KidScreen Magazine - Listing for October 1, 2005
Up Front
Calling all Mickey fans... Disney Mobile has landed
Marathon and Tele Images marry interests to form French powerhouse
Hot Talent: Nerd Corps refocuses its glasses on original series
Behind the Suit: He's got the world at his flippers... The Life Aquatic with Taffy's Eric Stein
Aussie kids drama kingpin aims to bring his countrymen to the world stage
Quick Hits
Production, Programming and Distribution
Singapore's toon trade pursues loftier goals than work-for-hire
Up Next: What's developing in kids production
Keeping up with the pod people: Kidcasters latch on to a red-hot new content platform
Survey says U.K. parents are patrolling kid tube time
Got it Need it: Jetix tests the waters beyond boys action with a pilot teen channel in Italy
News in Brief
Licensing
HIT and RC2 rebuild Bob's toys in tandem with his TV makeover
Simon Scribbles says... More licenses, please!
Berry good news for Shortcake and offspring
VIZ and CPLG team up to tap the Euro manga market
Universal hatches a modern merch plan for its prehistoric toon
Aardman's Chooks ready to rumble at retail
Retail
Yuan uncertainty throws toymakers another curveball
Preschool console Bubble bursts into the U.K.
Playmates rolls for lucky sevens in the hot collectible game market
Build-a-Bear applies its formula to food service
Marketing
Promo Partner Personals: Planetarium dome shows open up a new universe for kids brands
ER uses food promos to build brand profile
Sesame Workshop and Merrill Lynch invest in toddler global citizenship
News in Brief
Digital Bytes
Gamecos zero in on kids and casual gamers as the console market flips
MIPCOM 2005
Digital Deal Making: Between a right and a hard place
Cool New Shows!
The experts speak: Market heat making waves
Get Real! Kids game shows head for a format makeover
Fall TV Preview: Don't touch that dial
U.S. kidnets reach farther through VOD and new demos
U.K. kidcasters get into the creative process from the get-go
People
