Creator / Cake Entertainment

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Cake Entertainment is a British entertainment and distribution company founded in 2001 by Genevieve Dexter (who previously worked at Consolidated, EVA Entertainment, Link Entertainment and Energee Entertainment and RTV Family Entertainment. It was originally set up as a independent animation consultancy set up to help independent companies with distribution of their shows. Later, Cake started being involved in actual production of various series as well (especially after merging with Tom van Waveren's Hoek, Line & Thinker Productions in 2006).

In August 2010, Genevieve Dexter sold her shares in Cake to her business partner Tom van Waveren.

In April 2011, it was announced that Zinkia acquired 51% percent of Cake; nevertheless, both companies still operated independently. However, in July 2014, Zinkia sold back their shares in Cake to the company's co-owners, Ed Galton and Tom van Waveren.

On August 7, 2024, the company announced that it would purchase the assets of fellow distributor Jetpack Distribution (which had been liquidated and shut down the previous month) with the acquisition being completed by the following month, giving them the distributions rights for various internationally-produced cartoons.

Programs that Cake Entertainment produced and/or distributed:

• Aifric (distribution rights)
• Angry Birds (distribution rights)
  • Angry Birds Toons
  • Piggy Tales
  • Angry Birds Stella
  • Angry Birds Blues
  • Angry Birds on the Run
  • Angry Birds MakerSpace
  • Angry Birds Slingshot Stories
  • Angry Birds: Summer Madness
• Aesop's Theater (international distribution rights)
• Angelo Rules (distribution outside France) ^note Cake's rights expired in 2023.
• Bottersnikes and Gumbles (linear distribution rights)
• Chapman Entertainment (would hold distribution rights to the studio's productions outside North America and UK from March 2012 till 2013):
  • Fifi and the Flowertots
  • Little Charley Bear
  • Raa Raa the Noisy Lion
  • Roary the Racing Car
• Clay Kids (distribution rights)
• Dead Gorgeous (distribution rights)
• Dennis and Gnasher (2009) (distribution outside UK)
• Doodlez (distribution rights)
• Doraemon (international distribution rights, upcoming English dub)
• Ebb And Flo (executive produced, but distributed outside UK and US by V&S). ^note Cake's rights expired in 2010.
• Edgar & Ellen (distribution rights) ^note Cake's rights expired in March 2012.
• Eliot Kid (distribution rights) ^note Cake's rights originally expired in late 2013. They regained them when they acquired Jetpack in 2024.
• Ella Bella Bingo (international distribution rights)
• Fleabag Monkeyface (distribution rights)
• Get Well Soon (2012-2015 series)
• Hareport (distribution outside France)
• Incredible Crew (distribution rights)
• Series previous distributed by Jetpack Distribution (distribution rights acquired in 2024)
  • The Baby Club
  • Buck and Buddy
  • Chuggington
  • Clangers
  • Dennis and Gnasher Unleashed
  • Jamie's Got Tentacles!
  • Kitty Is Not a Cat
  • Look See Wow!
  • Mechamato
  • The Misadventures of Master Moley
  • NEW-GEN
  • Oswaldo
  • Our Family
  • The Sisters (2017)
  • Talking Tom and Friends
  • Vikingskool
  • A Week to Beat the World
• Kevin Spencer (UK distribution rights in years 2002-2008).
• King Arthur's Disasters (co-produced with Zenith Entertainment and Neptuno Films, distribution outside Spain, Portugal and Latin America)
• Lah-Lah’s Adventures
• Loopdidoo ^note Cake's rights expired in March 2012.
• My Knight and Me (international distribution rights)
• Mush Mush and the Mushables
• Oscar's Oasis (distribution outside France)
• Plankton Invasion (distribution rights)
• Pocoyo (international distribution rights) ^note Cake's rights lasted between 2011-2014, i.e. the time the company was majorily owned by Zinkia.
• Poppy Cat (distribution rights)
• Razzberry Jazzberry Jam (distribution outside Canada)
• Ready Jet Go! (distribution outside North America)
• Scholastic Productions (would hold (unless noted otherwise) European distribution rights to their programs in years 2003-2019, with only selected productions at first):
  • Animorphs (1998)
  • Astroblast!
  • The Baby-Sitters Club (1990) (1990 series)
  • Clifford the Big Red Dog (2000 series) ^note Cake initially held rights only to Season 2, they gained rights to Season 1 in 2010.
  • Clifford's Puppy Days
  • Goosebumps (1995) ^note Cake started distributing the show in 2016.
  • Home Movies ^note Cake started distributing the show in 2017.
  • Horrible Histories ^note Cake started distributing the show in 2017.
  • I Spy (2002)
  • The Magic School Bus (only European HE rights)
  • Maya & Miguel
  • The Royal Diaries
  • Sammy's Story Shop
  • Stellaluna
  • Scholastic Video Collection
  • WordGirl
• Skunk Fu!
• So Awkward
• Space Chickens IN SPACE (distribution)
• Space Racers (distribution rights)
• The Sparticle Mystery (distribution rights)
• Stōked (distribution outside Canada)
• Tiny Planets (distribution rights)
• Toby's Travelling Circus (distribution rights)
• Tolibob (distribution outside Japan)
• Tom & the Slice of Bread with Strawberry Jam & Honey (distribution outside Germany)
• Toru Superfox (distribution outside Poland)
• Total Drama (distribution outside Canada)
  • Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race
  • Total DramaRama
• Trunk Train (distribution rights)
• Untalkative Bunny (distribution of Season 2 and 3 in Europe and Japan)
• Wanda and the Alien (distribution rights)
• Woozle & Pip (international distribution rights)
• Xilam (would hold distribution rights to the studio's productions in English-speaking countries from August 2007 till December 2008):