In this latest episode of the Kids Media Club Podcast, we spoke with Gregory Dray, co-founder of Animaj, about his mission to create the next big digital-first children's media brand.

We discuss:

Greg's background at YouTube

How Animaj are using AI to manage production in a way that empowers creatives rather than replaces them

The challenges of raising investment at a time when the kids media business is considered broken.

Why the business is broken and Animaj's plans to rebuild it.

At a time when people can often despair about the challenges the industry is facing, Greg’s positive, practical, and innovative approach to kids’ content is truly refreshing.

For this episode, we have opened the archives and returned to a great discussion we had with Kevin Parry, stop-motion animation, visual magician, and FX wizard.

Kevin has built a huge following on all the major social media platforms from LinkedIn to Youtube. He regularly gets viewing numbers networks would envy!

In this episode, Kevin chats about making stop-motion animation go viral, the power of behind the scenes content, and why he likes to think of his audience as a 'network' of collaborators rather than 'followers' and 'subscribers'.

Connect with Kevin

https://kevinparry.tv/

Instagram: @kevinbparry

TikTok: @kevinbparry

YouTube: @kevinbparry

Join us for an exclusive dive into the world of CBeebies, featuring special guests Kate Morton, Senior Head of Commissioning, and Joe McCulloch, Executive Producer. We’ll explore how CBeebies commissions its shows, discuss its YouTube strategy, and delve into its approach to building communities. Kate and Joe also introduce CBeebies’ new Parenting brand extension, revealing how it supports families with valuable tips, resources, and engaging ways to learn and grow together.