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PARIS/LOS ANGELES: As part of its efforts to expand its animation division, Gaumont has appointed former Splash Entertainment co-CEO Nicolas Atlan as president of animation, and Terry Kalagian as VP of creative for animation.

HALIFAX: DHX Media has inked ten additional broadcast deals for the new CGI Teletubbies series, including in Europe and the Middle East.

TORONTO: Deirdre Brennan, a former ABC TV executive, has been hired by Corus Entertainment as VP of content for Corus Kids.

PARIS: Cottonwood Media, ZDF and ZDF Enterprises have entered into a co-production deal on the weekly live-action drama series Paris Opera, marking the companies’ first collaboration.

CANNES: Knights, witches and dragons take center stage in My Knight and Me, a medieval-themed animated comedy on offer from CAKE.

LOS ANGELES: Splash Entertainment co-CEO Nicolas Atlan is departing the company, which has promoted Mike Young to chairman, Steve Rosen to co-CEO and David Di Lorenzo to head of Kabillion.

SANTA MONICA: The new live-action series The Other Kingdom is debuting on Nickelodeon on April 10.

LONDON: Turner's Cartoon Network has appointed Global Brands Group's TLC as its licensing representative across France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Benelux.

VANCOUVER/LOS ANGELES: Ron Perlman and Christopher Plummer have joined the cast of the upcoming animated film from Arcana Studio titled Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom, based on Bruce Brown’s best-selling graphic novel of the same name.

TORONTO: 9 Story Media Group has licensed three series from its catalogue to broadcasters in the U.K., including a deal with Cartoonito in the country to air the first season of Daniel Tiger’s Neighbourhood.