966 141609

Jeremy Mills http://www.liontv.co.uk Managing Director

Lion Television has been producing early 2014. The series brings the now award winning Kids’ TV for the last 5 familiar Lion comedy approach to the years - ‘Horrible Histories’ has just won weird and exciting world of records with a record breaking fourth BAFTA in a row the help of the Guinness World Records (bringing the total awards for the series team. up to 22), while new arrival Officially Amazing was also BAFTA nominated for Lion is currently building on its its first season. New series of both are expertise in scripted and non-scripted currently in production for CBBC, along genre with exciting new projects in the Component Graphics with a growing development slate for children’s television arena. UK and US broadcasters.

‘Officially Amazing’ first aired in 2013 to fantastic audiences and critical acclaim, and series two is due to air in 36 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Magic Light Pictures

21 Goodge Street Tel: +44 (0) 207 631 1800 London Email: [email protected] W1T 2PJ United Kingdom New York Contact: +44 7710 359775

Michael Rose http://www.magiclightpictures.com Co-Founder

Magic Light Pictures is an award 80 broadcasters worldwide. We also winning brand-building and production run a cross-category international company. We produce films, TV and merchandising programme with over games as well as directly managing 40 licensees and 300 products which licensing, global distribution and capture the charm of the original books. marketing. We want everything we do to be of the highest quality, with integrity In 2012, we introduced our new brand, and creativity at its heart. ‘Room on the Broom’ – based on another best-selling book by Donaldson Our key brand is ‘The Gruffalo’, from and Scheffler – with a BAFTA winning the best-selling picture books by half-hour animated film and a growing Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. range of merchandise. We produced the Oscar and BAFTA- nominated half-hour animated films, We’re always keen to meet new partners ‘The Gruffalo’ and ‘The Gruffalo’s and looking to find another great Child’, and have sold them to over property! 37 UK@Kidscreen 2014

MIDAS

Warren Bruce Court Tel: +1 416 201 6126 Warren Bruce Road Email: [email protected] Trafford Park Manchester New York Contact: M17 1LB +1 416 893 5831 United Kingdom

Juan-Carlos Jeffrey http://investinmanchester.com Consultant

MIDAS is Manchester’s inward and helping to remove any barriers investment agency and its role for companies looking to expand or is to attract new investment and relocate into Manchester. We also offer employment to Greater Manchester. aftercare support to recent investors MIDAS drives the global business and we account manage foreign-owned marketing of Manchester as a world- companies in the region. class location for business and delivers an extensive package of expert, free MIDAS provides services such as and confidential advice for location relocation support, assistance in consultants and potential investors. finding property solutions, advice on recruitment and training as well as Widely regarded as one of the most assistance with securing grants. For effective inward investment teams in more information on how we can help the world, MIDAS has a reputation for you make Manchester part of your understanding diverse business needs success story, contact our team today. 38 UK@Kidscreen 2014

MCC Media

St Peter’s Gate Tel: +44 (0) 7748 842978 University of Sunderland Email: [email protected] Charles Street Sunderland New York Contact: SR6 0AN +44 (0) 7748 842978 United Kingdom

Paul McCoy http://www.mccmedia.co.uk Director

MCC Media is an award winning media shows. We are hoping to find like- agency with a creative team that brings minded companies who want to tap into off the wall ideas to life. We strive to these ideas and create exciting fresh create high quality children’s TV that shows that will stimulate and engage. is not only entertaining but most importantly original. We will be looking to meet with co- production partners, international This year MCC Media are bringing a distributors and commissioners as well variety of concepts to Kidscreen ranging as any producers interested in forming from comedy to live action/animation potential partnerships. 39 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Plug-in Media

85 Gloucester Road Tel: +44 (0) 1273 783794 Brighton Email: [email protected] East Sussex Twitter: @pluginmedia BN1 4AP http://twitter.com/pluginmedia United Kingdom Other: www.facebook.com/pluginmedia

New York Contact: Dominic Minns Juliet Tzabar http://www.pluginmedia.net +44 7973 749571 Creative Director Managing Director

