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Looks back on last year's kids' programming trends, including the launch of several new streaming services and apps.

TEL AVIV: Hop! Media Group has launched WIZ, a new edutainment channel for children between the ages of 6 and 11, on the YES satellite platform in Israel.

OTTAWA: You.i TV, which specializes in video experience platforms, has adapted Turner's Emmy-winning Cartoon Network app for Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV.

MANCHESTER: U Music TV, an online pop-music TV channel for children under the age of 12, is launching on Sky, Freeview and Freesat this weekend.

MONTREAL: A number of Hasbro Studios' animated and live-action titles for kids between the ages of 3 and 12 are now available on the multimedia streaming service Playster.

NEW YORK: Entertainment One (eOne) has appointed Jazwares as the U.S. master toy licensee for its preschool property Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom.

BURBANK: Girl Meets World, a spin-off of the 1990s hit Boy Meets World, is coming to an end after its third season wraps later this month on Disney Channel.

LONDON: DHX Media-owned WildBrain, an online children's network, has entered into an agreement with Turner International to manage a selection of Turner Kids’ YouTube channels in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Latin America.

FOSHAN: Sanshui New Town Management Committee, Hong Kong Elite Global Group and Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) are kicking off construction on the Foshan Cultural and Ecological Coastal Project, which includes Nickelodeon Cultural Resort, China's first Nickelodeon theme park.

BURBANK: Freeform has slated a weekend-long lineup of classic Disney movies, including Frozen, that will air during its Funday programming event later this month.