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Rebecca Atkinson, the founder of the viral #ToyLikeMe campaign, has created the new preschool stop-frame animated series MixMups.

PlayBig, the commercial arm of the production company Something Big, has secured a deal with EBS in South Korea for all six seasons of The Fixies.

Genius Brands International has appointed Margaret Loesch, founding president and CEO of Fox Kids Networks Worldwide, as executive chairman of Kartoon Channel!, while David Neuman, former president of Walt Disney Television, has been named chief creative officer of the digital channel.

Jonathan Abraham, VP of sales and business development at Guru Studio, on the demand for shows like True and the Rainbow Kingdom, which has a timely message of promoting mindfulness and positivity.

The Baby Club will return to CBeebies with the new spin-off The Baby Club at Home, filmed from the homes of presenters Giovanna Fletcher and Nigel Clarke.

Mondo TV has appointed Pea & Promoplast as a toy licensee for its original new children’s animated series MeteoHeroes.

David Levine is leaving his post as VP of kids’ programming for Disney Channels in the U.K., Europe and Africa at the end of the month.

Nucleus Media Rights has licensed the preschool series Bubu and The Little Owls to the kids’ safe-streaming service Kidoodle.TV, owned by A Parent Media Co.

The series Alien TV, targeted to kids 6 to 11 and their families, is set to premiere globally on Netflix later this summer and on Australia’s free-to-air Nine Network in June.

Making Magic at Home with Justin Flom, a new series featuring the world-renowned magician, has premiered exclusively on the Yippee TV platform.