Mediawan and ON kids & family: The Clear Leader in the Production of French Animated Content
29 June 2018 - 3:15AM
Business Wire
Regulatory News:
Mediawan (Paris:MDW) (Ticker: MDW - ISIN: FR0013247137),
an independent European audiovisual content platform, has
strengthened its leadership position on the animated content market
via its ON kids & family subsidiary, thus illustrating the
pertinence of its entry on this fast-growing market.
The “Le Marché de l’Animation en 2017” (2017 animated content
market) report recently published by the Centre National du Cinéma
(French National Center for Cinema) highlights the dynamism of the
animated content market, confirming the growing importance of the
production of premium content, international exploitation and
digital consumption in 2017.
It also helps emphasize the leading position of Method Animation
(ON kids & family) on this market, with volumes roughly double
those of its nearest rivals.
Aton Soumache, President and CEO of ON kids & family,
says: “I am delighted with the success our productions are
recording, thus reaffirming our leadership position on the animated
content market with global recognition. Our recent merger with
Mediawan will enable us to continue and accelerate this development
strategy focusing on premium content with a strong international
dimension, in the image of the Playmobil movie whose worldwide
release is scheduled for the summer of 2019”.
- Numerous successes of ON
Entertainment
- ON Entertainment is the top-ranked
producer of animated content for the 2013 -2017 period. With 172
hours of programs, ON Entertainment is well ahead of its rivals
[source: Le Marché de l’Animation en 2017, Les études du CNC (2017
animated content market; French National center for Cinema studies)
p.51, june 2018];
- Confirmation of the popularity of the
Miraculous series, the only series to be simultaneously among the
Top 5 best audiences of 2017 (on TF1) and 5 most consumed programs
via Video On Demand (on Netflix and TFOU Max) [source: Le Marché de
l’Animation en 2017, Les études du CNC (2017 animated content
market; French National center for Cinema studies) p.51, june
2018];
- Having received the César award for
Best Animated Feature Film in 2016 and the BAFTA Children’s Award
in 2017, The Little Prince is the highest-grossing French animated
film over the decade from 2008 to 2017 [source: Le Marché de
l’Animation en 2017, Les études du CNC (2017 animated content
market; French National center for Cinema studies) p.51, june
2018].
- Animated series and films: a
high-potential market benefiting from many levers
- Strengthening of the weight of premium
content, with almost 62% of volumes devoted to programs with a cost
of over €700 thousand an hour, compared with 41% in 2016 and 35% in
2015.
- Substantial international demand for
French productions: the leading exported genre of audiovisual
material, in 2017 French animated films generated close to 84% of
their box office figures abroad;
- Explosion in the consumption of
children’s programs on new media: more than 2 billion programs
watched on catch-up TV in 2017, up 75% compared with 2015.
About Mediawan
Mediawan was incorporated in December 2015 as a Special Purpose
Acquisition Company (SPAC) by Pierre-Antoine Capton, Xavier Niel
and Matthieu Pigasse, and the following year raised €250 million
through an IPO on the Euronext regulated market in Paris. Mediawan
has carried out 7 strategic acquisitions since March 2017, thus
consolidating a new independent player in audiovisual content with
a leading position in Europe. The Group operates on 4 segments: the
production of original fiction and documentary content, the running
of animated brands, the distribution of audiovisual content and the
publishing of channels and digital services.
For further information, please visit the Mediawan website:
www.mediawan.fr
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