Chelsea Regan

Licensing veterans Trudi Hayward and Jean-Philippe Randisi have created bRAND-WARD, a new company that aims to provide support to IP owners and creators in the kids’ entertainment business.

Masha and the Bear, now in its tenth year on the air, is celebrating its success across linear and digital platforms in the U.K., including Tiny Pop TV, Cartoonito, Netflix and its YouTube English channel.

Cryptozoic Entertainment and Warner Bros. Consumer Products, on behalf of DC, have partnered for the Challenge of the Superfriends Card Game.

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout! is set to feature distinct animation styles in its forthcoming four-part cosmic story arc.

Mama K’s Team 4, a series co-produced by Cape Town-based Triggerfish Animation Studios and London-based CAKE, is set to be Netflix’s first original African animated series.

Rai Ragazzi presented a selection of new co-production titles for children’s channels Rai Yoyo and Rai Gulp in Italy at the Cartoons on the Bay festival.

Canada-based Portfolio Entertainment has signed a streaming deal with Netflix to send the animated series The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! and Freaktown to territories across the globe.

Rainbow has entered into a partnership with Lisle Licensing for its animated preschool series 44 Cats across the U.K.

Sesame Workshop is set to be one of the primary providers of Spanish-language content for HITN’s new SVOD service for preschool children, Edye.

Diana Yurinova has been named the new CEO of the Hong Kong-based FUN Union, a joint venture of Riki Group in Russia and a Chinese partner.