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Sesame Workshop has consolidated its media and education business, promoting Ed Wells to lead as executive VP and head of global media and education.

The TV Kids Festival saw award-winning actor Tony Hale join DreamWorks Animation’s Teri Weiss to share the story behind making the series Archibald’s Next Big Thing.

Pierre Sissmann, chairman and CEO of Cyber Group Studios, and Olivier Lelardoux, senior VP of studio and associate producer, discuss pioneering the use of real-time animation technology.

We're spotlighting an eclectic mix of new children's programs in our latest In-Demand Report: PBS International's Elinor Wonders Why, Cyber Group Studios' Orange Moo Cow, WildBrain's The Brilliant World of Tom Gates (which is screening at the TV Kids Festival on Thursday) and Mondo TV Group's MeteoHeroes.

Super RTL CEO Claude Schmit told TV Kids Festival participants about how the broadcaster is staying at the forefront of the German market during his keynote conversation with Anna Carugati at the virtual event.

Andy Heyward, chairman and CEO of Genius Brands International, and Harold Chizick, CEO and co-founder of ChizComm, discussed the rapidly evolving children’s media landscape and what companies should consider in order to thrive in their TV Kids Festival keynote, which wrapped with a sneak peek at Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten, introduced by Arnold Schwarzenegger.

WarnerMedia’s Adina Pitt, M6’s Maud Branly, Kidoodle.TV’s Brenda Bisner and Hopster’s Ellen Solberg shared their acquisition strategies at the Buying Time panel that kicked off the TV Kids Festival.

The animated preschool series Wolf Joe has commenced broadcast on TVOkids, Knowledge Network, TFO and Société Radio-Canada.

Rainbow, the exclusive consumer products global licensor of Fate: The Winx Saga, has revealed the first raft of deals for the live-action Netflix original.

Fred Rogers Productions has secured a $3 million, multiyear funding grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) for Donkey Hodie.