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LONDON: The E-Bop.tv digital TV channel for kids is set to launch next month with a programming slate comprising 100 percent British content.

NEW YORK: Nickelodeon and VStar Entertainment Group are prepping the first-ever live stage show for the preschool series PAW Patrol.

BURBANK: Joe D'Ambrosia has been elevated to senior VP of original programming at Disney Junior.

VANCOUVER: Rainmaker Entertainment, the animation studio behind the first-ever CGI series ReBoot, has appointed seasoned executive Gregory R. Little to the newly created position of senior VP of content, marking his return to the company.

SINGAPORE: Experiential edutainment brand KidZania Singapore is launching the Nickelodeon Acting Academy and Theatre as part of the interactive kids’ city’s official opening in Sentosa today.

LOS GATOS: Degrassi: Next Class has been renewed by Netflix for a sophomore season, which is slated to premiere this summer.

LONDON: BBC has launched the brand-new BBC iPlayer Kids application, which is available for free on iOS and Android phones and tablets, as well as on Kindle Fire.

PARIS/LONDON/COLOGNE: CAKE and TeamTO have closed a deal with Super RTL’s consumer products department for the licensing rights in German-speaking territories for the animated series Angelo Rules.

NEW YORK: Discovery Family Channel has scheduled the season four premiere of the popular animated series Transformers Rescue Bots for later this month.

MELBOURNE: Every Cloud Productions has begun development on a miniseries adaptation of the novel Seven Little Australians, which has received funding from the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF).