Dea Connick Perez
VP of Programming & Operations
Discovery Kids

How many hours or slots do you program per year?
Discovery Kids programs over 27 hours per day between its digital channel, Discovery Kids on NBC on Saturday mornings and Ready, Let, Learn on TLC pre-school programming block

What percentage or number of hours are commissioned vs. acquired? (Ie. 60% commissions/ 40% acquisitions)
80% commissions/20% acquisition

What is the average amount for acquisitions and/or license fee?
wide range from 5k-150k/ep

What are you looking for right now?
For older kids (6+) Discovery Kids is looking for strong real world programming: programming that reflects a kids world - and that can be both liveaction and animation. For younger kids (2-5) we are looking for great animation, puppetry or musical shows or those that feature more boy-skewing characters.

How do you prefer to be pitched?
First either by email and then submitting my mail and then in person

What is your biggest pitch turnoff?
Not doing you homework or being too cocky in your certainty that this is the eprfect property for you....

What is your market circuit?
NATPE, Kidscreen, MIP-TV, MIP-COM