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NEW YORK: 4K Media has closed a new licensing agreement with the product-development company The Wish Factory regarding the Yu-Gi-Oh! brand.

LONDON: Viacom International Media Networks’ Channel 5 has appointed industry veteran Sarah Muller as the head of children’s.

LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) is rolling out a launch campaign for the U.K. premiere of the second season of Thunderbirds Are Go, which debuts late next month.

LONDON: Rocket Licensing has secured additional U.K. licensees for the upcoming Sony Pictures movie Smurfs: Lost Village, which will make its theatrical debut on March 31.

HALIFAX: DHX Media has reported solid fiscal year-end results, with revenue up 15 percent to C$304.8 million ($230.9 million), adjusted EBITDA up 15 percent to C$103.7 million ($78.5 million) and net income rising 42 percent to C$27.7 million ($21 million).

NEW YORK: Entertainment One (eOne) has signed up new licensees to extend the U.S. consumer-products offerings for its hit series PJ Masks.

NEW YORK: The mobile technologies company StartApp has entered into a partnership with Mattel to develop digital experiences for a number of Mattel's iconic brands, including Barbie and Hot Wheels.

LONDON: Mondo TV and its subsidiary Mondo TV Iberoamerica have established a new production studio located in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

CULVER CITY/LONDON: Sony's Columbia Pictures has teamed up with Frederick Warne & Co., part of Penguin Random House UK, for Peter Rabbit, the first live-action and CG film based on the classic book series.

DALLAS: The Jim Henson Company has appointed Snaptoys as the master toy licensee for the preschool series Word Party.