Kristin Brzoznowski

WildBrain is working with the Peacock streaming platform to produce 52 new 11-minute episodes of the animated series Caillou.

A Parent Media Co. (APMC), owner of kids’ Safe Streaming services Kidoodle.TV, Glitch+ and Safe Exchange, has closed an equity financing round with TriWest Capital Partners, raising over C$80 million ($62 million) of investment capital to date and is now worth over C$600 million ($463 million).

WildBrain has named Rita Middleton, CEO and interim CFO of International Solar Solutions, as an independent director of the company.

The Malaysian animation house Lil Critter Workshop (LCW) is expanding its global footprint with the establishment of an animation studio in the U.K.

Sinking Ship Entertainment has appointed Karine Rubin as director of sales for Europe.

Spin Master Entertainment has prepped an all-new animated series, Vida the Vet, which is set to debut on CBeebies and BBC iPlayer in the U.K. and Treehouse and STACKTV in Canada.

Cottonwood Media, in co-production with Opéra de Paris, and Hulu, ZDF, ZDF Studios and France Télévisions have joined forces to produce the live-action tween series Spellbound.

The Adventures of Paddington has been licensed to air on the Spacetoon TV channel and Spacetoon GO online streaming service in the MENA region.

Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos, Roar) and Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos, Dune) have joined the cast of the animated musical feature Spellbound from Apple Original Films and Skydance Animation.

NHK in Japan has licensed the comedy mockumentary series The Inbestigators from Australian Children’s Television Foundation.