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Kayou has partnered with Hasbro to create the first-ever U.S. My Little Pony Universe Card Game–Friendships Begin.

Cloudco Entertainment has announced a new wave of toy innovation via collaborations with leading toy companies such as Wow! Stuff, PMI Collectibles, Zuru and Ravensburger.

ICS Nordic has tapped writer and executive producer Brendan Foley (Sherlock & Daughter, Cold Courage) to adapt Helena Immonen’s Operation: Arctic Fox into a high-end geopolitical thriller.

Guru Studio’s Frank Falcone, Banijay Kids & Family’s Delphine Dumont, Madgic Distribution’s Lionel Marty and SAMAX Entertainment’s Raphaëlle Mathieu will be joining the TV Kids Festival, running from February 17 to 20, for a panel on financing and distribution strategies. You can register for the festival for free here.

The Creative Diversity Network (CDN) is launching a new, enhanced and improved version of its Diamond diversity monitoring system, in partnership with the U.K.’s major broadcasters.

The Chernin Group (TCG) has taken a minority stake in Goalhanger, which will draw on TCG’s expertise in creator-led and fandom-driven media businesses to expand shows such as The Rest Is History and The Rest Is Football into new formats.

Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, from Upside Down Pictures, will premiere on Netflix on March 26.

Rhodri Talfan Davies, currently director of nations at the BBC, is set to act as interim director-general of the public broadcaster after Tim Davie’s exit on April 2 until a new permanent director-general starts.

Sony Pictures Television has entered into an option agreement with Thailand’s TV Thunder and Columbia Pictures’ Aquaverse, a Columbia Pictures-themed waterpark in the Asian country, to develop a Thai adaptation of 100 Choices.

Bill and Tom Kaulitz, founding members of Tokio Hotel, are taking over as hosts of ZDF’s Wanna Bet?, which is set to make its return in December.