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As executive VP of creative development and strategy at Disney Branded Television, Ayo Davis discussed the live-action slate she oversees for Disney+, Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior and the traits she looks for in talent behind and in front of the camera at the TV Kids Summer Festival.

Mondo TV’s climate- and environment-focused MeteoHeroes tackles ecology issues and respect for nature through the adventures of six kids who can control weather phenomena.

CAKE’s Kiri and Lou follows the friendship between Kiri, a feisty little dinosaur, and Lou, a gentle and thoughtful creature, as they explore their feelings through laughter, song and outdoor adventure.

9 Story Media Group has entered into a development deal with THINK450, the content and partnership arm of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), to bring NBA players into the kids' and family entertainment space.

NBCUniversal will present 7,000 hours of coverage of the Tokyo Olympics this summer, using two broadcast networks, six cable channels and multiple digital platforms, serving both English- and Spanish-language viewers.

WildBrain’s Josh Scherba, Guru Studio’s Frank Falcone, marblemedia’s Mark Bishop, Portfolio’s Joy Rosen and Atomic Cartoons’ Richard Goldsmith weighed in on financing models, expansion and more in a TV Kids Summer Festival panel focused on the Canadian kids’ production and distribution landscape.

NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, has selected Amagi to provide UHD playout with cloud automation for its production of the upcoming Olympic Games on the Olympic Channel.

Syco Entertainment, Fremantle and Citytv are collaborating on a local adaptation of the Got Talent format, Canada’s Got Talent.

UKTV has appointed Emile Nawagamuwa as commissioning executive to support and grow the broadcaster’s factual and factual-entertainment slate for W, Yesterday, Dave and Gold.

The British indie Spun Gold TV is producing the three-part docuseries Diana’s Decades for ITV.