DHX Media And DreamWorks Animation Enter Into Strategic Content Pact

(RTTNews) - DHX Media (DHXM, DHX_A.TO, DHX_B.TO) and DreamWorks Animation (DWA), an entertainment company, said that they have entered into a five-year agreement to co-produce 130 episodes of original animated children's content at DHX Studios. Content under the deal will air on DHX Television's suite of channels, which includes Family Channel, Family Jr., Family CHRGD and Télémagino. DHX will handle distribution for the content in Canada and DWA will distribute to the rest of the world.

In addition, DHX Media has licensed more than 1,000 half-hours of television programming from DreamWorks Animation, to be broadcast beginning as early as June 2016 across DHX Television's channels. DHX Television will thus become the exclusive television network for this DreamWorks Animation television content in Canada.'

DHX Media has also entered into an agreement with AwesomenessTV, which is majority owned by DWA, to license 300 half-hours of teen content for exclusive broadcast in Canada on Family Channel. AwesomenessTV is a multi-platform media company that is a global leader in producing content for the Gen Z audience. The series included in the agreement will air on Family Channel's previously announced evening teen block, F2N, which launches in January 2016, anchored by DHX's Degrassi: Next Class. DHX will also handle distribution for the AwesomenessTV content in Canada, including SVOD and OTT.

Separately, DreamWorks Animation announced the appointment of Katie O'Connell Marsh as Head of Global Live-Action Television, a role in which she will oversee the expansion of DWA's television business into the live-action genre. Marsh will be based at the Company's Glendale headquarters and begin her duties in January 2016.