Mansha Daswani

The first Oddbods-themed family entertainment center has opened in Xi’an, China.

Leading distributors weigh in on kids’ content acquisition trends across Asia.

Channel 5’s Milkshake! has picked up seasons one and two of the 2D animated series MyaGO for launch in January 2020.

The Brazilian preschool channel Gloobinho is set to roll out the Russian-Chinese co-production Panda and Krash.

Netflix and Nickelodeon have inked a new multiyear output deal for original animated feature films and television series.

Viacom18's on-demand platform VOOT in India has launched an ad-free kids' app priced at 99 rupees ($1.40) a month.

Some 1,500 executives from the global kids’ industry descended on the JW Marriott in Cannes on the weekend before MIPCOM, as 600 buyers perused a screenings library with about 1,300 programs and projects from around the world.

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has acquired the remaining 50-percent ownership stake in Super Broadcast, which operates the Italian free-to-air kids' network Super!, from De Agostini Editore.

More than 100 MIPJunior delegates were in attendance for the world premiere of the new chase comedy Super Shiro this morning, which was followed by a panel discussion featuring TV Asahi’s Takahiro Kishimoto, Science SARU’s Eunyoung Choi and Cartoon Network’s Leslie Lee and Hoyoung Jung, in conversation with World Screen’s Mansha Daswani.

The MIPJunior keynote superpanel featured Genius Brands International’s Andy Heyward, WildBrain’s Josh Scherba and Serious Lunch and Eye Present’s Genevieve Dexter weighing in on how their companies are navigating a fast-changing kids’ market, in conversation with World Screen’s Anna Carugati.