Sara Alessi

SYDNEY: The new Cheeky Little Media-produced preschool series Kazoops is debuting on Netflix in the U.S. and Canada next month.

BURBANK: The animated series Star Wars Rebels is returning to Disney XD for a third season next month.

BURBANK: Free Period, a collection of original short-form movies, has launched exclusively on Disney Channel digital platforms.

TORONTO: Corus Entertainment’s TELETOON executive Athena Georgaklis has been appointed as the head of development at Nelvana, effective immediately.

LONDON: Warner Bros. Consumer Products UK (WBCP UK) has added retail partners for the rollout of the first round of items in the DC Super Hero Girls L&M program.

SYDNEY: BBC Worldwide Australia & New Zealand (ANZ) has secured new licensing partners for the preschool brand Hey Duggee in Oz, including children’s homeware supplier MacDonald Imports.

MOSCOW: The second season of the 3D-animated series Masha and the Bear has launched on Netflix in the U.S., U.K. and Ireland.

MADRID: Nottingham Forest, the licensing and promotion agent for the animated series Super Wings in Iberia, has secured new partners for the brand.

Genevieve Dexter, the founder and CEO, talks about the importance of having long-running series that can break into the U.S. market.

TORONTO: Canada’s Corus Entertainment is adding the Disney Junior app to its full suite of TV Everywhere applications.