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TORONTO: Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana has expanded the global consumer-products program for its animated preschool series Little Charmers by signing ten new international partners across Europe and Asia.

SINGAPORE: Bomanbridge Media has acquired Mojicons, an animated series set in the world of the internet, for the Asian region.

BEVERLY HILLS: Genius Brands International (GBI) has tied up with multiplatform video distribution company Future Today to provide Kid Genius Cartoon Channel to 20 million more U.S. homes for a total of 42 million.

WINNIPEG: Cut the Rope: Om Nom Stories, a series based on the mobile game franchise from Zeptolab, has gone live on kids’ streaming platform AmebaTV.

SINGAPORE: The new series 3 Amigonauts takes center stage for 9 Story Media Group at ATF.

TORONTO: Sinking Ship Entertainment has licensed a trio of series, including the live-action hit Annedroids, to broadcasters in Australia and New Zealand.

SEATTLE: Amazon Studios has ordered the new kids' originals Sid and Marty Krofft's Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, a live-action reimagining of the classic 1970s series, and Bug Diaries, a book-based animated show.

PARIS/LONDON: TeamTO and CAKE have begun production on season four of the award-winning animated series Angelo Rules.

DHX Media and Ipsos have revealed the results from a survey of 2,700 parents in the U.S., U.K. and Canada meant to discover how kids up to the age of 12 consume entertainment content. The survey found that children have embraced mobile on-demand viewing, and that tablets are their preferred screen for consuming content.

NEW YORK: 4K Media has signed theatrical distribution agreements for the upcoming Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions movie in Europe and beyond.