Jamie Stalcup

Paramount+ has become the exclusive streaming home of Avatar Studios content and added Avatar: Seven Havens and The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender (w.t.) to its catalog.

Mattel has tapped Netflix and The Walt Disney Company alum Natalia Premovic to serve as chief consumer products and experiences officer, effective January 5.

Moonbug Entertainment has partnered with Dr. Seuss Enterprises for a series of digital episodes that bring together Blippi and Dr. Seuss characters such as The Grinch and The Cat in the Hat.

StoryZoo & Friends has licensed over 300 episodes from Millimages’ preschool catalog, which includes series such as Louie, Mouk and Molang, to make them available to viewers across Europe.

WildBrain has sold its 41 percent stake in Peanuts Holdings to Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) and Sony Pictures Entertainment for C$630 million cash.

Cartoon Network has ordered third and fourth seasons of The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball from Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe.

Andrew L. Schmidt, supervising director of WondLa, tells World Screen Newsflash about working with author Tony DiTerlizzi throughout the series and what he hopes kids take away from the third and final season.

Mattel will be opening indoor waterparks in Bellevue, Nebraska, and Bradley, Illinois, in addition to the previously announced location of Orlando, Florida.

Madgic Distribution has secured a number of new deals in Singapore, China and Australia.

A wax figure of Maya the Bee has been unveiled at the Wax Museum of Madrid through a partnership with DeAPlaneta Entertainment.