Chelsea Regan

Genius Brands International has greenlit a third season of its flagship animated preschool series, ​Rainbow Rangers.

KingstOOn 2021 will feature as its opening keynote speaker the American storytelling consultant Matthew Luhn, whose credits include the Toy Story films, Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, Cars, Monsters University, Ratatouille, Up and more.

China’s Winsing Animation is set to offer Team S.T.E.A.M.!, the GG Bond special series, the feature film Diary of Dinosaurs and more at this year’s MIPTV.

MarVista Entertainment has signed a multi-picture content agreement with MiMO Studios to co-produce at least five original, live-action kids' and family movies.

The Disney Junior animated comedy-adventure series The Chicken Squad is slated to premiere in May on Disney Junior and DisneyNOW.

Children’s author Jean-Claude Mourlevat, whose novel La rivière à l’envers will be adapted into a new series by Dandelooo, won the 2021 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA).

Spacetoon has extended its multiyear partnership deal with eOne, Hasbro’s global entertainment studio.

The second season of the DreamWorks Animation series Archibald’s Next Big Thing Is Here! is set to bow on Peacock later this month.

Playground TV has partnered with Munich-based Your Family Entertainment to launch a dedicated German on-demand channel for children.

Nickelodeon’s Nick News will feature Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), in a series of four Nick News Breaks to answer questions about the coronavirus pandemic.