Joanna Padovano Tong

KILKENNY: Canada's Mercury Filmworks has teamed up with Ireland's Cartoon Saloon to create a new 2D-focused full-service animation studio in Ireland called Lighthouse Studios.

MUNICH: Studio 100 Media has sold the new book-based CGI-animated show Nils Holgersson to Discovery Communications' Discovery Kids channel in India.

TORONTO: Corus Entertainment's Nelvana Enterprises has bolstered the Shopkins licensing program through new partnerships in Russia, the Middle East and Scandinavia.

SEATTLE: The fourth season of the Emmy-nominated live-action Amazon original series Annedroids is due to debut on Prime Video in the U.S. and U.K. early next month.

BURBANK: Nickelodeon has announced the nominations for this year's Kids' Choice Awards, which will be hosted live by WWE's John Cena on Saturday, March 11, at 8 p.m. from USC's Galen Center in Los Angeles.

EL SEGUNDO: The Alpha Group US has revealed the official launch of the Super Wings YouTube channel, with episodes from the show's first season being offered on the streaming service.

SANTA MONICA: Interactive entertainment company Activision Blizzard (Skylanders) has launched a new consumer products division that will be led by Mattel and Disney veteran Tim Kilpin as CEO and president.

LONDON: FremantleMedia Kids & Family has appointed ProSiebenSat.1 Licensing as the licensing agent for the original and reimagined Danger Mouse series in Germany and German-speaking territories.

SOMERVILLE: Ride, a new live-action show from Breakthrough Entertainment, has secured a publishing agreement with Candlewick Entertainment.

BURBANK: Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior are commemorating Black History Month with the "Be Inspired" interstitial series focused on African-American heroes.