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

LONDON: Cartoon Network EMEA has secured more than 30 licensing partners for The Powerpuff Girls reboot, representing the brand’s first licensees in the region.

TORONTO: 9 Story Media Group has secured a raft of new deals for the animated series Nature Cat, which is now headed to SVT in Sweden and Canal Panda in Spain, among other broadcasters.

TORONTO: Canada Crew, a new preschool series being produced by Little Engine Moving Pictures and distributed by Breakthrough Entertainment, is slated to begin airing on TVO next summer.

HÖHENKIRCHEN/MUNICH/HAMBURG: m4e and Edel Germany are extending their cooperation and have closed a multiyear output deal covering the distribution of audio plays on CD within Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

LONDON: all3media International has inked deals with a number of broadcasters around the world for the food and lifestyle series Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch, led by the daughter of famed chef Gordon Ramsay.

HALIFAX: Amazon Prime Video in the U.K. and Germany has licensed more than three-dozen DHX Media kids’ shows, including the new and classic Teletubbies series.

LONDON: Zodiak Kids Studios has inked a development and production deal with Ingrid Selberg Consulting and Emma Young for the rights to a new scripted show called Girls Can Vlog.

MELBOURNE: Jetpack Distribution has acquired rights to distribute BES Animation’s new series Kitty is Not a Cat internationally, excluding in the Asia-Pacific region.

BURBANK: Starting today, Disney Channels Worldwide is launching a series of short-form programming meant to encourage children to have healthy eating and exercise habits.