Sara Alessi

TORONTO: Portfolio Entertainment has racked up global sales for series from its kids’ catalog, including The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! and DOKI.

TOKYO: VTV7, the educational channel of Vietnam’s national broadcaster, is adding NHK’s kids’ show Peek-a-boo! (Inai Inai Baa!) to its 2017 lineup.

LOS ANGELES: Toei Animation and TubiTV have closed a deal that sees several animated series, including Tiger Mask W, headed to the streaming platform.

BURBANK: Warner Bros. Animation has started production on season three of its animated action series Young Justice, based on the characters from DC Entertainment.

SEATTLE: Amazon Studios has slated original kids’ holiday programming to premiere on November 25 on Prime Video in the U.S. and U.K., including the specials If You Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie and Ezra Jack Keats’ The Snowy Day, narrated by Laurence Fishburne.

TORONTO: Portfolio Entertainment has secured international sales for the preschool series Do You Know?, with the show headed into the Middle East and Africa.

TORONTO: Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana has expanded its broadcast partnership with Super RTL, bringing several kids’ shows, including Hotel Transylvania: The Series, to Germany.

SYDNEY: Kids’ entertainment group Hi-5 and Nine have partnered to bring the Hi-5 franchise back to Australian free TV, with a brand-new series slated to launch in 2017, marking the brand’s return to the network.

TORONTO: Guru Studio (Paw Patrol, Justin Time) and Kids’ CBC have begun development on the comedy-adventure series Big Blue.

BURBANK: Disney Channel has ordered a third season of its hit spy comedy-action series K.C. Undercover, starring Zendaya.