Sara Alessi

NUREMBERG: Mattel and HIT Entertainment’s all-new Bob the Builder series has been picked up by channels in Europe, Israel and South Africa.

PARIS/TORONTO: Cottonwood Media and its co-production partner Shaftesbury have entered into a development deal with Corus Entertainment’s TELETOON in Canada for the animated comedy series Squish.

SYDNEY: ABC Kids’s preschool app, ABC Kids Play, has become available for download for Android tablets via Google Play.

LOS ANGELES: Disney Channel has set January 29 for the debut of the first on-air special of its new original tween property Star Darlings.

LONDON: Online platform batteryPOP has acquired AVOD rights for the animated series LoliRock (season one) and Get Blake! from Zodiak Kids.

PITTSBURGH: The Fred Rogers Company, the kids’ media group behind hit series such as Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, has appointed Emmy Award-winning producer and writer Ellen Doherty as the executive in charge of production.

LOS ANGELES: The animated feature film Norm of the North is slated for a theatrical release in China in April following Splash Entertainment’s pacts with Yang Yang Pictures Corporation and Chinawood Media Corp.

TORONTO: shomi has secured a deal with Corus Entertainment, the exclusive brand partner for Nickelodeon in Canada, that will see more than 700 episodes of 21 series stream on the family-friendly service.

HALIFAX: DHX Brands has secured five additional U.K. consumer products licensees for the Teletubbies reboot, which premiered on CBeebies last year.