TCG is slated to release a line of puzzles and board games based on WowWee's Fingerlings, a globally popular toy that is also getting its own animated series, in Canada this fall.

The Fred Rogers Company has rebranded as Fred Rogers Productions in order to better reflect its expanding catalog of programming.

Corus Entertainment's Nelvana has signed an exclusive Canadian broadcasting and licensing agreement with Sesame Workshop for the long-running hit series Sesame Street.

Production has kicked off on Coop and Cami Ask the World, a new live-action sitcom starring Dakota Lotus and Ruby Rose Turner that is due to debut on Disney Channel this autumn.

Start Licensing has been tapped to represent Sixteen South's new book-based animated show Claude in the U.K. and Ireland.

HARI International has licensed the animated series Pipas & Douglas to China's Alibaba, which will also handle the property's merchandising rights in the country, for a release on Youku.

Ahead of its premiere, the animated preschool show Lilybuds has been presold by Zodiak Kids in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and Canada.

Portfolio Entertainment has hired Marianne Culbert, a former Arc Productions, Mercury Filmworks and Nelvana exec, as VP of production.

Boat Rocker Rights has secured a number of new agreements for the animated preschool series Bitz & Bob with broadcasters around the world.

Banijay Group's Zodiak Kids has signed a number of new broadcast and SVOD agreements for the animated hit Horrid Henry, which is produced by Novel Entertainment.