Joanna Padovano Tong

The new animated preschool series Daisy & Ollie, from CHF Entertainment and executive producer Jason Manford, is due to debut exclusively on Cartoonito this October.

Maramedia, a Scottish indie that specializes in natural-history docs, is launching the children's brand Marakids with the new CBeebies commission Gudrun the Viking Princess.

This fall, CBS in the U.S. is slated to air Michael Jackson's Halloween, a new animated special featuring music from the late King of Pop.

The first season of Zag America's animated series Miraculous, Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir has landed on Sinclair Broadcast Group's KidsClick programming block in the U.S.

Genius Brands International has inked a broadcast licensing deal with Nat Geo Kids that sees the science-themed animated show Thomas Edison's Secret Lab airing across Latin America.

Superprod has hired Carole Brin, a former Cyber Group Studios exec, as chief digital officer for the company's newly created digital division.

Sixteen South, a BAFTA-winning producer of children's television programming, has established Sixteen South Rights to distribute some of its properties, including the preschool series Lily's Driftwood Bay.

The animated kids' show Lost in Oz, a modern adaptation of the Oz books penned by L. Frank Baum, is due to debut on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S. and U.K. early next month.

Technicolor Animation Productions has teamed up with France Télévisions and Gloob, Globosat's kids' channel in Brazil, to produce the new 26x22-minute animated show Team DroniX.

GO-N International has inked a broadcast deal with Channel 5 in the U.K. for the animated preschool series Simon, which is slated to air on the network's Milkshake! programming block.