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Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior are being taken off the air in the U.K. at the end of September, with the content instead having its exclusive home on Disney+.

The 31st Cartoon Forum, with a focus on the business side of animation, is set to take place in Toulouse, France in September under a strict biosafety protocol amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Mondo TV Iberoamérica and MB Producciones have inked an agreement to develop and co-produce two new animated series, Annie & Carola and Masked Cinderella.

WildBrain Spark has launched a dedicated channel of subtitled content for kids on its YouTube network, in support of the Turn on the Subtitles (TOTS) literacy campaign.

Cyber Group Studios has sealed a deal with Scholastic to adapt Press Start!, Thomas Flintham’s internationally-acclaimed book series.

Acamar Films has aligned with the Dutch theater production company Trend Media to bring its preschool hit Bing to life on stage in the Netherlands and Belgium for the first time.

Nickelodeon’s Nick News is set to return with the special hour-long presentation Kids, Race and Unity: A Nick News Special, hosted by Alicia Keys.

Guru Studio has appointed bRAND-WARD as the exclusive licensing agent for its hit preschool series True and the Rainbow Kingdom in the U.K. and Ireland.

Brenda Bisner, chief content officer for Kidoodle.TV, shines a spotlight on the service’s unique position as a safe-streaming channel for kids as it continues to expand its reach around the globe while bolstering its content catalog.

ViacomCBS has named Yolanda T. Cochran senior VP of live-action long-form production for ViacomCBS Kids & Family Entertainment Group.