Plug-in Media is a BAFTA-winning and ‘Play and Learn with Bubble Puppy’, digital media production company that which has reached #1 in the US iOS App delivers engaging and inspirational Store in both the Education and 5 & entertainment to children and families. Under categories. Our interactive service work for clients such as BBC, Nickelodeon, and Sesame In 2013 Plug-in kicked-off its original IP Workshop has delivered award-winning strategy and launched ‘Tee and Mo’ on games and apps for some of the best- CBeebies. The brand delivers a suite of loved children’s entertainment brands, desktop and mobile games created for including: ‘Sesame Street’, ‘Octonauts’, caregivers and children to play together. © Plug-in Media Group Ltd ‘Tree Fu Tom’ and ‘Peppa Pig’. These It has proved hugely popular with the outstanding interactive experiences CBeebies audience, and our ‘Tee and complement their linear TV counterparts Mo’ animated shorts have received over whilst delivering compelling and playful a million plays on iPlayer. We are now digital entertainment to children seeking co-production partners to bring throughout the world. Our recent the brand to television. We are also in app projects include: ‘Elmo Loves production on an 11-min 2D animated 123s’, recipient of a 2014 iKids Award TV pilot for Nick Jr. US, based on an nomination, to be decided at Kidscreen original Plug-in idea. 40 UK@Kidscreen 2014

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 http://www.plutomusic.com Managing Director

Pluto Entertainments is the production Recently Keith has been working with and publishing vehicle for Keith the new Cosgrove Hall Fitzpatrick Hopwood, who (after a life in pop music production company, the recent reboot as a member of Herman’s Hermits) has of the legendary animation company. been writing music successfully for kids He is running their music rights TV for many years - from ’The Wind in company, and overseeing the musical the Willows’ and ’The BFG’ for Cosgrove requirements for their shows. Hall, to ’Pingu’ and ’’ for HIT Entertainment. With its associate No matter how early in the production writers and producers Pluto covers process you may be, music can add a large range of musical styles and its weight in all kinds of ways to any the kids shows we’ve catered for have project, and help to move things been produced for the UK, Europe and forward. the US markets. In addition we have successfully produced many secondary exploitation projects for the music industry. 41 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Saffery Champness

Lion House Tel: +44 (0) 20 7841 4135 Red Lion Street Email: [email protected] London WC1R 4GB New York Contact: United Kingdom +44 (0) 7881 377893

Moses Nyachae http://www.saffery.com Director – Film & TV

Moses is a Director in the Film & TV Tides, The King’s Speech, John Carter, department of Saffery Champness, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Welcome providing specialist advice on accessing to the Punch, Hugo, Total Recall and and maximising the UK Film, High-end Prometheus. TV and Animation tax credits. On the film side, Moses acts for a Using the substantial experience number of US studios as well as UK and acquired over the last eight years, European production companies and Moses now advises a number of TV and over the past eight years has worked Animation production companies on all on blockbusters, Hollywood films and matters relating to the High-end TV and art house titles alike. Most recently he Animation tax credits, both of which has advised productions such as Thor follow the underlying principles of the 2, Skyfall, Captain Philips, One Chance, Film tax credit. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger 42 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Saltbeef Productions

Unit 5 Tel: +44 (0) 20 7619 3429 Lysander Mews Email: [email protected] Lysander Grove London New York Contact: N19 3QP +44 7711 664978 United Kingdom

Jeremy Salsby http://www.saltbeeftv.com Creative Director

Jeremy Salsby set up Saltbeef for ITV and co-creator & writer on Productions in 2009 where he launched SONY award winning comedy series CBBC’s BAFTA winning entertainment Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off for series Friday Download which is about BBC Radio 4. to begin its seventh series. Prior to this Jeremy was editor of The Previously, as head of development at Big Breakfast having produced several SO Television he created and produced entertainment series hosted by the four time BAFTA nominated hit CBBC likes of Stephen Fry, Clive James, Ruby sketch series Sorry, I’ve Got No Head, Wax, Joan Rivers, Antoine de Caunes BAFTA nominated cross platform and Angus Deayton. factual series Year Dot for C4 Education, ground-breaking cross platform sitcom Saltbeef is one of the UK’s top 50 true Pixelface for CBBC, co-created BBC’s indies, specialising in entertainment, Friday Download, Copyright Saltbeef Productions hit entertainment format School’s Out, comedy and cross platform content. Richard Hammond’s Five O’Clock Show 43 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Serious Lunch Ltd

