Joanna Padovano Tong

SINGAPORE: Mediacorp's bilingual OTT service Toggle is bringing the Mandarin-language children's edutainment network Miao Mi to Singapore.

BEVERLY HILLS: Episodes from the 2010 animated series Pink Panther & Pals have launched on YouTube and the YouTube Kids app, marking the first time the show is available for digital streaming.

Richard Goldsmith, the company's executive VP of global distribution, talks about the upcoming animated series, which will be this year’s MIPJunior World Premiere Screening.

HOLLYWOOD: Paramount Television and Anonymous Content have optioned the rights for 9-year-old reporter Hilde Lysiak’s four-book series Hilde Cracks the Case, the first of which will be released by Scholastic in fall 2017.

TORONTO: Corus Entertainment's YTV is slated to begin airing Tricked, a new original series produced by Force Four Entertainment and hosted by magician and YouTube personality Eric Leclerc.

MIAMI: Somos TV's Semillitas has snapped up the broadcast rights for the animated series Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks from 9 Story Media Group.

LONDON: EnablinGenius has inked a licensing deal with Ubongo to broadcast the educational animated series Phonics School and Little Poets in Africa.

TORONTO: Jam Filled Entertainment, Boat Rocker Media's latest acquisition, has purchased the principal assets of the recently closed Canadian animation studio Arc Productions.

BURBANK: This October, Disney Channel is slated to premiere the original comedy adventure movie The Swap as part of its Halloween-themed Monstober programming event.

NEW YORK: Outfit7 has given the go-ahead to a second season of the app-based animated YouTube show Talking Tom and Friends: The Series.