Cake Entertainment

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Cake Entertainment Ltd.
TypePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
Founded2002; 21 years ago (2002)
HeadquartersFourth Floor, 50 Marshall Street, Carnaby, London W1F 9BQ, United Kingdom,
England, United Kingdom
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Edward Galton
Services
DivisionsCake Distribution
SubsidiariesCakeStart Entertainment (joint-venture with Kickstart Entertainment)
Websitewww.cakeentertainment.com

Cake Entertainment Ltd (CAKE) is an independent company specialising in the production, distribution, financing and development of kids’ and family entertainment brands.[1]

About[edit]

CAKE works with producers of animation and live-action content, including Rovio Entertainment Ltd, Ragdoll Productions, Fresh TV, Channel X and Animation Collective.[citation needed]

In addition, CAKE partners with production companies such as Anima Estudios (Space Chickens in Space for Disney EMEA,) Paper Owl Films (Pablo for CBeebies), TeamTO (Angelo Rules, Mighty Mike), Thuristar (Mush-Mush and the Mushables), Cheeky Little Media and Kickstart Entertainment co-producing new entertainment material and developing these brands.[citation needed]

In 2011, Spanish producer Zinkia Entertainment acquired a 51% majority stake in CAKE, who became the licensor for various Zinkia properties including Pocoyo.[2] The stake was purchased back by the Cake's management in July 2014 after Zinkia Entertainment entered administration.[3]

In 2018, Cake was most voted "Best International Distributor" by Animation Magazine[4] and No 2 Distributor in Kidscreen’s 2018 Hot50.[5]

Cake Entertainment is based in London and is led by Ed Galton.[dubious – discuss]

Distribution[edit]

Pre-school[edit]

6-12 Years[edit]

Live-Action[edit]

Productions[edit]

Popcorn Digital[edit]

Founded by CAKE, Popcorn Digital is a kids' and family digital content creator.[12] It works with leading brands including Angry Birds, Pablo, Ferly, Angelo Rules and Oscar’s Oasis.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Home - CAKE". www.cakeentertainment.com. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  2. ^ "Cake wins rights to Pocoyo".
  3. ^ "CAKE Entertainment Cuts Ties with Spain's Zinkia".
  4. ^ Milligan, Mercedes (2018-12-24). "Animation Magazine's Best of 2018 Award Winners". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  5. ^ "CAKE celebrates a sweet year". Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  6. ^ "Kiri and Lou to Launch in the UK". Animation UK. 29 January 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-09-23. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  7. ^ "CAKE partners with Rai for 'Pablo', the first-ever series to feature an autistic central character". Animation Xpress. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  8. ^ McLean, Thomas (2 October 2017). "CAKE Launching 'Wotwots' Sister Series 'Kiddets' At MIPCOM". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on 2019-01-24. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  9. ^ "CAKE to distribute new Ragdoll series 'B.O.T. And the Beasties'". 8 January 2021.
  10. ^ Vourlias, Christopher (2019-04-16). "Netflix Picks Up Its First Animated Series From Africa, 'Mama K's Team 4'". Variety. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
  11. ^ "CAKE SIGNS DEAL WITH CARTOON NETWORK FOR SEASON 4 OF TEAMTO/CAKE HIT SERIES ANGELO RULES". Animation World Network. 2017-09-18.
  12. ^ Digital, Popcorn. "Popcorn Digital - Digital Media, Animation, Video Production". POPCORN DIGITAL. Retrieved 2019-05-24.

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