Sara Alessi

LONDON: Entertainment One (eOne) has partnered with U.K. supermarket giant Asda in a deal that will see the preschool property Peppa Pig play a key role in the store’s annual Baby and Toddler event.

BURBANK: Disney XD and Disney Channel are airing a sneak preview of the new series Walk the Prank, which combines scripted comedy with real hidden-camera pranks, on April Fools' Day.

NEW YORK: Scholastic and Warner Bros. Consumer Products have entered into a global licensed publishing deal for children’s books based on the upcoming Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them films, as well as the Harry Potter movie franchise.

NEW YORK: Nickelodeon is introducing new toy lines from Playmates Toys and Mega Bloks, inspired by the upcoming Paramount Pictures theatrical movie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.

ROME: Mondo TV has unveiled its lineup for MIPTV 2016, including a range of upcoming co-productions and planned or ongoing third-party titles, with Adventures in Duckport and Cuby Zoo among the key offerings.

HALIFAX: DHX Media has inked ten additional broadcast deals for the new CGI Teletubbies series, including in Europe and the Middle East.

PARIS: Cottonwood Media, ZDF and ZDF Enterprises have entered into a co-production deal on the weekly live-action drama series Paris Opera, marking the companies’ first collaboration.

SANTA MONICA: The new live-action series The Other Kingdom is debuting on Nickelodeon on April 10.

VANCOUVER/LOS ANGELES: Ron Perlman and Christopher Plummer have joined the cast of the upcoming animated film from Arcana Studio titled Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom, based on Bruce Brown’s best-selling graphic novel of the same name.

SANTA MONICA: Hulu has secured the exclusive subscription streaming rights for the hit kids' property Curious George.