World Screen

Philippe Bony, the head of thematic and youth channels at M6, has joined the roster for the TV Kids Summer Festival.

A panel at the TV Kids Summer Festival will feature Sesame Workshop’s Ed Wells discussing what’s new at the organization, with Cookie Monster set to appear as a special guest.

Vince Commisso, co-founding partner, president and CEO of 9 Story Media Group, has joined the roster of the TV Kids Summer Festival as a keynote speaker.

Tom McGillis and Jennifer Pertsch, creators of Total Drama Island, will be joined by CAKE’s Ed Galton for a special session during the TV Kids Summer Festival, offering an in-depth look at the success of the franchise.

A comedy-adventure series for kids 5 to 9, The Beachbuds leads the Odin’s Eye Entertainment slate.

Oggy Oggy, the new preschool spin-off to Xilam Animation’s Oggy and the Cockroaches franchise, is a CG-animated non-dialogue series that sees a young Oggy living in a fantasy world inhabited by a community of cats.

Leading Mondo TV’s slate, MeteoHeroes’ theme centers on protecting the climate and the environment, featuring a diverse group of superpowered kids who can control weather phenomena.

The Studio 100 Media highlight FriendZSpace is about three best friends on a mission to locate planets, find alien kids, introduce themselves and make friends.

Sean Clarke, managing director of Aardman, will take part in a keynote conversation during the TV Kids Summer Festival, which is being held from June 7 to 10.

Mattel’s two new Masters of the Universe series, Masters of the Universe: Revelation and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, will premiere this year.