New Animated Short: Find Out What's Next for 'Lost in Oz'

The team behind the Emmy Award-winning series shares its latest film, 'Packing Magic,' that picks up the story of Dorothy Gale, answering fan's questions whether she'd return home to Kansas or start a new life among her magical friends and foes in the legendary world of Oz.

A Pandemic Bonus: Catch These TV Shows While They're Still Free

Networks and streaming services are putting some high-profile series in front of their paywalls to tempt homebound viewers to subscribe. Like those people in aprons at the big-box store passing out little squares of cheese, a number of streaming services have responded to the Covid-19 pandemic by giving out free television samples.

Coronavirus kids' TV: The best shows for each age group to keep your little ones busy

Our colleague Jennifer McClellan from the USA TODAY Life team is here to share some streaming shows that will keep your family entertained. It's a truth universally acknowledged that it's hard to find kids TV shows that appeal to a wide range of ages.

Zodiak Kids Nets Raft of Sales for Amazon Titles | Animation Magazine

Banijay Group's Zodiak Kids announces global sales for the children's series and specials it acquired for international distribution from Amazon Studios at MIPCOM last year. Zodiak Kids represents the linear broadcasting rights for 17 Amazon Prime Originals titles globally, while all series continue to air on Amazon Prime Video across the globe.

Zodiak locks in deals for Amazon's kids shows

Banijay Group's Zodiak Kids has been busy making deals with international broadcasters for several of the 17 series and specials it acquired from Amazon Prime Studio's kids slate. Zodiak picked up the rights to those original titles back in 2018 after persistently lobbying Amazon for a few years to distribute its kids content internationally to broadcasters, according to Zodiak's SVP of sales, acquisition and co-productions, Delphine Dumont.

Bureau of Magic Teams with Zodiak Kids to 'Save the Legends!' | Animation Magazine

Award-winning inclusive family entertainment studio Bureau of Magic Studios (BoM) has signed a deal with Banijay Group's global indie kids' entertainment powerhouse Zodiak Kids for its new animated action-adventure comedy series, Save the Legends! The two companies will co-produce, with Zodiak Kids handling international broadcast sales.

Amazon Racks Up Six Wins at Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards

The Television Academy announced the winners of the 44th Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards at a Friday night gala held this past weekend at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, CA.

Looking for Hope from Frostbite Falls to Emerald City - December 19, 2018 - SF Weekly

In about 5 billion years the Sun will exhaust its hydrogen, growing into a red giant that engulfs the Earth. Isn't that a reassuring thought? It'll be as if the words "President Donald J. Trump" never existed! I try to put those painful words out of my head in the here and now, but as ...

Amazon, Bureau of Magic release STEM shorts

The studio behind the Prime Original series Lost in Oz has created live-action educational shorts focusing on STEM for the streamer. California-based Bureau of Magic is producing a series of live-action educational shorts for Amazon based on the Prime Original series Lost in Oz.

Lost in Oz creators take the Alexa brick road

In the nine months since Amazon put out its first Alexa skills for kids, the voice-assistant technology has quickly become a creative way for producers to market TV series to today's connected kids.

Back to the future of programming

If you have ever lined up at your local Starbucks the Monday morning after a new Game of Thrones episode has aired, you know that appointment television is far from dead. "I can't believe they killed off [insert character of the week name here]," might be a commonly overheard thread.