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The animated kids’ series Badjelly has been picked up for the U.K. by ITV.

Superights, the international sales division of the SUPERPROD Group, and Kids First, the distribution arm of Watch Next Media, are merging their catalogs and digital channels.

APC Kids has landed deals on a pair of titles from its live-action catalog, including the comedy series High Hoops.

The Dublin-based independent animation studio Giant Animation has opened an office in Barcelona, its first outside of Ireland.

The serialized series The Upside Down River, adapted from Jean-Claude Mourlevat’s successful books, is a lead offering from Dandelooo.

Aardman has on offer a seventh season of Shaun the Sheep, bringing the total number of episodes up to 190.

With commissioners seeking out known IP, the TV Kids Festival convened a panel with Dandelooo’s Emmanuèle Pétry, ZDF Studios’ Oliver Grundel, Hidden Pigeon Company’s Kristofer Updike and Lion Forge Entertainment’s Jeremy Colfer to discuss their approaches to adapting books and graphic novels.

Olivia Deane, research manager at Ampere Analysis, gave TV Kids Festival viewers valuable data on commissioning trends and provided insights for traversing the “volatile” market today.

Will Gurman has been promoted to senior VP of content strategy and partnerships at Pluto TV.

All3Media-backed Story Films is expanding its unscripted team in the U.S. and U.K. following a raft of commissions for soon-to-be-announced documentary series.