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LONDON: Zodiak Kids has lined up additional sales in the Middle East and Europe for the animated series Floogals and has also appointed a U.S. consumer products agent for the show.

NEW YORK: Stuart Snyder, the former president and COO of Turner Broadcasting System’s Animation, Young Adults & Kids Media division, has been tapped to help develop the Little Critter book franchise into a global entertainment property across multiple categories.

LONDON: The seventh season of Rainbow's girl-skewing animated series Winx Club is slated to begin airing on Karusel in Russia.

LONDON: FremantleMedia Kids & Family has teamed up with Haven in the U.K. for an exclusive 60-date Tree Fu Tom-themed live tour at the company’s parks.

SHANGHAI/NEW YORK: CCTV Children's Channel and Sesame Workshop China are once again partnering on a Chinese New Year special that is slated for broadcast this month.

LONDON: INK Global has secured a broadcast deal that will see the animated series Masha’s Tales air across Italy on the preschool channel Rai YoYo.

PARIS/TORONTO: Tricon Kids & Family has partnered with Savoir-Fer and REAZ for the co-production of Me, Myself & My Selfie, a series of CGI digital kids' comedy shorts.

TORONTO/LONDON: Koko Rose Media has appointed Bejuba! Entertainment as its global distribution partner for the animated preschool series Deer Little Forest.

PARIS: Superights has come on board to distribute French studio Vivement Lundi!’s preschool property The Horn Quartet.

LONDON/PARIS: Studio 100 has clinched a slot for its hit animated series Maya the Bee with the Irish public broadcaster TG4, while a new magazine partnership has been signed for the U.K. with the publisher Redan.