Joanna Padovano Tong

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with iQIYI that will see nearly 300 hours of CBeebies preschool programming become available on the Chinese online video platform.

NEW YORK: A number of new licensing agreements have been signed for the popular Nickelodeon preschool properties PAW Patrol, Shimmer and Shine and Blaze and the Monster Machines.

GLENDALE: ZAG, Method and Planeta Junior are teaming for the development of five animated TV shows under the Zag Heroez label, which now includes Miraculous—Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, Zak Storm and Pixigirl.

UTRECHT: Dick Bruna, who created the globally successful children's character Miffy, died yesterday at the age of 89 in his hometown of Utrecht, the Netherlands.

QUÉBEC: Squeeze has teamed up with Viacom18 to debut the animated comedy series Cracké in India on Nickelodeon and OTT platform VOOT Kids.

LONDON/EL SEGUNDO: Mattel Creations' new series Monster High: The Adventures of The Ghoul Squad is slated to become available exclusively on YouTube and YouTube Kids.

BURBANK: Disney Channel has given the go-ahead to a second season of Tangled: The Series, an upcoming animated show based on the hit feature film.

TORONTO: Corus Entertainment's Nelvana has inked a development deal with Grey Matter and United Talent Agency (UTA) to produce the tentatively titled preschool series Happy Art Happy Life.

LONDON/LOS ANGELES: CBeebies has commissioned the original new preschool show Moon and Me from Teletubbies co-creator Andrew Davenport's Foundling Bird and Sutikki, Bento Box Entertainment's new kids' and family arm.

MUNICH/BERLIN: Studio 100 Film has inked a deal with Cinema Republic for the rights to the second and third Maya the Bee CGI feature films, as well as Princess Emmy—The Movie.