http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118025074.html?categoryid=14&cs=1&ref=verttv
A year after FremantleMedia formed a kids television division, and recruited Sander Schwartz away from Warner Bros., the production entity is ready to roll out its first slate of family shows.
At this week’s Mipcom show in Cannes, the company will offer up around a dozen shows, a mix of live-action and animated series that target preschool through high school viewers.
“My Babysitter’s a Vampire,” based on the popular kidlit series, is getting the biggest push, with the live-action comedy series bowing as a feature on Oct. 9, in Canada, before being spun off as a series next year as a “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” for the 9- to 14-year-old set. Fresh TV developed the project with Teletoon Canada. FME retains the exclusive distribution and licensing rights outside Canada, so that it can turn the property into a potential merchandising juggernaut.