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WildBrain’s Josh Scherba, Guru Studio’s Frank Falcone, marblemedia’s Mark Bishop, Portfolio’s Joy Rosen and Atomic Cartoons’ Richard Goldsmith weighed in on financing models, expansion and more in a TV Kids Summer Festival panel focused on the Canadian kids’ production and distribution landscape.

The Finnish animation studio Ferly has signed a co-production deal with Toonz Media Group for its new animation series Kingdom of None.

Tom Ascheim, the president of Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics at WarnerMedia, discussed the Redraw Your World tagline for Cartoon Network, its new preschool commitment and the kids’ slate at HBO Max in the opening keynote of the second day of the TV Kids Summer Festival.

Jetpack Distribution has acquired the worldwide rights for Moscow-based SMF Studio’s Claymotions.

Studio Bozzetto and Sardine Productions have teamed up for the new preschool animated series The Game Catchers, produced in collaboration with RAI and Société Radio-Canada with the support of the Shaw Rocket Fund.

Lion Forge’s David Steward II, Big Bad Boo’s Shabnam Rezaei and Safi Ideas’ Wa’qaar Mirza took part in a frank discussion on how far the kids’ business still has to go to fully engage with diversity and inclusion at the TV Kids Summer Festival.

TV Kids Summer Festival viewers got to spend some time with Cookie Monster before hearing from Ed Wells about how Sesame Workshop is building its content slate and its presence across the globe.

There are two seasons available of the 3D CGI preschool show YoYo from Showlab that feature comedy and edutainment for little ones.

In each episode of PBS International’s Elinor Wonders Why, Elinor displays the powers of observation as well as a willingness to ask questions and investigate.

Mattel is bringing back the classic Masters of the Universe with two animated series, Masters of the Universe: Revelation and the new animated adventure series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.