Kristin Brzoznowski

Cyber ​​Group Studios and Boomerang International are working on a second season of the original 2D HD animated comedy series Taffy.

The safe streaming platform Kidoodle.TV has added to its slate the animated music-based preschool series Ping and Friends.

Acamar Films has notched up a number of deals for its hit preschool series Bing with broadcasters in the Netherlands, Nordics, Poland, Portugal and Canada.

Jetpack Distribution has sealed a series of deals for live-action shows, including Katy.

Genius Brands International has appointed Margaret Loesch, founding president and CEO of Fox Kids Networks Worldwide, as executive chairman of Kartoon Channel!, while David Neuman, former president of Walt Disney Television, has been named chief creative officer of the digital channel.

Jonathan Abraham, VP of sales and business development at Guru Studio, on the demand for shows like True and the Rainbow Kingdom, which has a timely message of promoting mindfulness and positivity.

David Levine is leaving his post as VP of kids’ programming for Disney Channels in the U.K., Europe and Africa at the end of the month.

The series Alien TV, targeted to kids 6 to 11 and their families, is set to premiere globally on Netflix later this summer and on Australia’s free-to-air Nine Network in June.

Genevieve Dexter, the founder and CEO of Serious Lunch as well as the studio Eye Present, spoke to World Screen Newsflash via video conference about launching new IP and staying connected amid the current global lockdown.

Syrinthia Studer has been named executive VP of Nickelodeon and Awesomeness Films, overseeing all live-action feature-length content for Awesomeness and Nickelodeon’s kids and family studio.