The heads of Marathon Media reveal how the French animation studio is cracking the US market, and why the States is open to international programming. Jesse Whittock reports.

Viasat Broadcasting’s Jakob Mejlhede tells Jesse Whittock about the keenly fought battle over Nordic VoD, the firm’s content strategy and funding premium pay-TV drama.

Germany has Europe's largest population and economy but this hasn't led to TV animation success. Jesse Whittock asks what it will take to wake up the business.

BSkyB’s Sophie Turner Laing on the UK paycaster’s move into distribution and original content, and why it’s better to compete with yourself than your rivals.

The man behind Doctor Who’s revival and CBBC's new series Wizards vs Aliens gives Jesse Whittock his views on children’s TV in the digital age, the BBC’s move to Manchester and the politics of coproduction.

KiKa airs daily from 06.00 to 21.00, providing a mix of original and acquired children’s programming from both local and international markets. KiKa’s best ratings so far this year have been generated by Yakari, a KiKa-commissioned cartoon about a young native American boy and his friends, which comes from France’s Storimage-Mediatoon, ARD and its affiliate […]

KiKa airs daily from 06.00 to 21.00, providing a mix of original and acquired children’s programming from both local and international markets. Next year, sees the llaunch a number of new internationally acquired toons, including The Cat In the Hat Knows a Lot About That from Portfolio Entertainment, plus Muddle Earth (BBC Worldwide), Mouk (Millimages), […]

KiKa airs daily from 06.00 to 21.00, providing a mix of original and acquired programming from both local and international markets. KiKa’s best ratings so far this year have been generated by Yakari, a KiKa-commissioned cartoon about a young native American boy and his friends, which comes from France’s Storimage-Mediatoon, ARD and its affiliate WDR. […]

Fifteen-year-old German channel KiKa, which is owned and operated by public broadcasters ZDF and ARD, remains the country’s most popular children’s network. Catering primarily for 3-13s, the channel took a 26% share of the 6-13 audience in 2011, according to market research institute iconKids & Youth, and a 19% share across its target demos, a […]

SCHEDULE WATCH CHANNEL PROFILE: Public children's channel KiKa hopes to extend its lead in the preschool and 6-13 demographics through a mix of local commissions and acquired fare but faces a battle in the digital space. Jesse Whittock reports.