Speaker Details

Full Name
Carlene Tan
Company
WarnerMedia
Title
Director of Original Production & Development, Kids
Country (Address)
Singapore
Biography
Carlene Tan is responsible for identifying new IP and producing original series for WarnerMedia’s Kids & Family brands in Asia Pacific including Cartoon Network, Boomerang and POGO, as well as the streaming service HBO GO.

 Based in Singapore, she oversees the region’s current slate of APAC originals that include the International Emmy-nominated Lamput and Monster Beach. Together with the India Kids content team, she helps steer production on local originals such as Titoo, Ekans and LambuG TinguG.

Prior to WarnerMedia, Ms Tan developed original animation with The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) and was studio head at One Animation where she produced Oddbods and Insectibles.

Together with the founder of Dreamworks Animation, she also managed the Singapore arm of Cloudpic Global and produced various digital projects for mobile apps launched across Asia. She was also one of the founding members of Singapore’s first animation studio, Peach Blossom Media.
What we're looking for from Ready, Steady, Pitch!
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KIDS

In APAC, Cartoon Network is primarily looking for comedic situations with a representation of cultures from this part of the world. Our target demographics are pre-schoolers or 8-12 year olds and we are open to all kinds of funding structures that efficiently get the show made.