Jamie Stalcup

Toon2Tango has signed an agreement to distribute the first 26 episodes of ThinkerBen & Motor globally, excluding Eastern Europe, Russia and CIS, and co-produce a second season.

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has picked up Outfit7’s Talking Tom Heroes: Suddenly Super from CAKE for its channels in Italy, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea.

Gigglebug Entertainment’s new animated comedy Tadpoles has lined up DR and Ketnet as co-producers, and CANAL+ has pre-brought the rights to the series.

Peekaboo Animation has signed co-production agreements with Italy’s Rain Frog and Portugal’s Sardinha em Lata for its reboot of The Triplets.

Animotion Media Group has partnered with KidsBeeTV to launch a fourth season of Babyriki and a travel season of Beardy Bodo.

Netflix has slated the debuts of new Hot Wheels and Barbie content from Mattel Television Studios for March.

From creators Adam Goddard and Warren Brown, the 20-part musical preschool series Songs from the Bright Side, which WildBrain has picked up for global distribution, ties together themes of hope, bravery, acceptance, positivity and love, all in the name of fostering mental wellness in young children.

Tubi has slated the premiere of RoboForce: The Animated Series, from The Nacelle Company (The Toys That Made Us) and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Dany Garcia’s Seven Bucks Productions (Red One), for April.

Aardman has appointed Kenny England to the newly created role of director of digital, social and communities and Amy Pearson as director of marketing.

Apple TV+ has slated the debut of the Goldie series, inspired by Emily Brundige’s award-winning 2019 short film of the same name, for February 14.