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As part of our new TV Kids In-Demand reports, we're highlighting hot properties in comedy: Dandelooo's Stinky Dog, Superights' Pat the Dog, Mediatoon Distribution's Sardine in Outer Space and Serious Lunch's Gigglebug.

Headspinner Productions and showrunner and producer Diana Moore have kicked off production on Denis and Me, a series of animated shorts created by and starring YouTuber Denis Kopotun.

Rocket Licensing has inked a deal with Stretchy to manage the consumer-products program for its stop-motion animation series Kiri and Lou.

Anna Carugati, World Screen’s group editorial director, moderated a panel via video conference with CAKE’s Tom van Waveren, eOne’s Monica Candiani, Jetpack’s Dominic Gardiner and Toon2Tango’s Ulli Stoef focused on navigating the kids’ content distribution business in these “new normal” times.

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.