Chelsea Regan

Ricky Zoom, an animated preschool series from Entertainment One (eOne), is set to launch on CCTV-14 in China later this month after initially debuting in the country in June 2019.

Mondo TV Iberoamerica has inked its first sales in the U.S. for all three seasons of Sissi the Young Empress and the first season of the action-comedy series Invention Story.

WildBrain CPLG has expanded its commercial sales department in Germany with the appointment of Sarah Rosenstock as commercial director and Lisa Gruczek as senior sales manager.

The A Parent Media Co. safe streaming AVOD service Kidoodle.TV has picked up a number of new brands, bringing its episode count to over 20,000.

Big Bad Boo Studios has made its family streaming platform Oznoz available to kids and parents everywhere for free for the next two months, as the novel coronavirus has many families practicing social distancing at home.

Tom van Waveren, CAKE’s CEO and creative director, talks about the difficulty of finding the right formula for comedy—particularly the kind that appeals to kids of all ages living all around the world—and how series like the Total Drama spin-off Total Dramarama get it just right.

VTech has launched a new toy line based on Go! Go! Cory Carson, an animated preschool series available on Netflix.

Jetpack Distribution has secured a number of new deals for the Beano Studios-produced Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed!

Entertainment One (eOne) has appointed Sunny as master toy distributor for both Peppa Pig and Ricky Zoom in Brazil as the company expands its preschool portfolio in Latin America.

Academy Award winner Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit) is set to write, direct and executive produce a pair of animated series inspired by Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for Netflix.