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SANTA MONICA: Expanding its BIG-FIGS brand, JAKKS Pacific is releasing a new line of the DC Comics Super Heroes inspired by Warner Bros. Pictures’ action-adventure movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.

CANNES: The live-action preschool series SplashDance, which ABC Commercial is promoting at MIPTV, is meant to encourage imagination through movement.

CANNES: White Dragons, which mixes live action with animation, is a teen- and tween-targeted series that Motion Pictures Distribution hopes will have wide appeal.

ARLINGTON: PBS Kids has slated a March 28 debut for the first Peg + Cat movie, Peg and Cat Save the World.

PARIS: Xilam has appointed Marie-Laure Marchand as its executive VP of global consumer products.

PARIS: The French animation house SUPERPROD is working on a TV adaptation of the book Octopus's Garden, based on the song written and sung by Ringo Starr and featured on The Beatles' 1969 album Abbey Road.

Bruno Zarka, the company's media director, talks about some of the properties in the catalogue, including the animated hit Masha and the Bear.

LOS ANGELES: Sanrio, the global brand best known for the Hello Kitty character, has partnered with video-game developer Hyper Hippo to roll out a suite of lifestyle apps.

SANTA MONICA: Hulu has secured the exclusive subscription streaming rights for the hit kids' property Curious George.

NEW YORK: 4K Media has signed a brand-representation agreement for the popular Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise with Australia’s Coverpoint Marketing.