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Your Family Entertainment www.yf-e.com • Agi Bagi • Little Edo • Bob’s Beach
Founded more than 30 years ago,Your Family Entertainment (YFE) is not just a producer and distributor of kids’ content, it also operates two children’s channels. Alongside the yourfamily network,YFE recently launched the free-TV channel RiC. At MIPCOM and MIP Junior,YFE will be on the lookout for new partners in the channels space to help extend the reach for both of these services, says Klaus Forch, the executive VP of sales and legal at YFE. The company is showcasing three brand-new properties in Cannes as well. The first of which is Agi Bagi, a preschool series. It is about the adventures on the planet Agi Bagi, inhabited by two species: the Agingas and Bagingas. Little Edo, a co-production with RAI, features Edo, a young nobleman from the 18th century. “Little Edo is taking the 6-plus audience to the world of well-known legends and fairy tales,” says Forch. He adds that Bob’s Beach “provides endless fun for kids.” The show spotlights Bob, a native New Yorker who is stranded on an isolated island.
Agi Bagi
“With its vast portfolio of productions currently in development and its classic library, YFE addresses broadcasters, VOD and OTT platforms looking for a reliable partner.
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—Klaus Forch
Yu-Gi-Oh! • Yu-Gi-Oh! • Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexel
The Yu-Gi-Oh! brand will be front and center at MIP Junior. “With the newest strand of the popular Yi-Gi-Oh! program franchise, Zexal, the series is now in its 11th consecutive year of broadcast among some of the leading broadcasters in the world,” says Brian Lacey of Lacey Entertainment, a distribution consultant to Konami for the Yu-Gi-Oh! series. “Zexal will be the primary focus, especially the next season of Zexal, due out for the 201314 broadcast year.” The full Yu-Gi-Oh! catalogue—classic Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-GiOh! GX and Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds—is offered. In total, the Yu-GiOh! programs amount to more than 600 episodes. “Global broadcasters increasingly recognize the power and value of a brand,” says Lacey. “In the highly competitive and fastchanging world of kids’ television, brands are exceptionally rare. Global broadcasters realize that the Yu-Gi-Oh! programming gives them great content from which to build their respective program schedules. For new platforms (linear, satellite, digital), the Yu-Gi-Oh! catalogue provides [an opportunity] to build time-period franchises, engage in special programming stunts and other unique opportunities.”
“Yu-Gi-Oh! is a genuine iconic series
that has consistently demonstrated its appeal to kid viewers across more than 90 countries worldwide for more than a decade.
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—Brian Lacey
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