Sara Alessi

MADRID: Imira Entertainment has acquired more than 300 half-hours of new product that it will present at MIPJunior and MIPCOM.

LONDON: Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products (FCP) has secured new licensing deals and partnerships for the Ice Age film franchise around the world.

LONDON: FremantleMedia Kids & Family (FMK) is introducing at MIPJunior and MIPCOM the animated comedy series Tasty Tales of the Food Truckers, the first project to result from its co-production pact with Shellhut Entertainment.

HOLON: Twist Animation, the Israel-based studio behind the YouTube preschool show TuTiTu, is debuting an all-new series titled Nuni via YouTube Kids.

LONDON: BBC Worldwide is launching the brand-new preschool title Andy’s Baby Animals, along with additional seasons of several returning kids' shows, at MIPCOM.

BURBANK: Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) and DC Entertainment (DCE) have partnered with the award-winning Fifth Harmony on the first-ever DC Super Hero Girls music video for the pop group’s new female empowerment-themed single, “That’s My Girl.”

PARIS: Xilam has launched a third wave of collectible figurines with Italy’s Gedis Newsstand for its flagship brand Oggy & the Cockroaches.

SANTA BARBARA: Sockeye Media has appointed Foothill Entertainment to distribute the preschool property Mother Goose Club and to co-executive produce and co-develop an all-new CGI series for global buyers.

LONDON: Viacom International Media Networks’ Channel 5 has appointed industry veteran Sarah Muller as the head of children’s.

LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) is rolling out a launch campaign for the U.K. premiere of the second season of Thunderbirds Are Go, which debuts late next month.