The hit preschool show Blippi has partnered with Liverpool FC for a special episode at the team’s stadium and an exclusive retail line.

Endeavor has made a minority investment in Velvet Hammer Media (VHM), the non-scripted production company co-founded by former HBO Max execs Jennifer O’Connell and Rebecca Quinn.

Netflix has clinched a global deal with Nippon TV for the new rom-com Turn to me Mukai-kun.

Veteran animation executive Trevor Bentley, who co-founded Atomic Cartoons, has established Toon City Vancouver, a new production studio in Canada.

Marcos Milanez, chief content officer of Rakuten TV, has joined the roster of speakers delivering keynotes during the inaugural FAST Festival. You can register for the event here for free.

Leading distributors discuss recent trends in the scripted format space as broadcasters clamor for a bit of certainty.

The digital comics platform Manta has appointed Stephen Byong-Uk Lee as its chief business development officer.

PBS’s FRONTLINE has slated the premiere of its latest documentary on Vladimir Putin, Putin’s Crisis, on July 11.

A+E Networks EMEA has commissioned FirstLookTV to produce the ten-part docuseries #Dead2Me for Crime+Investigation.

Broadcasters in Germany, Spain, Portugal, the U.K. and Ireland have acquired the French crime thriller The Best of Us.