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PHILADELPHIA: Comcast Corporation is slated to launch the new Hispanic American-owned independent channels Primo TV and Kids Central on Xfinity TV in January 2017.

DUBLIN: JAM Media has entered into a global publishing agreement (excluding North America) with Egmont Publishing for Little Roy, which airs in the U.K. on CBeebies and CBBC.

NEW YORK: The new animated show Beyblade Burst, the third generation of the global franchise, is slated to begin airing on Disney XD next month.

BURBANK: Nickelodeon has lined up the original animated holiday TV movie Albert, with a voice cast that includes comedian Bobby Moynihan in the title role.

NEW YORK: Jazwares has been appointed as the master toy licensee for Mercis’s Miffy and Friends brand.

HALIFAX: DHX Media has licensed more than 2,400 half-hours of preschool and kids' content across five VOD services in China.

TORONTO: 9 Story Media Group has licensed the second season of the animated comedy series Numb Chucks to Cartoon Network Latin America.

LONDON: Entertainment One (eOne) has signed the first U.K. partners for its PJ Masks licensing program.

TEL AVIV: Bed & Biscuit, a new live-action sitcom from Nutz Productions, is slated to launch on Nickelodeon Israel for yes TV.

NEW YORK: Christina Miller, the president and general manager of Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Boomerang at Turner, talks to World Screen Newsflash about reimagining classic properties, introducing new ones and challenging today’s kids to be creative and inventive.