Cake Entertainment Limited (stylised as CAKE, formerly Cake Distribution) is an independent company specialising in the production, distribution, financing and development of kids' and family entertainment brands.
History CAKE works with producers of animation and live-action content, including Rovio Entertainment Ltd, Ragdoll Productions, Fresh TV, Channel X and Animation Collective.
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),(Fun Street), Thuristar (Mush-Mush and the Mushables), Cheeky Little Media and Kickstart Entertainment co-producing new entertainment material and developing these brands.
In late-March 2006, Cake Entertainment had entered the distribution activities by partnering 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.
In December 2009, Cake Entertainment entered 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.
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 distribution company Cake Entertainment to co-founder & co-director of the company Tom van Waveren.
In 2011, Spanish producer Zinkia Entertainment acquired a 51% majority stake in CAKE, who became the licensor for various Zinkia properties including Pocoyo. The stake was purchased back by the Cake's management in July 2014 after Zinkia Entertainment entered administration.
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.
In 2018, Cake was most voted "Best International Distributor" by Animation Magazine and No 2 Distributor in Kidscreen’s 2018 Hot50.
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.
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.
In 2024, Cake acquired the brand and back catalogue of Jetpack Distribution, which was liquidated and closed down a month earlier.
In June 2026, Cake announced that it had partnered with TV Asahi to secure exclusive distribution rights to the Doraemon anime catalogue globally outside Asia, as well as to produce new English dubs of the series. The deal excludes rights in Italy (held by CPLG), Türkiye (held by Animation International), Spain and Portugal (held by LUK Internacional).
Distribution
Pre-school/Bridge Aesop's Theater B.O.T. and The Beasties Charlie and Lola Ella Bella Bingo Ellen's Acres Get Well Soon Kiddets Kiri and Lou Lah-Lah's Adventures Lucas the Spider Pablo Pete the Cat The Razzberry Jazzberry Jam Ready Jet Go! Space Racers Tiny Planets Tish Tash Toby's Travelling Circus Tom and the Slice of Bread with Strawberry Jam and HoneyCake Entertainment: Tom and the Slice of Bread with Strawberry Jam and Honey, Youtube. Accessed 9 July 2026. Wanda and the Alien Weather Hunters The WotWots Woozle & Pip
6-12 Abominable Christmas Angelo Rules Angry Birds Blues Angry Birds Stella Angry Birds Toons Clay Kids Dear Dracula Dennis the Menace and Gnasher Doodlez Eliot Kid Frozen in Time Fun Street Hareport HTDT Jorel's Brother Kappa Mikey King Arthur's Disasters Mechamato Mighty Mike A Monsterous Holiday My Knight and Me The Naughty List Piggy Tales Plankton Invasion Rimba Racer Stoked Three Delivery Thumb Wrestling Federation Trunk Train Under Wraps
Live-action Aifric Dead Gorgeous DreaMars The Cul De Sac Incredible Crew Snow Black So Awkward The Sparticle Mystery
Anime Doraemon
Productions Title Years Network NotesFun Street2005–2021Cartoon Network CBBC YTV/TeleToon co-production with Nelvana, Corus Entertainment, Blue-zoo Animated and IATSE Total Drama 2007–2024 CBBCCartoon Network Canada Cartoon Network co-production with Fresh TV and Corus Entertainment Skunk Fu! 2008 BBC One/CBBC TG4/RTÉ One Kids' WB/Qubo co-production with International Rheingold Productions, Cartoon Saloon and Telegael, Hoek, Line & Thinker Angelo Rules 2010–present France 3, France 4, TéléTOON+ & France TélévisionsCartoon Network co-production with TeamTO and International Rheingold Productions Oscar's Oasis 2010–2011 Canal+ Family/Teletoon+/TF1 EBS co-production with TeamTO, Tuba Entertainment and Synergy Media Poppy Cat 2011–2012 Nick Jr. UK co-production with Coolabi Productions, King Rollo Films and Ingenious Media Bottersnikes & Gumbles 2015–2017 CBBC7TWO Netflix co-production with Cheeky Little Media, Kickstart Entertainment, Mighty Nice, Seven Productions, CBBC and Netflix Studios Olobob Top 2017–2019 CBeebiesS4C co-production with Beakus and Cloth Cat Animation Pablo 2017–2020 CBeebiesRTÉjr co-production with Paper Owl Films, Kavaleer Productions and Ingenious Media Total DramaRama 2018–2023 Cartoon Network Space Chickens in Space 2018–2019 Disney XD9Go! co-production with Gingerbread Animation, Ánima Estudios, Studio Moshi and Ingenious Media Treasure Trekkers 2019 Canal+ Family co-production with TT Productions Mush-Mush and the Mushables 2020–2024 Boomerang UK/Tiny PopPiwi+/Canal+ Family/Canal+ Kids La Trois/Ketnet RTS 1 RTL Telekids co-production with Thruistar and La Cabane Produdctions Dodo 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 and Yowza! Animation Pretty Freekin Scary 2023 Disney Channel via CakeStart Entertainmentco-production with Cloudco Entertainment, Kickstart Entertainment and Apt. 11H Productions Supa Team 4 2023 Netflix Previously titled as Mama K Team 4co-production with Triggerfish Animation Studios and Superprod Studio Armorsaurs 2025–present Disney XD co-production with MGA Entertainment, MGA Studios and Daewon Media
Nikhil & Jay (CBeebies)
Popcorn Digital Founded by CAKE, Popcorn Digital is a kids' and family digital content creator. It works with leading brands including Angry Birds, Pablo, Ferly, Angelo Rules and Oscar’s Oasis. Popcorn Digital is led by youtuber and video producer Matt Lieberman. Lieberman has driven over 1M followers and 500M views for clients including Warner Bros Discovery, FOX Entertainment and Group Nine Media.
References
External links CAKE - Official website Popcorn Digital - Official website