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In time for the TV Kids Festival and Kidscreen Summit, we’re spotlighting three great shows that place diversity and inclusion front and center: Boone Productions’ The Nap Time Show, ZDF Studios’ Heirs of the Night and Guru Studio’s Big Blue.

WildBrain CPLG has renewed its existing partnership to represent Hasbro and Entertainment One (eOne) properties in select markets and has added to the footprint Italy (Hasbro and eOne) and India (Hasbro only).

Halle Stanford, president of television at The Jim Henson Company, is set to deliver a keynote at the TV Kids Festival, which you can register for here at no cost.

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.