Chelsea Regan

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, in partnership with Reed MIDEM, held the seventh annual International Emmy Kids Awards this evening (April 9) in Cannes, where seven winners were announced from five different countries—Brazil, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands and the U.K.

Cyber Group Studios has signed a deal with Discovery Kids in Latin America for its new animated series Sadie Sparks.

The new Disney+ animated series Monsters at Work, inspired by Disney and Pixar's Monsters, Inc., is set to feature Billy Crystal and John Goodman returning to the roles of Mike and Sulley.

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has hired German Groba to be its new senior VP of Youth & Music and Kids & Family brands for the company’s Southern and Western Europe, Middle East and Africa (SWEMEA) business cluster.

Hasbro has appointed Jamie Gutfreund to fill the company’s newly created chief consumer experience officer position.

The U.K. production company Happy Films has made its first international format sale of Bookaboo to StoryTime in Russia.

Silvergate Media has brokered a deal between Penguin Ventures and Le Méridien Piccadilly Hotel to launch an official Peter Rabbit Afternoon Tea.

Boat Rocker Studios has joined forces with Live Nation to launch a brand-new The Next Step live tour this fall.

The British Film Institute (BFI) has launched the U.K. government’s Young Audiences Content Fund (YACF), which will see £57 million ($74 million) delivered over a three-year pilot period.

Nickelodeon is bolstering Noggin, its ad-free video subscription service for preschoolers, with the acquisition of Sparkler, the co-founder of which is set to join the company in an executive role.