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LONDON: MoMedia, a digital distributor and content management company, has signed new deals with four popular digital-first children's entertainment IP brands.

TORONTO: Portfolio Entertainment has racked up global sales for series from its kids’ catalog, including The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! and DOKI.

TOKYO: VTV7, the educational channel of Vietnam’s national broadcaster, is adding NHK’s kids’ show Peek-a-boo! (Inai Inai Baa!) to its 2017 lineup.

NEW YORK: Mindy Stockfield, who has worked for Disney Channel and Cartoon Network, was hired as senior VP of marketing, creative and multiplatform at Scholastic Trade Publishing.

HO CHI MINH CITY: Boomerang has revealed some of its upcoming programming highlights for the POPS Worldwide platform in Vietnam, where the channel has reached 200 million viewers over the past six months.

ARLINGTON: Later this week, PBS KIDS is due to debut OddTube, a digital short-form spin-off of the Emmy-winning series Odd Squad.

ATLANTA: Cartoon Network is slated to air holiday-themed episodes of The Powerpuff Girls, Regular Show and Steven Universe, among other series, early next month.

LOS ANGELES: Toei Animation and TubiTV have closed a deal that sees several animated series, including Tiger Mask W, headed to the streaming platform.

BEIJING: Big Bad Boo Studios has inked a multiyear broadcast deal with CCTV's children's channel, CCTV-14, that will see the animated comedy series 1001 Nights begin airing in China.

BURBANK: Warner Bros. Animation has started production on season three of its animated action series Young Justice, based on the characters from DC Entertainment.