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Aardman has promoted Laura Taylor-Williams from senior sales manager to the newly created role of head of digital and strategic development.

POP has added to its programming roster She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, a modern take on the '80s girl power icon.

Guru Studio has bolstered its sales team with the appointment of Jennifer Oppenheimer as international sales and licensing manager.

Brenda Bisner, chief content officer of the Safe Streaming service Kidoodle.TV, has joined the roster of speakers for the TV Kids Festival, which you can sign up for here for free.

Chinese streamer iQIYI has selected Bejuba! Entertainment to globally distribute its preschool series Momo.

Keynotes slated for the TV Kids Festival include WildBrain’s Eric Ellenbogen, Mattel’s Richard Dickson, 9 Story Media Group’s Vince Commisso, Banijay Kids & Family’s Benoît Di Sabatino, POP Channels’ Francesca Newington, Chris Nee, Gabby’s Dollhouse creators Traci Paige Johnson and Jennifer Twomey, Star Trek: Prodigy’s Kevin and Dan Hageman, The Jim Henson Company’s Halle Stanford, Kidoodle.TV’s Brenda Bisner and more.

Dandelooo’s Emmanuèle Pétry-Sirvin, The itsy bitsy Entertainment Company’s Kenn Viselman and Toonz Media Group’s Bruno Zarka will take part in a panel spotlighting how curricula, DNI, ecotainment and more are being woven into children’s shows at the TV Kids Festival, which you can register for here at no cost.

Mansha Daswani checks in with several distributors about how best to craft a distribution strategy today.

Social media pet star Doug the Pug has teamed with Kickstart Entertainment and producer Loris Kramer Lunsford (Johnny Test, StarBeam) to develop an animated comedy series.

Discovery Kids Latin America has signed on for the 3D animated preschool series Builder Brothers Dream Factory.