UK financing and distribution company BossaNova Media has appointed three former executives from All3Media, TVF International and TF1 America to its sales team.

Elan Freedman, co-founder and CEO of newly launched platform Volt Factor, discusses how the company is exploiting the creator economy to build lucrative global brands for kids and families.

Sandrine Nguyen, CEO of Paris-based animation studio OuiDo! Productions, and Julian Jacob, founder and CEO of toy and entertainment company Wyncor, reveal how they are joining forces to weather the storm in the animation business by building new worlds with franchise potential.

UK broadcasters Channel 4, ITV and Sky have urged public broadcaster the BBC to reduce the number of international acquisitions it makes in order to maintain its core focus on UK programming, leaving attractive finished shows from outside the UK for its commercial counterparts.

Former Sky Kids commissioning editor Lisa Mackintosh has joined children's and family content company WildBrain in the newly created role of business development director.

French kids’ animation production and distribution company Miam! has launched a division dedicated to the development and production of video games based on its IP.

The Canadian Media Producers Association and film and TV producer Don Carmody have joined forces to launch the CMPA Don Carmody International Coproduction Mentorship Program.

Bell Media's Canadian streamer Crave has ordered the first international adaptation of Banijay Rights entertainment format Let's Play Ball, completing its journey from YouTube to an international buyer.

Independent business consultant and former Fox, Blue Ant and Omens Studios exec Harry Teper has joined multimedia companies Scara and PlaysOut in strategic advisory roles.

Disney+ in the UK and Ireland and AMC Global Media in Spain and Portugal have acquired forthcoming Australian horror-comedy series Gnomes.