Joanna Padovano Tong

SEATTLE: Amazon Studios has ordered the new kids' originals Sid and Marty Krofft's Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, a live-action reimagining of the classic 1970s series, and Bug Diaries, a book-based animated show.

DHX Media and Ipsos have revealed the results from a survey of 2,700 parents in the U.S., U.K. and Canada meant to discover how kids up to the age of 12 consume entertainment content. The survey found that children have embraced mobile on-demand viewing, and that tablets are their preferred screen for consuming content.

TORONTO: Suzanne Wilson, a former TVO exec, has returned to Breakthrough Entertainment as the company's VP of family entertainment.

BURBANK: Next month, ABC Television Network is slated to broadcast the animated holiday specials A Charlie Brown Christmas, Toy Story That Time Forgot and Shrek the Halls.

TORONTO: 9 Story Media Group has licensed more than 800 episodes of kids' and family programming to broadcasters and content partners in India, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

BARCELONA: Planeta Junior has appointed Erick Rouillé, a former France Télévisions Distribution and Xilam exec, as country manager for France and international TV sales director.

SANTA MONICA: Hulu has picked up the exclusive streaming VOD rights for the entire franchise of Cartoon Network's animated hit The Powerpuff Girls.

LOS ANGELES/SEOUL: Lagardère Active has picked up the linear and nonlinear rights to the animated VOD series Badanamu from Calm Island and LNC Media for French-speaking Europe and Africa.

NEW YORK: The 3D-animated video series Mac & Izzy, from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), has premiered on the Curious World YouTube channel.

LONDON: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the winners from this year's British Academy Children’s Awards, which took place at London's Roundhouse over the weekend.