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Anna Carugati, World Screen’s group editorial director, moderated a panel via video conference with CAKE’s Tom van Waveren, eOne’s Monica Candiani, Jetpack’s Dominic Gardiner and Toon2Tango’s Ulli Stoef focused on navigating the kids’ content distribution business in these “new normal” times.

Lightning International is bringing to the market a lockdown edition of Mike Read's Pop Quiz amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Endemol Shine Group has launched three channels on The Roku Channel in the U.S. and is a launch partner for The Roku Channel in the U.K.

ViacomCBS Networks UK (VCN UK) has promoted Gemma Hewlett to VP of digital channels and Anna-Belen Dunlop to senior director of acquisitions.

VMedia is launching RiverTV as Canada’s first live TV and on-demand streaming channel platform.

Acorn TV has unveiled the raft of titles set to premiere on the streaming platform this June.

Tim Davie, currently CEO of BBC Studios, has been appointed as the 17th director-general of the BBC, taking over the role from Tony Hall on September 1.

Banijay Group's Dlo/Magnolia is working on a second season of A Miña Familia Pola Túa (Wife Swap) for Televisión de Galicia (TVG).

CuriosityStream’s new original three-part series The History of Home, narrated by Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation), is slated to launch later this month.

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has slated a two-night special, OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?, that will simulcast on OWN and across all of Discovery’s 18 other U.S. networks on June 9 and 10.