14 Limekiln Place Tel: +44 (0) 208 771 7310 London Email: [email protected] SE19 2RE Twitter: @genevievedexter United Kingdom http://twitter.com/genevievedexter

New York Contact: +44 7711 419412 Genevieve Dexter http://www.seriouslunch.co.uk Founder & CEO

Serious Lunch is an Executive The company is currently working on a Production services company assisting new series of The Wombles for Channel independent producers raise finance 5 together with Mike Batt who wrote for their productions. The company also the original music as well as producing provides advice on investments into the a scripted comedy series of Horrible children’s television sector for clients Science for Hat Trick/Toff Media and on a discreet basis. Serious Lunch has CITV. just successfully funded Okido a mixed media 52 x 11’ episode for Squint/Opera The Wombles for Milkshake and CBeebies. 44 UK@Kidscreen 2014

SyncScreen.tv and The Little Big Partnership

41 Bernard Avenue Tel: +44 (0) 7860 611954 London Email: [email protected] W13 9TG [email protected] United Kingdom Twitter: @marcgoodchild http://twitter.com/marcgoodchild

New York Contact: +44 7860 611954 Marc Goodchild http://www.syncscreen.tv Founding Director – SyncScreen.tv http://www.thelittlebigpartnership.com Consulting Partner – The Little Big Partnership

After many years as a Senior Executive broadcasters both sides of the Atlantic, at the BBC and then consulting across in the US and Europe, SyncScreen is the independent production sector leading the way on companion apps for in the UK, Marc has now joined forces children of all ages and now offers both with two highly specialised companies a full creative service agency solution that are leading the way in their own as well as a licensable software package particular fields. for third party app developers.

He is a Founding Director of Marc is also a consultant at ‘The Little SyncScreen.TV, a new technology Big Partnership’, providing specialist company providing a unique second- media advice across the children’s and © Copyright SyncScreen 2014 screen production toolkit and authoring family sector (from branded advertising solution for producers and IP owners to TV shows and experiential events) for wishing to develop synchronised a variety of high profile clients and IP experiences across TV and tablets owners. or smartphones. Now working with 45 UK@Kidscreen 2014

The Children’s Media Conference

15 Briarbank Road Tel: +44 (0) 20 8810 8856 London Email: [email protected] W13 0HH Blog: http://blog.thechildrensmediaconference.com/ United Kingdom Twitter: @childmediaconf https://twitter.com/childmediaconf LinkedIn: The Children’s Media Conference Facebook: The Children’s Media Conference New York Contact: + 44 7714 708986 Greg Childs Editorial Director http://www.thechildrensmediaconference.com

Greg Childs worked for over 25 years at with the European Broadcasting Union the BBC, mainly as a director, producer on their Children’s and Youth strategy. and executive-producer of children’s programmes. He created the first At the same time, as Editorial Director Children’s BBC websites and, as Head of the Children’s Media Conference, of Children’s Digital, developed and Greg has grown this annual event into launched the children’s channels, CBBC a gathering of over 800 delegates, with and CBeebies. Greg left the BBC in 2004 150 speakers, and spin-off events and and has since advised producers on activities year-round. He is also one digital, interactive and cross-platform of the Heads of Studies at the German strategies, and broadcasters on Akademie Fur Kindermedien, and has channel launches, digital futures and recently taken on the role of Director of management support. He was in the a new UK organisation – The Children’s launch teams for Teachers TV and the Media Foundation. Greg was made a CITV Channel in the UK, and was advisor Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in to the Al Jazeera Children’s Channel for 2010 in recognition of his contribution three years. He is currently consulting to children’s rights and culture. 46 UK@Kidscreen 2014

