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Beyond Black Beauty leads Sinking Ship Entertainment’s slate.

Cyber Group Studios is bringing to Kidscreen Summit the first episodes of Droners’ second season.

Dandelooo’s partner studio Ooolala has doubled down on its sustainability efforts following the reveal that its 2022 carbon footprint was a low 51 tons.

Big Bad Boo Studios has launched a studio in Vienna, Big Bad Boo Vienna, to scale its efforts in development, production and distribution.

Atlantyca Entertainment has expanded its partnership with Future Today, which will now feature new episodes of two series on its flagship channel HappyKids.

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.