Rainbow, the exclusive consumer products global licensor of Fate: The Winx Saga, has revealed the first raft of deals for the live-action Netflix original.

Idris and Sabrina Elba, in conjunction with Idris’s Green Door Pictures and Sabrina’s Pink Towel Pictures, are developing Dantai (working title), a dark fantasy animated series for Crunchyroll’s global anime audience.

Nina Hahn, the senior VP of international production and development for Nickelodeon International and head of ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS) Kids, and Jules Borkent, the executive VP for kids and family at ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI), discussed their acquisitions, commissioning and co-production strategies during the TV Kids Festival.

The animated series Odo, which follows the titular owl and aims to tackle the anxiety and depression that kids face today through a theme of self-belief, leads Sixteen South Rights' slate for the first quarter.

Jetpack Distribution has in its catalog the Netflix series Mighty Little Bheem, about a lovable, curious and relatable toddler.

Sky has brought in Hayley Reynolds as commissioning editor and Janine Thomas as assistant commissioning editor for the newly formed documentaries and factual commissioning team.

Jon Gisby, the executive VP and managing director of WildBrain Spark, talks about the expanding role of AVOD within the kids’ content industry and how the pandemic has accelerated the co-viewing trend.

Facing "downward pressures" on its income, the BBC is planning to reduce spending on its content and services by £408 million ($556 million).

Sling TV has grown its South Asian content with the addition of Voot, an SVOD platform owned by Viacom18, a joint venture between Network18 and ViacomCBS in India.

CBC has put in place a new scripted content leadership team that will oversee separate development and production units for comedy and drama.