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 http://www.thecreativegarden.co.uk Creative Director

Sarah heads up the creative media Pitching sessions, which are in demand agency, The Creative Garden. She by companies outside the industry as specialises in concept creation, well in the kids community. coaching and development within the creative industries for leading Before establishing The Creative Garden, global companies though to small Sarah was a commissioner at Channel independents. She and her team advise 4. She was part of the launch team and international broadcasters, creatives commissioner for The Big Breakfast and digital leaders on a range of before assuming responsibilities for the issues including channel launches, first youth branded slots for T4. She has multi-platform ventures and concept extensive experience in the Children’s strategy. In addition she is known media world and has been integral to internationally for her Ideas Labs and many a project with a household name. 47 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Tinyworld

Tel: +44 (0) 7768 612 004 Email: [email protected]

New York Contact:  +44 (0) 7768 612 004

Alexander Bar http://www.alexanderbar.me Content Creator and Creative Producer

I collaborate with a global network of The second phase is an open creative talent and business partners to collaboration to further develop and develop wide-ranging IPs which I create fine-tune each aspect of a project in for animation – that include ‘Lunar Jim’ a way that strikes the right balance and ‘Mike the Knight’. between creative needs and commercial On creation of a property, my first step interests. is to define a strategy that will manage and steer the creative premise into a Once a project is launched, my ongoing brand proposition. For each project, this role varies on a case by case basis. means something different, depending on which launch platform is identified © 2013 HIT (MTK )Limited / Nelvana Limited as best for that property. 48 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Walker Productions

87 Vauxhall Walk Tel: +44 (0) 20 7396 2501 London Email: [email protected] SE11 5HJ [email protected] United Kingdom New York Contacts: +44 7718 031091 (Helen McAleer) +44 7740 900625 (Julia Posen) Helen McAleer Julia Posen http://www.walker.co.uk Managing Director EVP and Commercial Director

Walker Books is a leading independent Cousins’ properties, ‘Guess How Much I children’s publisher and property Love You’ and ‘Tilly and Friends’. Walker owner, renowned for original content Productions develops Walker content and outstanding quality. Walker Books for other media platforms with a range publishes many award-winning authors, of media partners, with current projects illustrators, titles and brands including including Tilly and Friends for CBeebies, Anthony Horowitz, Anthony Browne, ‘Henry Hugglemonster’ for Disney, ‘Guess How Much I Love You’, ‘Maisy’, ‘Fleabag Monkeyface’ for CITV and ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ and ‘Hank Zipzer’ for CBBC. ‘Where’s Wally’? Walker Books UK is part of the vibrant Walker’s in-house licensing division international Walker Books Group manages activity across Walker brands that also includes Candlewick Press in including Maisy and all other Lucy America and Walker Books Australia. 49 UK@Kidscreen 2014

World of Wishes

3 Greentop Tel: +44 7967436510 Pudsey Email: [email protected] West Yorkshire [email protected] LS28 8JW United Kingdom New York Contacts: +44 7967 436510 (Shane Hamill) +44 7900 827024 (Geoff Sanderson) Shane Hamill Geoff Sanderson http://www.worldofwishes.co.uk Director Director

World of Wishes is a creative company heads together to create the children’s formed in 2007 specialising in the character brand and IP creation studio, children’s character market. With a host World of Wishes. of experience in licensing and product development the team have been WoW look forward to showcasing their busy developing IP brands that feature original, innovative and carefully honed unique characters with a difference. new character brand at Kidscreen backed and supported by notable UK After many years in the gift and production specialists and animators ... greetings market spent creating All will be revealed! successful brands and properties Little Ewe is a registered trademark of Little Ewe Limited. for leading UK and US retailers, We look forward to meeting you all and All rights reserved 2014 Geoff, Shane and Michael put their telling our story. commercial, storytelling and illustrative 50 UK@Kidscreen 2014

Contacts

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

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