Alison Skilton

Emmy Award-winning producer Eryk Casemiro has been appointed senior VP of Nickelodeon preschool.

Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana has launched a Mandarin YouTube channel, Red Bear Animation, which features several of the company’s award-winning shows, including Super BOOMi.

Following a deal with Vue Entertainment, a special compilation of episodes of Novel Entertainment’s animated series Horrid Henry is set to screen in cinemas across the U.K. and Ireland beginning on August 23.

Planeta Junior has appointed África Vázquez Rubí to the position of international media sales director, a role that sees her managing international animation sales operations for TV and digital media.

Aurora World has launched its flagship animated property YooHoo to the Rescue on the Russian linear kids’ channel Carousel TV.

Per a deal with Silvergate Media, Wanda Kidsland is set to manage TV distribution, tie-in publishing, consumer products and live attractions for the educational animated series Monkey with a Tool Belt in China.

Genius Brands International is set to launch a slew of licensed products across various retail categories for its two flagship properties, Rainbow Rangers and Llama Llama, beginning later this year.

For the second year in a row, Walt Disney Animation Studios is set to debut an all-new VR short film at the SIGGRAPH conference, and this year’s title is a kite’s tale.

Aurora World has planned the launch of a number of new mobile apps for its YooHoo brand for later this year on a variety of platforms, adding to the three that are already available.

PBS Kids is set to premiere the first-ever national children’s series to feature Native American leads, Molly of Denali.