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SYDNEY: Stan has become the streaming home for Cartoon Network content in Australia through a new partnership with Turner.

NEW YORK: Entertainment One (eOne) is growing its consumer products offering for the animated preschool series PJ Masks in the U.S. and Canada, with new partners coming on board to make toys and more.

NEW YORK: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's (HMH) Curious World has partnered with The Fred Rogers Company to launch original short-form videos for kids and families.

KILKENNY: Canada's Mercury Filmworks has teamed up with Ireland's Cartoon Saloon to create a new 2D-focused full-service animation studio in Ireland called Lighthouse Studios.

PAWTUCKET: Fourth-quarter 2016 net revenues increased 11 percent at Hasbro to $1.63 billion, and net earnings were up 10 percent to $192.7 million, helped by the strong demand for its Disney Princess and Frozen dolls.

MUNICH: Studio 100 Media has sold the new book-based CGI-animated show Nils Holgersson to Discovery Communications' Discovery Kids channel in India.

TORONTO: 9 Story Media Group has inked several deals to bring the animated shorts series Sweet Tweets to digital platforms, including Toon Goggles in the U.S.

TORONTO: Corus Entertainment's Nelvana Enterprises has bolstered the Shopkins licensing program through new partnerships in Russia, the Middle East and Scandinavia.

PARIS: Superights has secured additional sales for the preschool series Puffin Rock.

The company's co-founding partner, president and CEO discusses taking bigger bets with shows in development.