Joanna Padovano Tong

BEVERLY HILLS: Genius Brands International (GBI) has teamed up with The Lion King director Rob Minkoff and Frozen co-writer Shane Morris for the development and production of the preschool series Rainbow Rangers.

QUÉBEC: Squeeze has inked a deal with Turner that will see the slapstick comedy Cracké premiere on Boomerang in the U.K., Germany, Italy and Portugal.

LONDON: CAKE has licensed the non-verbal CGI-animated series Oscar's Oasis to Discovery in Italy.

LONDON: The alien-led animated series Q Pootle 5 and creator Nick Butterworth are being featured in this year's World Space Week UK campaign, meant to encourage kids to have an interest in space.

BURBANK: John Rood, a seasoned marketing exec and Disney alum, is returning to the company as senior VP of marketing for Disney Channels Worldwide, effective immediately.

LONDON/SEOUL: Turner is releasing a pair of mobile games based on the popular Cartoon Network animated series Adventure Time in Europe and Asia.

BURBANK: Disney Channel is gearing up for Monstober, a month-long Halloween programming event that begins on October 1.

ATLANTA: Cartoon Network has kicked off Powfactor, a new global Powerpuff Girls initiative that celebrates the "special ingredient" inside everyone that empowers them to change the world.

SYDNEY: SLR Productions has optioned the rights to develop the book series Andy Roid, penned by Felice Arena and published by Penguin Books Australia, into an animated television show.

TORONTO: Sinking Ship Entertainment has licensed the fourth season of the hit design show Giver to Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) for national broadcast, and Knowledge Network for British Columbia.