Genius Brands International has promoted Michael Jaffa to the role of chief operating officer from his previous role as general counsel and senior vice president of business affairs. In his new position, Jaffa will continue to report to GBI chairman and CEO, Andy Heyward. As COO, Jaffa will be responsible for …
Read More »Genius Brands International rolls out its Kartoon Channel! app to iOS as it looks to take on Netflix and Disney+
Genius Brands International has extended the launch of its new, free digital Kartoon Channel to iOS with a new dedicated Kartoon Channel! app available on Apple iOS. It follows it initial launch across multiple AVOD and OTT platforms last month. Kartoon Channel! was launched onto the scene as a rival …
Read More »Genius Brands delves into IP portfolio to deliver public messaging on hygiene amid COVID-19 pandemic
In an effort to provide information to parents and children in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Genius Brands International has produced a series of Public Service Announcements starring Warren Buffett and Jennifer Garner, to inform children about safe hygiene. The series of announcements will feature brands from the company’s catalogue of properties, …
Read More »Rainbow Rangers lands first European broadcaster in Italy’s Cartoonito
Genius Brands International has signed the first key European broadcast deal for the first season of Rainbow Rangers with the Italian children’s network, Cartoonito. The pre-school channel is a joint venture between Turner and RTI Mediaset. Rainbow Rangers is now being dubbed in Italian for Cartoonito, bringing the adventures of the …
Read More »Genius Brands is bringing Rainbow Rangers to the live stage
The live theatre production debut of Rainbow Rangers is timed to coincide with the preschool brand’s US retail launch in 2019.
Read More »Rainbow Rangers grows US retail reach with Spirit Halloween deal
The company will design and manufacture an exclusive line of Rainbow Rangers character costumes and accessories, which will debut at over 1,300 retail locations across the US and Canada from August next year.
Read More »GBI taps Fox Kids founder as new executive chairman of Kid Genius Cartoon Channel
The multiple-award winning children’s and family media executive, Margaret Loesch steps into her new role to provide counsel to the firm’s new channel president, Deb Pierson.
Read More »GBI secures raft of new partners for YouTube series SpacePOP
Madame Alexander Doll Company has come on board to create a line of fashion dolls and figures based on the brand’s main characters.
Read More »GBI secures new VOD deals for its slate of kids’ shows
BatteryPOP and Toon Googles have signed deals for short form content from Warren Buffett’s Secret Millionaires Club, SpacePOP and Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab.
Read More »Thomas Edison’s Secret Lab takes to the stage with first live show
“We are excited to extend the fun of Thomas Edison's Secret Lab beyond the series with this truly unique experience, as well as the dozens of new products hitting retail next year.”
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