Cake Entertainment Ltd.
TypePrivate
IndustryEntertainment
Founded2002 (2002)
HeadquartersFourth Floor, 50 Marshall Street, Carnaby, London W1F 9BQ,
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

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

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.

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.

Distribution

Pre-school

6-12 Years

Live-Action

Productions

Popcorn Digital

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

  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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