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MIAMI: NATPE highlights from the kids’ slate of WDR mediagroup (WDRmg) include the animated series Gigglebug, targeted at children 3 to 5, and Trude’s Flatmate, which combines modern animation technology with classic 1950s drawings.

MIAMI: Among the NATPE highlights from Mondo TV is Treasure Island, an animated series that picks up where R.L. Stevenson’s classic novel leaves off.

MEXICO CITY: The teen telenovela Grachi, which originally aired on Nickelodeon Latin America, has landed in Spain on Mediaset España’s Divinity.

BURBANK: Hasbro Studios’ Transformers: Robots in Disguise is slated to return to Cartoon Network for a second season in Q1 2016.

BURBANK: The hit animated feature film Frozen will air on Disney Channel for the first time in February.

LONDON: Macmillan Children’s Books has picked up the global publishing rights for the preschool brand Dinosaur Roar! from Nurture Rights.

LONDON: CAKE and Cheeky Little Media have appointed licensing and merchandising agents to represent the new animated property Bottersnikes and Gumbles.

LOS ANGELES: Nickelodeon will continue to broadcast Saban Brands’ Power Rangers franchise through 2018, with the 24th season of the long-running series due out next year.

PARIS: Patricia de Wilde has been elevated to the post of director of marketing and new business for the entire TeamTO group, which recently doubled its studio activities and facilities. For the past year de Wilde has served in a …

KELOWNA: Canadian animation studio Yeti Farm Creative has launched YetiLABS, a new production and distribution unit focused on digital content. The venture has already rolled out two original digital-first productions, Knobs and Sweet Tweets, both available on YouTube. A girl-skewing …