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NEW YORK: Mattel's Thomas & Friends special The Great Race and the show's 20th season are launching exclusively on Discovery Kids in Latin America.

SALFORD: Anna Davies has been elevated to head of drama development at CBBC Production, which has also appointed Tiger Aspect alum Tim Searle to oversee animated comedy.

NEW YORK/MELBOURNE: Sesame Workshop has appointed HeadStart International as its new regional toy licensee for Australia and New Zealand.

BEVERLY HILLS: Genius Brands International has appointed Margaret Loesch, founder and former CEO of Fox Kids, as executive chairman of its Kid Genius Cartoon Channel, which is currently available in 50 million U.S. homes.

BURBANK: DuckTales, a reimagined version of Disney's Emmy-winning animated series from the late 1980s, is slated to feature the voices of David Tennant, Danny Pudi, Ben Schwartz and Bobby Moynihan, among others.

TORONTO: Sinking Ship Entertainment has appointed Bravado as licensing agent for the kids’ series Odd Squad in Canada.

NEW YORK: Tom van Waveren, the CEO and creative director of CAKE, talks to World Screen Newsflash's Kristin Brzoznowski about some of the highlights from the catalog, what makes the company a good partner for producers to work with and plans for children’s content in the digital space.

BURBANK: Turner's Cartoon Network has snapped up the global rights for the medieval-themed animated comedy My Knight and Me from international distributor CAKE.

BURBANK: Disney Channel has committed to a second season of Bizaardvark, a live-action comedy from It's a Laugh Productions.

LONDON: CITV has ordered a second season of the kids' adventure show Bear Grylls’ Survival School from Bear Grylls Ventures and ITV Studios' Potato.