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Leading ZDF Enterprises’ slate is Zoom—The White Dolphin, which broke ratings records when season two premiered on TF1 in France and KiKA and ZDF in Germany, according to Arne Lohmann, VP ZDFE.junior.

Fred Rogers Productions’ Through the Woods shorts are set to commence airing after episodes of Donkey Hodie on PBS KIDS.

BBC Studios has secured a multi-territory licensing deal with VTech to expand its global licensing portfolio for the children’s TV property Bluey.

Portfolio Entertainment has worked in partnership with the CMF/SRF Digital Animated Series Program and Corus Entertainment’s Treehouse TV to produce the family Christmas special Where Oliver Fits: A Christmas Eve Tale and an accompanying series of shorts.

The June digital edition of TV Kids is now available, including a feature on the European animation sector.

Among the highlights from France tv distribution are the preschool series Ana Pumpkin and two shows for 6- to 9-year-olds: Disco Dragon and Grosha & Mr B.

Presto! School of Magic is a new animated series produced by TeamTO in co-production with Belgian partners Panache Productions and La Compagnie Cinématographique and distributed by Federation Kids & Family worldwide (outside of China).

TV Kids Summer Festival, a free event focused on the major challenges and opportunities at play in the children’s media business today, kicks off on Monday with a powerful lineup of keynote speakers and panels.

Even though they take time, planning and precise alignment of interests, co-productions remain a viable way of bringing projects to the screen.

Federation Kids & Family has partnered with TVO in Canada and Canadian producer Sarah Haasz to launch the docu-style kids’ series Let’s Dance.