Joel Marino

TORONTO: Kids’ CBC in Canada has greenlit the new animated series Wandering Wenda, a Breakthrough Entertainment title based on Margaret Atwood’s The Wide World of Wandering Wenda.

BRISTOL: Disney EMEA has set a May 12 premiere for the new Disney XD animated comedy Counterfeit Cat, a co-production between Tricon Kids & Family and Wildseed Studios.

CARDIFF: Thud Media and Lupus Films have partnered to launch the third in a series of kids’ apps based on the Channel 5 and Cartoonito preschool show Toot the Tiny Tugboat.

CAPE TOWN: Sunrise Productions, creators of the award-winning animated series Jungle Beat, has made a number of new senior appointments.

NEW YORK: 4K Media’s Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, the first series in the hit animated franchise, is set to launch on DVD this year in Brazil.

WINNIPEG: Canadian VOD platform AmebaTV has picked up more than 20 episodes of Blue Socks Media’s preschool series Raggs.

LONDON: Turner Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) has promoted Cecilia Persson to VP of programming and content strategy of kids EMEA, acquisitions and co-production international.

LOS ANGELES: Classic Disney Channel sitcoms such as Hannah Montana and That’s So Raven are due back on the air this month as part of a special programming event on the Freeform network.

SEOUL: CJ E&M’s preschool series Super Wings has landed in Europe, where it’s due to air on German-language children’s channel KiKA in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

TORONTO: DHX Television has launched the Family Channel App, a one-stop destination that delivers programming from Family Channel, Family CHRGD, Family Jr. and F2N to audiences on multiple devices.