Joanna Padovano Tong

The new kids' and family subscription VOD service Kidstream has launched on Comcast's Xfinity On Demand, offering more than 100 hours of children's programming from around the globe.

Cyber Group Studios' animated preschool series Gigantosaurus is slated to begin rolling out on Disney Junior Worldwide, excluding India and Taiwan, in 2019.

Nickelodeon Entertainment Lab, designed for research and development focused on new technologies for the channel and its viewers, has launched in Burbank, California, and will be led by Chris Young as senior VP.

GO-N International has licensed the animated preschool series Simon to a number of broadcasters around the world, including in Latin America, Asia and Europe.

Cinedigm is gearing up to launch Dove KIDS, a new 24/7 children's network featuring movies, TV shows, animation and educational content for young viewers between the ages of 5 and 12.

DHX Media's WildBrain has signed on to create an animated web series based on the Icelandic lifestyle brand Tulipop, and to launch and manage a global Tulipop YouTube channel.

Endemol Shine has teamed up with Adobe Character Animator to launch an animated version of Mr Bean—Facebook's biggest TV entertainment brand—later this week on Facebook Live.

SYBO has tapped Emmy-winning producer Sander Schwartz, a former Warner Bros. Animation, Sony Pictures Family Entertainment and FremantleMedia Kids & Family exec, to develop and produce animated content based on the hit mobile game Subway Surfers.

NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment's preschool network Sprout is slated to rebrand as Universal Kids, targeted to young viewers between the ages of 2 and 11, in September 2017.

Nickelodeon has ordered a second season of the new live-action comedy adventure series Hunter Street, which debuted in the U.S. last month.