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Silvergate Media has acquired the rights to the bilingual picture book series ¡Vamos!, with plans to develop it into an animated series for kids and families.

Among the titles currently in development at Little Engine Moving Pictures is Tiny and Tall, a preschool series that follows best buds who live in neighboring villages and encourage acceptance and understanding of others’ differences.

Big Blue is Guru Studio’s newest 2D comedy-adventure series for kids of all ages.

Leading ZDF Enterprises’ slate is Zoom—The White Dolphin, which broke ratings records when season two premiered on TF1 in France and KiKA and ZDF in Germany, according to Arne Lohmann, VP ZDFE.junior.

Fred Rogers Productions’ Through the Woods shorts are set to commence airing after episodes of Donkey Hodie on PBS KIDS.

BBC Studios has secured a multi-territory licensing deal with VTech to expand its global licensing portfolio for the children’s TV property Bluey.

Portfolio Entertainment has worked in partnership with the CMF/SRF Digital Animated Series Program and Corus Entertainment’s Treehouse TV to produce the family Christmas special Where Oliver Fits: A Christmas Eve Tale and an accompanying series of shorts.

The June digital edition of TV Kids is now available, including a feature on the European animation sector.

Among the highlights from France tv distribution are the preschool series Ana Pumpkin and two shows for 6- to 9-year-olds: Disco Dragon and Grosha & Mr B.

Presto! School of Magic is a new animated series produced by TeamTO in co-production with Belgian partners Panache Productions and La Compagnie Cinématographique and distributed by Federation Kids & Family worldwide (outside of China).