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Warren Clarke is to join BBC Studios’ Australian production arm as head of scripted.

Atlantyca Entertainment has expanded its partnership with Future Today, which will now feature new episodes of two series on its flagship channel HappyKids.

Banijay Iberia has tapped Adrián De Belva as general manager of Pokeepsie Films, joining from Netflix.

The Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) is set to launch Going European, a training program focused on co-writing international series.

Jim Casey, president and executive producer, talks about producing animal-centric programming, including the new series Going Fur Gold.

Brenda Bisner, chief content officer of Kidoodle.TV, tells World Screen Newsflash about the opportunities in the kids’ AVOD space and plans to continue building out the Safe Streaming offer. 

Ben Samek has been promoted to CEO of Banijay Americas, as Cris Abrego steps down from the post but remains chairman of the Americas for Banijay.

Strategies for harnessing the power of YouTube and other free video platforms in serving young viewers were debated at a TV Kids Festival panel featuring Entertainment One’s Yannick Ferrero, pocket.watch’s David B. Williams, Cloudco Entertainment’s Sean Gorman and Kartoon Channel! Worldwide’s Paul Robinson.

Chris Nee, creator of the breakthrough show Doc McStuffins and a slew of other titles via an overall deal with Netflix, spoke to TV Kids Festival attendees about innovation in preschool narrative techniques, the keys to encouraging co-viewing and her work in driving forward diversity and inclusion in children’s media.

Richard Dickson, the president and COO of Mattel, highlighted the crucial role IP plays in the company’s overall brand-building strategies at the TV Kids Festival today in conversation with Anna Carugati.