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’s on-demand platform KiKa Plus is accessible through the Kika.de website and targets three main age groups: 3-5s, 6-9s and 10-plus. “The KiKa on-demand offer already has fantastic user figures and there has been no cannibalising between it and the TV channel. This is obviously because you can watch your favourite shows whenever you feel […]

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 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 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. […]