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9 Story Places Peg + Cat & More in LatAm

November 8, 2016

TORONTO: 9 Story Media Group has licensed nearly 500 episodes of its kids’ and family programming, including the Emmy-winning preschool series Peg + Cat, to broadcasters across Latin America.

Dragon Ball Super Launches on FunimationNow

November 7, 2016

LOS ANGELES: Funimation Entertainment and Toei Animation have extended their collaboration on the Dragon Ball franchise to include Dragon Ball Super, the latest story line from original creator Akira Toriyama.

Amazon Sets Holiday Specials for U.S. & U.K.

November 7, 2016

SEATTLE: Amazon Studios has slated original kids’ holiday programming to premiere on November 25 on Prime Video in the U.S. and U.K., including the specials If You Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie and Ezra Jack Keats’ The Snowy Day, narrated by Laurence Fishburne.

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MIPJunior Video: Mattel’s Catherine Balsam-Schwaber

November 4, 2016

NEW YORK: Catherine Balsam-Schwaber, chief content officer at Mattel, talked about key shifts in the children’s media business at MIPJunior before being interviewed on stage by Kristin Brzoznowski, the executive editor of World Screen. Watch the panel here.

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MIPJunior Video: Kids’ Content Trendsetters

November 4, 2016

NEW YORK: Canal+’s Laurence Blaevoet, Disney XD’s Marc Buhaj, CBBC’s Sarah Muller and Amazon Studios’ Tara Sorensen weighed in on how to serve kids’ audiences at MIPJunior. Watch the panel here.