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Beano Studios
British children's entertainment company From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Beano Studios is a British content production company specializing in children’s entertainment and media based in Dundee, Scotland and London, England. A subsidiary of DC Thomson & Co. Ltd, it was launched in 2016 to expand The Beano franchise.[2][3]
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History
Establishment and first productions
DC Thomson launched Beano Studios in June 2016.[4] The launch included a revamp of the Beano comic's cover and logo, and the launch of the beano.com website.[5] Nigel Pickard joined as non-executive director and Emma Scott served as CEO[2] until 2020, when she was succeeded by David Guppy.[1]
The Beano.com website includes games, videos, articles, and news about celebrities.[6][7] According to Mike Stirling, then Head of Beano Studios Scotland, the website aimed to be "a fun but trusted babysitter".[8][3] The website gained over two million visitors per year and is credited with increasing comic sales by 10% in 2018.[1][9]
2017–2021: Dennis and Gnasher: Unleashed! and wider expansion
Beano Studios produced the 3D-animated series Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! for CBBC, which premiered in November 2017.[10] The series was distributed internationally by Jetpack and was sold to over 90 territories.[11] It received an Emmy nomination in 2019.[12]
Other projects included a live-action Minnie the Minx series titled The Magnificent Misadventures of Minnie announced in 2018[13] and a Bananaman cartoon announced by Fox Entertainment in 2021.[14]
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Productions
Television
Short films
Awards and nominations
References
Sources
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