Cake Entertainment

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Cake Entertainment Limited
FormerlyCake Distribution
Company type Private
Industry Entertainment
Founded2002;24 years ago (2002)
HeadquartersLondon,
England, UK
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Edward Galton
Services
Divisions
  • Cake Distribution
  • Cake Production
Subsidiaries CakeStart Entertainment (joint-venture with Kickstart Entertainment)
Website cakeentertainment.com

Cake Entertainment Limited [1] (stylised as CAKE, formerly Cake Distribution) is an independent company specialising in the production, distribution, financing and development of kids' and family entertainment brands. [2]

Contents

History

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 late-March 2006, Cake Entertainment had enterted the distribution activities by partnerning with Dutch development & production company Hoek, Line & Thinker to form a joint-venture distribution division called Cake Distribution with Tom van Waveren becoming president of the new distribution arm. [3]

In December 2009, Cake Entertainment enterted the video platform service by partnering with young animator Junior Jesman and London-based animation production studio Blue Zoo Animation Studio to develop & produce an animated web series entitled If I Was... for French streaming network Dailymotion with Blue Zoo Animation Studio would provide & develop animation services while Cake Entertainment would distribute the series online. [4]

At the start of September 2010, Genevieve Dexter who had co-founded British entertainment & distribution company Cake Entertainment had sold her majority stake of the distirbution company Cake Entertainment to co-founder & co-director of the company Tom van Waveren. [5]

In 2011, Spanish producer Zinkia Entertainment acquired a 51% majority stake in CAKE, who became the licensor for various Zinkia properties including Pocoyo . [6] The stake was purchased back by the Cake's management in July 2014 after Zinkia Entertainment entered administration. [7]

In March 2017, Cake Entertainment teamed up with Australian animation production company Studio Moshi to establish a joint-venture Irish animation production company based in Dublin called Gingerbread Animation with the new Irish joint venture animation production studio would produce & develop its own animated series whilst Cake Entertainment would handle distribution to Gingerbread Animation's productions as the new joint venture animation studio would also handle production services for third-party companies. [8] [9]

In 2018, Cake was most voted "Best International Distributor" by Animation Magazine [10] and No 2 Distributor in Kidscreen’s 2018 Hot50. [11]

In March 2021, Cake Entertainment announced a restructure of its operations with them creating its own in-house production arm called Cake Productions Ltd that would support an increasing volume of its development and production activities such as Supa Team 4 whilst Cake Entertainment would distribute its upcoming in-house productions from its production division Cake Productions Ltd as the company had also restructured its distribution services with its co-founder & CEO Tom van Waveren stepping down his role at Cake Entertainment after 15 years as Cake Entertainment's CCO and managing director Ed Galton had become the new CEO of Cake Entertainment whilst its financial director Cat Seddon became Cake's newly created COO role. [12]

In May 2021, Cake Entertainment announced it had partnered with Canadian animation studio & production company Kickstart Entertainment with the establishment of their joint-venture production company named CakeStart Entertainment that would develop and produce kids & family live-action films and television series with former Disney Branded Television original series alum Kory Lunsford leading the joint-venture production company CakeStart Entertainment as its president whilst Cake Entertainment would handle distribution to CakeStart's productions worldwide. [13] [14]

In 2024, Cake acquired the brand and back catalogue of Jetpack Distribution, which was liquidated and closed down a month earlier. [15] [16]

