Joanna Padovano Tong

Konami Digital Entertainment's 4K Media has inked licensing deals with Funko and GameStop that will see a variety of Yu-Gi-Oh! collectibles launch around the globe, excluding Asia.

Comedian Kenan Thompson (All That, Kenan and Kel, Saturday Night Live) has partnered with pocket.watch on a new live-action sketch comedy show for children.

Cartoon Network is teaming up with animation, copywriting, post-production and audio-creation talent in Africa to produce one-minute shorts of the winning work from this year's Imagination Studios animation competition.

Hasbro Studios is producing the Netflix original animated series Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters for a debut on the streaming service later this year.

BBC Worldwide has signed a multiyear licensing agreement with Amazon Prime Video that sees a number of CBeebies and CBBC kids' series becoming available on the SVOD service in the U.K. and Ireland.

To celebrate this year's International Day of Friendship, Hasbro has launched My Little Pony-themed digital experiences, including custom Snapchat lenses and a pair of videos.

The hit children's sitcom So Awkward, created by Julie Bower and produced by Channel X North, is set to premiere its 13x30-minute third installment on CBBC in the U.K. next month.

Later this month, DHX Media's Family Jr. is due to debut the sixth installment of Curious George, the book-based animated preschool series narrated by William H. Macy (Shameless).

In the second quarter, worldwide net sales at Mattel increased 2 percent and gross sales rose 1 percent, with consumer takeaway for the popular brands Barbie, Hot Wheels and Fisher-Price continuing to be strong for the company.

The ABC and Screen Australia have selected three documentaries and two dramas from female creators that are slated for broadcast on ABC ME this fall during the Girls season joint funding initiative.