Kristin Brzoznowski

Josh Fisher, executive producer of Kiwi Island, tells World Screen Newsflash about the learning curriculum at the heart of the series and the importance of helping children navigate their feelings.

Noggin, Paramount Global's subscription preschool edutainment service, is being shut down.

Dandelooo is launching a new feature film division, Dandelooo Cinéma.

Cottonwood Media has hired BAFTA-nominated producer Manon Ardisson in the newly created role of head of fiction.

StoryZoo has launched the StoryZoo & Friends FAST channel, featuring 20 brands, on the IPTV platform waipu.tv in Germany.

Steve Youngwood has decided to step down as CEO and a member of the board of trustees at Sesame Workshop, with Sherrie Westin appointed interim CEO.

The animation producer God’s Gang, led by former Disney executive Nimrod Avraham May, has added Bruno Zarka and Sheri Conn to its advisory board.

9 Story Media Group has acquired Portfolio Entertainment’s library, production slate and development projects, with co-founder Lisa Olfman taking on an executive producer role.

The live-action series The Pact, aimed at 9- to 12-year-olds, has been picked up by the French broadcaster CANAL+.

Baobab Studios and 9 Story Media Group have teamed up to co-produce and launch a new TV series for the Momoguro game-based property.