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

Distribution

Pre-school/Bridge

6-12

Live-action

Productions

TitleYearsNetworkNotes
Total Drama 2007–2024 CBBC [21] [22]
Cartoon Network Canada (Canada)
Cartoon Network [23] (United States)		co-production with Fresh TV and Corus Entertainment (season 6)
Skunk Fu! 2008 BBC One/CBBC
TG4/RTÉ One (Ireland)		co-production with International Rheingold Productions, Cartoon Saloon and Telegael, Hoek, Line & Thinker
Angelo Rules 2010–present France 3, France 4, TéléTOON+ & France Télévisions
Cartoon Network (U.K.) [24] 		co-production with TeamTO and International Rheingold Productions
Oscar's Oasis [25] 2010–2011 Canal+ Family, Teletoon+ & TF1 (France)
EBS (South Korea)		co-production with TeamTO, Tuba Entertainment and Synergy Media
Poppy Cat [26] 2011–2012 Nick Jr. UK co-production with Coolabi Productions, King Rollo Films and Ingenious Media (season 2)
Bottersnikes & Gumbles [27] 2015–2017 CBBC
7TWO (Australia)
Netflix 		co-production with Cheeky Little Media, Kickstart Entertainment, Mighty Nice, Seven Productions, CBBC and Netflix Studios
Olobob Top 2017–2019 CBeebies
S4C (Wales)		co-production with Beakus and Cloth Cat Animation
Pablo 2017–2020CBeebies
RTÉjr (Ireland)		co-production with Paper Owl Films, Kavaleer Productions and Ingenious Media
Total DramaRama [28] 2018–2023Cartoon Network Canada (Canada)
Cartoon Network (United States)
Space Chickens in Space [29] [30] 2018–2019 Disney XD
9Go! [31] (Australia)		co-production with Gingerbread Animation, Ánima Estudios, Studio Moshi and Ingenious Media
Treasure Trekkers [32] 2019Canal+ Family (France)co-production with TT Productions
Mush-Mush and the Mushables [33] 2020–2024 Boomerang UK & Tiny Pop [34]
Piwi+ & Canal+ Family/Canal+ Kids [35] (France)
La Trois & Ketnet (Belgium)
RTS 1 (Swizterland)
RTL Telekids (Netherlands)		co-production with Thruistar and La Cabane Produdctions
Dodo [36] 2021–present Sky Kids co-production with Wildseed Studios, Telegael, Toonz Media Group and Ingenious Media
Angry Birds: Summer Madness 2022 Netflix co-production with Rovio Entertainment, Kickstart Entertainment [37] and Yowza! Animation [38]
Pretty Freekin Scary [39] 2023 Disney Channel via CakeStart Entertainment
co-production with Cloudco Entertainment, Kickstart Entertainment and Apt. 11H Productions
Supa Team 4 [40] 2023 Netflix Previously titled as Mama K Team 4 [41]
co-production with Triggerfish Animation Studios and Superprod Studio
Armorsaurs [42] 2025–present Disney XD [43] co-production with MGA Entertainment, MGA Studios and Daewon Media

Popcorn Digital

Founded by CAKE, Popcorn Digital is a kids' and family digital content creator. [44] It works with leading brands including Angry Birds , Pablo, Ferly, Angelo Rules and Oscar’s Oasis.

Popcorn Digital is led by Matt Lieberman, a producer of YouTube content with over 10 years experience in the digital media industry and a deep passion for animation, audience development, and emerging technologies.

Matt has driven over 1M followers and 500M views for clients including Warner Bros Discovery, FOX Entertainment and Group Nine Media.

