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A new Bluey at the Cinema collection, titled Playdates with Friends, will be arriving in cinemas across the U.K., Ireland and key European markets this year.

El Reino Infantil has launched a 24/7 linear channel via DIRECTV and DGO in Latin America, bringing its lineup of Spanish-language children’s programming to more kids.

pocket.watch has added eight new creators to its lineup, including Topper Guild, JJ & Mikey, Lana’s Life, DeeDee Show, Wands and Wings, Fun Time with Soso, Nick and Poli and English Tree.

On offer from Futurum Group International, Paddles The Huggable Bear is a charming preschool CGI animation series about life on a river bank, where Paddles, a playful, lovable polar bear, and his friends Bracken, an Irish Wolfhound; Bridie, a badger; and Fagan, a ferret, have endless adventures.

Day two of the TV Kids Festival is underway here, with panels on public broadcasting and financing strategies and keynotes with Super RTL’s Oliver Schablitzki, media cartographer Evan Shapiro and WildBrain’s Josh Scherba.

Disney has launched the new short-form anthology series Locker Diaries, featuring characters from franchises such as ZOMBIES, Descendants and Phineas and Ferb, on Disney+ and Disney Channel’s YouTube, Instagram and TikTok accounts.

Serious Kids has picked up the worldwide rights, excluding Welsh-speaking Wales, to Cloth Cat’s first IP, The Ghost of Midwinter.

Flying Bark Productions has appointed Alexia Gates-Foale, who has been with the company since 2008, as executive director of content.

Day one of the TV Kids Festival is underway here, with panels on acquisition strategies and known IP and keynotes with BBC Studios Kids & Family’s Cecilia Persson, Craig Gerber, Sesame Workshop’s Kay Wilson Stallings and Elmo.

TVOkids, Knowledge Network, Radio-Canada and TFO have commissioned Globe Bros from Original Content Lab and Epic Storyworlds.