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The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) has revealed the nominations for the second annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards.

In its annual report, the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) revealed that it has invested or committed nearly A$10 million ($6.5 million) in production funding during the 2022-23 financial year, as well as investing almost A$600,000 ($390,000) in the development of 20 new projects.

The Tiny Chef Show, starring culinary social media sensation Tiny Chef, has been renewed by Nickelodeon for a second season.

In conversation with TV Kids’ Anna Carugati at MIPJunior, Ramsey Naito, the president of Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Animation, weighed in on franchise management, the crucial role of theatrical releases and reinventing classic properties like Dora the Explorer.

TVNZ and WildBrain Television’s Family Channel have commissioned the 2D animated series Badjelly, an adaptation of Spike Milligan’s children’s book Badjelly the Witch: A Fairy Story.

Digitoonz has opened a new office in Glendale, California, and hired Netflix and Disney alum Alexandra Rosenberg to lead the location as VP of production.

Musical Storyland, a new ten-part series featuring the BBC Philharmonic, has been commissioned by CBeebies and BBC Education.

Mixmups, a brand-new animated series for 3- to 5-year-olds, has been slated to debut on Milkshake! on November 4.

Fright Krewe, a DreamWorks Animation horror series, is returning to Hulu and Peacock for a second season.

Sky Kids has picked up Sesame Workshop’s new preschool series Bea’s Block to air on all of its platforms in the U.K. and Ireland.