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The full roster of speakers for the TV Kids Festival, taking place from February 4 to 7, has been unveiled. Sign up for your free registration to attend here.

Kid Cowboy, Nickelodeon’s first original animated series for YouTube, has premiered on the Blaze and the Monster Machines YouTube channel.

PBS KIDS is adding to its programming roster Weather Hunters, an animated STEM series created by and starring weatherman and journalist Al Roker.

The TV Kids Festival, running from February 4 to 7, will include panel sessions on gaming, engagement and animation innovation, featuring executives from Kedoo Entertainment, Wind Sun Sky Entertainment, Composition Media, DeAPlaneta Entertainment, pocket.watch and more. You can register here for free.

Toon2Tango has signed an agreement with toy manufacturer Schleich to develop and produce a CGI animated series and other content based on the toy line Eldrador Creatures.

Animotion Media Group, in partnership with the South Korean distribution company CMNIX, has brought the animated series Beardy Bodo to South Korea.

Epic Story Media is launching a new toy division, Epic Story Toys, led by Kim Morris.

Dandelooo’s Emmanuèle Pétry, ZDF Studios’ Oliver Grundel, Hidden Pigeon Company’s Kristofer Updike and Lion Forge Entertainment’s Jeremy Colfer will discuss the keys to adapting books for the screen during the TV Kids Festival, running from February 4 to 7. You can register here for free.

The CEO discusses the YouTube channel’s strategy and adaptability.

Barney’s World: I Love Me Too, a new 23-minute special from Mattel Television Studios, is set to premiere on the Barney the Dinosaur YouTube channel on January 31.