Sara Alessi

ATLANTA: Turner’s Cartoon Network has launched a new board comprised of industry and academic experts who will advise and inform its efforts related to STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math).

NEW YORK: Mattel Creations has secured the first Latin American distribution deal for WellieWishers from American Girl, with the all-new animated series being picked up by Mexico’s Televisa.

SANTA MONICA: A new bedding line inspired by the animated series Yo-Kai Watch has become available at Walmart.

MELBOURNE: Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) has appointed Helen Coonan, former minister for communications, information technology and the arts, to its board.

SYDNEY: ABC Commercial has inked a package deal with Thai PBS, Thailand’s first digital HD broadcaster, for several kids’ shows, including Hoot Hoot Go! and Bobbie the Bear.

SAN FRANCISCO: Hasbro and Kabam are launching Transformers: Forged to Fight, a new action-fighting mobile game featuring characters from the brand’s 30-plus year history.

HÖHENKIRCHEN/MUNICH: The animated preschool series Super Wings is debuting on German kids’ channel KiKA next month.

TORONTO: Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana has expanded the global consumer-products program for its animated preschool series Little Charmers by signing ten new international partners across Europe and Asia.

WINNIPEG: Cut the Rope: Om Nom Stories, a series based on the mobile game franchise from Zeptolab, has gone live on kids’ streaming platform AmebaTV.

PARIS/LONDON: TeamTO and CAKE have begun production on season four of the award-winning animated series Angelo Rules.