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Brenda Bisner, chief content officer of Kidoodle.TV, tells World Screen Newsflash about the opportunities in the kids’ AVOD space and plans to continue building out the Safe Streaming offer. 

Strategies for harnessing the power of YouTube and other free video platforms in serving young viewers were debated at a TV Kids Festival panel featuring Entertainment One’s Yannick Ferrero, pocket.watch’s David B. Williams, Cloudco Entertainment’s Sean Gorman and Kartoon Channel! Worldwide’s Paul Robinson.

Chris Nee, creator of the breakthrough show Doc McStuffins and a slew of other titles via an overall deal with Netflix, spoke to TV Kids Festival attendees about innovation in preschool narrative techniques, the keys to encouraging co-viewing and her work in driving forward diversity and inclusion in children’s media.

Richard Dickson, the president and COO of Mattel, highlighted the crucial role IP plays in the company’s overall brand-building strategies at the TV Kids Festival today in conversation with Anna Carugati.

Traci Paige Johnson and Jennifer Twomey offered delegates an inside look at the process behind making the hit DreamWorks Animation series Gabby’s Dollhouse at the TV Kids Festival today.

The TV Kids Festival opened today with Sky Kids’ Lucy Murphy, Paramount UK & Ireland’s Louise Bucknole, TFO’s Marianne Lambert and Future Today’s David Di Lorenzo articulating their acquisition strategies in a lively panel discussion moderated by TV Kids’ Kristin Brzoznowski.

Guru Studio and Future Today are working together to launch a dedicated FAST channel for the hit series True and the Rainbow Kingdom in the U.S.

DreamWorks Animation alum Philippe Gluckman has been tapped to serve as creative director for India at DNEG Animation.

Brian Henson, producer, director, writer, puppeteer and chairman of the board at The Jim Henson Company, takes World Screen Newsflash inside the pioneering Jim Henson’s Creature Shop and the Henson Digital Puppetry Studio.

A brand-new preschool series from Beakus and Je Suis Bien Content/Watch Next Media, Big Lizard is among the latest offerings from Aardman.