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MoMedia & Studio 100 Sign Digital Deal
CANNES: MoMedia has entered into a digital distribution pact with Studio 100, which is home to such hit children's properties as Maya the Bee, Heidi and Vic the Viking.
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JAKKS Pacific Sets Up Content-Creation Studio
SANTA MONICA: The toy and consumer-products manufacturer JAKKS Pacific has established Studio JP, a division dedicated to creating and developing original, multiplatform computer-generated animated content.
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Gaumont Animation On Board to Relaunch ’80s Property Herself the Elf
PARIS/LOS ANGELES: Gaumont Animation is working with American Greetings Entertainment (AGE) to co-develop, co-produce and co-distribute an all-new animated series based on the 1980s girls' brand Herself the Elf.
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Ben 10 Creator Talks “Fresh Take” on Hit Cartoon Network Show
CANNES: Steven T. Seagle, a founding partner of Man of Action Entertainment, creators of the boys' action series Ben 10, tells World Screen Newsflash that the highly anticipated new iteration of the global franchise phenomenon "might freak out some longtime fans" with its new look and feel, but assures that all the core elements that viewers love are still in place.
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PBS KIDS Readies New Season of Thomas & Friends Plus Special
NEW YORK: The Thomas & Friends special The Great Race is launching on PBS member stations in the U.S. on October 17, to be followed by a week of all-new episodes from the eighth season of the series on PBS KIDS.
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Cyber Group Makes Foray into Feature-Film Distribution
CANNES: Cyber Group Studios is introducing Iqbal, Tale of a Fearless Child, which marks the first animated feature to be distributed by the company.
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Two New Amazon Kids’ Originals Added to Roster
SEATTLE: Amazon has ordered two new original series, the comedy Little Big Awesome and Ronja the Robber's Daughter, which won an International Emmy Kids Award.
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Bento Box Aligns with Andrew Davenport for Kids’ Unit
LONDON/LOS ANGELES: Bento Box Entertainment has teamed up with Andrew Davenport, co-creator of Teletubbies and creator of In the Night Garden, to launch the new kids' and family division Sutikki.
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Remastered Fraggle Rock Coming to HBO
HOLLYWOOD: The Jim Henson Company's Fraggle Rock has been digitally remastered in HD and will return at the end of this year on HBO, which was the original home of the series when it premiered in 1983.
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SpacePOP Apparel Rolls Out in the U.S.
BEVERLY HILLS: Genius Brands International (GBI) has launched the first apparel program for its new music-driven tween property SpacePOP, with a clothing line becoming available at select Kohl’s stores in the U.S. and online.
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