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Big Bad Boo Studios has tapped Jay Silverman to oversee acquisitions for the multilingual children’s OTT platform Oznoz.

Brenda Bisner, chief content officer at Kidoodle.TV, talks to World Screen Newsflash about the strengths of the AVOD model and what’s ahead for the platform.

Sonia Manzano, best known for her long run on Sesame Street as Maria, and Ellen Doherty, the chief creative officer at Fred Rogers Productions, took TV Kids Festival viewers inside the creation of the new PBS KIDS show Alma’s Way.

Deirdre Brennan, the COO of WildBrain, and Frank Falcone, the president and executive creative director at Guru Studio, discussed navigating the complexities of the kids’ business in the last session of day two of the TV Kids Festival.

Fred Soulie, senior VP and general manager of Mattel Television, participated in a keynote conversation with TV Kids’ Anna Carugati at the TV Kids Festival today, discussing how the toy giant is expanding its content slate.

Four-time Oscar winner Nick Park, a co-director at Aardman, spoke at the TV Kids Festival this morning about his journey as an animator and the enduring appeal of Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep.

Serious Kids’ Genevieve Dexter, Jetpack Distribution’s Dominic Gardiner, Dandelooo’s Emmanuèle Pétry-Sirvin and CAKE’s Daniel Bays participated in a lively discussion on catering to preschoolers as day two of the TV Kids Festival opened today.

Jetpack Distribution has inked new deals for the series Moley and the 30-minute special Master Moley: By Royal Invitation in Germany, New Zealand and Brazil.

The AVOD service Kidoodle.TV serves kids under 12 in over 160 countries, with no barrier to entry, so that families everywhere can enjoy its Safe Streaming promise.

The Studio 100 Media highlight FriendZSpace follows best friends and deep-space friend-makers Alice, Leo and Kim and the half-puppy and half-high-tech Swiss army knife BotDog.