References

  1. ↑ "Cake Entertainment Limited overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". Companies House . 7 May 2002. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  2. ↑ "Home - CAKE". www.cakeentertainment.com. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. ↑ Baisley, Sarah (28 March 2006). "Cake Ent. and HLT Bake Up New Cake Distribution Ltd". Animation World Network.
  4. ↑ Adams, Cathy (10 December 2009). "Cake surfs Dailymotion for new series". C21Media.
  5. ↑ "Genevieve Dexter Sells CAKE Stake". Worldscreen. 1 September 2010.
  6. ↑ "Cake wins rights to Pocoyo".
  7. ↑ "CAKE Entertainment Cuts Ties with Spain's Zinkia".
  8. ↑ Brennan, Laura (22 March 2017). "Cake & Studio Moshi Launch Gingerbread Animation House in Dublin". IFTN.
  9. ↑ "Cake and Studio Moshi Launch Dublin-Based Gingerbread Animation". Animation World Network. 27 March 2017.
  10. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (24 December 2018). "Animation Magazine's Best of 2018 Award Winners". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  11. ↑ "CAKE celebrates a sweet year" . Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  12. ↑ Whyte, Alexandra (8 March 2021). "CAKE restructures, adds production arm". Kidscreen.
  13. ↑ Whyte, Alexandra (18 May 2021). "CAKE & Kickstart form new company". Kidscreen.
  14. ↑ Whittingham, Clive (19 May 2021). "Disney alum to head Cake, Kickstart JV". C21Media.
  15. ↑ "CAKE Preps to Acquire Jetpack Distribution". 6 August 2024.
  16. ↑ "CAKE scoops up Jetpack assets" . Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  17. ↑ "Kiri and Lou to Launch in the UK". Animation UK. 29 January 2020. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  18. ↑ "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.
  19. ↑ McLean, Thomas (2 October 2017). "CAKE Launching 'Wotwots' Sister Series 'Kiddets' At MIPCOM". Animation World Network. Archived from the original on 24 January 2019. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  20. ↑ "CAKE to distribute new Ragdoll series 'B.O.T. And the Beasties'". 8 January 2021.
  21. ↑ Bharanidharan, Sadhana (22 June 2022). "It's Game On For Total Drama As BBC Co-Commissions New Seasons". Kidscreen . Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  22. ↑ Kaminska, Karolina (23 June 2022). "BBC agrees deal with Cake for six series of Total Drama tween franchise". C21Media.
  23. ↑ "WarnerMedia Expands Kids & Family Offerings on Cartoon Network and HBO Max Under New Tagline Redraw Your World" (Press release). WarnerMedia. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  24. ↑ "CAKE SIGNS DEAL WITH CARTOON NETWORK FOR SEASON 4 OF TEAMTO/CAKE HIT SERIES ANGELO RULES". Animation World Network. 18 September 2017.
  25. ↑ "Oscar's Oasis sees global sales". Kidsscreen. 8 April 2011.
  26. ↑ Waller, Ed (2 April 2004). "Zenith to adapt Poppy Cat books". C21Media.
  27. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (24 February 2015). "Co-Pro Trio Forms for 'Bottersnikes'". Animation Magazine.
  28. ↑ Mercedes Milligan (19 December 2017). "Pint-Sized Prequel Total Drama Daycare Announced". Animation Magazine . Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  29. ↑ Padovano Tong, Joanna (20 February 2018). "CAKE Co-Pro Space Chickens Starts Production". Worldscreen.
  30. ↑ Lang, John Hopewell, Jamie (13 June 2017). "Annecy: Disney Channels Unveils '101 Dalmatian Street,' 'Gigantosaurus,' 'Space Chickens In Space'". Variety. Retrieved 1 August 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  31. ↑ Mitchell, Robert (20 February 2018). "Britain's CAKE Teams With Studio Moshi, Mexico's Anima on Disney-Ordered Animated Series".
  32. ↑ "CAKE Entertainment announces international launch of 'Treasure Trekkers'". UK Screen Alliance. 8 April 2019.
  33. ↑ "Mush-Mush and the Mushables partners up". Kidscreen. 6 June 2017.
  34. ↑ https://www.c21media.net/news/mush-mush-the-mushables-lands-at-tiny-pop/
  35. ↑ "Mush-Mush season 2 launching on Canal+, RTBF and RTS!". Mush-Mush and the Mushables. 25 October 2023.
  36. ↑ Tuchow, Ryan (9 April 2021). "Deals of the Week: NHK, Sky Kids, Planeta". Kidscreen. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  37. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (4 February 2021). "Kickstart Ent. Unveils $10M Fund Behind Geena Davis Kids Series 'I AM'". Animation Magazine.
  38. ↑ "CAKE TO TAKE NEW ANGRY BIRDS SERIES TO ANNECY". Animation UK. 6 June 2019.
  39. ↑ Petski, Denise (13 October 2022). "Disney Orders Pretty Freekin Scary Comedy Series As Part Of First-Look Deal With CakeStart". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  40. ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (17 May 2023). "'Miraculous' Movie Joins Sizzling Netflix Family Summer Slate! (New Dates, Images)". Animation Magazine . Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  41. ↑ Vourlias, Christopher (16 April 2019). "Netflix Picks Up Its First Animated Series From Africa, 'Mama K's Team 4'". Variety. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  42. ↑ Hilowitz, Alan; Peck, Tanya (16 October 2023). "MGA Entertainment, MGA Studios, and CAKE sign multi-year agreement for Armorsaurs". MGA Entertainment . Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  43. ↑ Kaminska, Karolina (26 September 2025). "Disney Branded Television picks up live-action/animation/VFX series Armorsaurs". C21 Media. Retrieved 11 October 2025.
  44. ↑ Digital, Popcorn. "Popcorn Digital - Digital Media, Animation, Video Production". POPCORN DIGITAL. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
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