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Entertainment One (eOne) has appointed Nelvana Enterprises as the exclusive licensing and branding agent in Canada for PJ Masks as ticket presales begin for the musical production “PJ Masks Live! Time to Be a Hero!”

The first season of the animated series The Mojicons, which is represented worldwide by Ink Global, is launching soon on the on-demand platform Toon Goggles.

Production has kicked off on Zombies, a new original movie that is slated to premiere on Disney Channel in 2018.

TV personality Vanessa Lachey and chef Curtis Stone have come on board Top Chef Junior, which will premiere on Universal Kids this October.

Heidi, Bienvenida a Casa is being showcased by Mondo TV in Las Vegas, where there will be a licensing summit for the property on May 22 at 2 p.m. in the Jasmine E Room of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.

Netflix has ordered The Who Was? Show, a new family variety program based on Penguin Workshop’s best-selling Who Was? series.

Nickelodeon UK & Ireland has appointed former Scripps Networks exec Katharina Feistauer as VP of programming, effective this summer.

British actor Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey) is voicing a new engine in the upcoming special Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor, which will launch on TV screens worldwide and in U.K. theaters this summer.

Mondo TV Iberoamerica has signed licensing agreements with Exim Brazil and Exim Colombia for the new live-action teen series Heidi, Bienvenida a Casa.

CBBC is slated to premiere Live & Dangerous, a tentatively titled live entertainment extravaganza, on Saturday mornings this autumn.