Kristin Brzoznowski

HBO Max, Cartoon Network and Lion Forge Animation are working together to adapt the Dark Horse Comics/YouNeek Studios graphic novel series Iyanu: Child of Wonder into a 2D animated show.

Yeti Farm Creative has restructured its management team, with partner Jay Surridge becoming chief creative officer.

Maud Branly, the children’s acquisitions director and international TV channels children’s programming director for the M6 Group, talks to World Screen Newsflash about what’s on her wish list for programming acquisitions.

HBO Max has ordered Franklin and Milena in Search of Science, a new live-action series co-produced by Cartoon Network in partnership with Biônica Filmes and Mauricio de Sousa Produções.

Shannon Friedrichs-Higdon has been elevated to senior VP of content and brand strategy for kids and family at Paramount Global.

The Warner Bros. Discovery-backed Bright Little Labs has tapped Nick Young, an alum of NBCUniversal, Banijay and WildBrain, as COO.

For the first time in two decades, PBS KIDS has updated its logo and is debuting a refreshed look designed to build on the equity and strength of the brand and optimized for today’s digital-focused kids and families.

Guru Studio has started work on a retelling of the classic Charlotte’s Web, a family miniseries produced by Sesame Workshop for HBO Max.

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).