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TEL AVIV: KIDOZ, a content discovery platform for children, has partnered with Rovio Animation's ToonsTV to expand the global presence of the multi-channel video entertainment service.

LONDON: The Children's Media Foundation (CMF) and Save Kids' Content UK have penned an open letter to Viacom's Channel 5, asking the network to commission new and original U.K. content for its Milkshake! block.

NEW YORK: Mattel Creations has secured the first Latin American distribution deal for WellieWishers from American Girl, with the all-new animated series being picked up by Mexico’s Televisa.

LONDON: Entertainment One's (eOne) animated preschool series PJ Masks is set to premiere on free-to-air broadcaster Rai YoYo in Italy this month.

DUBAI: Nickelodeon Land is one of several attractions headed to the new IMG Worlds indoor theme park, IMG Worlds of Legends, which is slated to open in Dubai, UAE.

SANTA MONICA: A new bedding line inspired by the animated series Yo-Kai Watch has become available at Walmart.

SINGAPORE: For ATF, Korea's SAMG Animation is promoting such animated series as Miniforce, Power Battle Watch-Car and Vroomiz.

LONDON: Ivy House Productions, a new independent kids' production company, is being launched by Jessica Symons, former head of children's at Channel 5.

MELBOURNE: Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) has appointed Helen Coonan, former minister for communications, information technology and the arts, to its board.

JOHANNESBURG: The Animation Lounge from this year's DISCOP Africa is set to continue at the 2017 editions of DISCOP Abidjan and Johannesburg, which are slated for May 30 to June 1 and October 25 to 27, respectively.