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SLR Productions’ Suzanne Ryan, Super RTL’s Lisa Albers and ABC Australia’s Michael Drake discussed how the new animated co-pro Space Nova, distributed by ZDF Enterprises, came together ahead of the show’s premiere at the TV Kids Summer Festival.

As executive VP of creative development and strategy at Disney Branded Television, Ayo Davis discussed the live-action slate she oversees for Disney+, Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior and the traits she looks for in talent behind and in front of the camera at the TV Kids Summer Festival.

Mondo TV’s climate- and environment-focused MeteoHeroes tackles ecology issues and respect for nature through the adventures of six kids who can control weather phenomena.

CAKE’s Kiri and Lou follows the friendship between Kiri, a feisty little dinosaur, and Lou, a gentle and thoughtful creature, as they explore their feelings through laughter, song and outdoor adventure.

9 Story Media Group has entered into a development deal with THINK450, the content and partnership arm of the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), to bring NBA players into the kids' and family entertainment space.

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.