Genius Brands International

Genius Brands to take over Fix&Foxi owner YFE

US-based kids content company Genius Brands International is to acquire a 29% in German kids channel provider Your Family Entertainment Aktiengesellschaft (YFE) from Austrian shareholder F&M Film-und Medien Beteiligungs GmbH, with a plan to take overall control of the company behind kids characters Fix&Foxi. Genius Brands will pay €2.00 per registered share for the F&M […]

Genius names ex-Disney and Fox execs to head up new kids streamer

Genius Brands International has named former executives from Disney and Fox to run its soon-to-launch ad-supported streamer Kartoon Channel!. Margaret Loesch, the founding president and former CEO of Fox Kids Networks Worldwide, becomes executive chairman of Kartoon Channel!, which will be available in over 100 million US television households and 200 million mobile devices from […]