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TORONTO: Corus Entertainment has revamped its Treehouse app, which offers users more than 1,500 episodes from the Canadian preschool network’s content library.

TORONTO: South Africa's The Flying Circus has inked a distribution deal with Canada's Breakthrough Entertainment that will introduce the animated comedy Silly Seasons to North American viewers.

TORONTO: Bejuba! Entertainment has licensed the exclusive U.S. SVOD rights for the animated preschool series Sydney Sailboat to Hulu, where the show is slated to begin streaming later this month.

BEVERLY HILLS: As the company grows its worldwide licensing, merchandising and retail business, Genius Brands International (GBI) has promoted Stone Newman and tapped industry veteran Jo Kavanagh-Payne.

HALIFAX: In deals brokered by CPLG UK, DHX Media's DHX Brands has secured ten new U.K. licensing partners for the reimagined hit preschool property Teletubbies.

MELBOURNE: Nick Jr., Life Like Touring and VStar Entertainment Group have unveiled details for the PAW Patrol Live! Race to the Rescue stage production in Australia.

SYDNEY: ABC Commercial has reached an exclusive global license deal with The Wiggles for worldwide distribution rights for the children’s entertainment group’s entire catalog of music, audio books, TV and video productions.

CALGARY: As the new school season kicks off, Kidoodle.TV has added to its lineup the educational titles Charlie & Company, Everything's Rosie, Busy Beavers and Baby Beavers.

PARIS: Federation Kids & Family and Cottonwood Media have secured two new presales for the animated preschool program The Ollie & Moon Show, with Discovery Kids Latin America and TVO Canada.

COLOGNE: This year's Eurovision Young Musicians competition for classical musicians between the ages of 11 and 19 was won by Łukasz Dyczko, an 18-year-old saxophonist from Poland.