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AMSTERDAM: Lineup Industries's social-justice format The Bully Project is slated for broadcast on ABC in Australia, where the show will be presented by Olympian and former Young Australian of the Year Ian Thorpe.

The company's executive VP of business operations and general manager talks about serving media-savvy children via more than 100 channels and feeds around the world.

BURBANK: Talent manager Scooter Braun has become the creative executive producer for this year's Radio Disney Music Awards (RDMA), which is slated for broadcast on Disney Channel this spring.

STOCKHOLM: Sweden's Svensk Filmindustri (SF) is releasing SF Kids Play, a new SVOD service featuring a variety of classic and new children's TV series and movies from around the world.

TORONTO: Family Channel in Canada is kicking off its March Break programming lineup early with the launch of the original figure skating feature film Ice Girls.

PARIS: The first season of the animated series Yo-Kai Watch is due to debut on Cartoon Network in the U.K. this spring, and will continue to roll out in additional territories throughout the year.

LONDON: Nickelodeon UK & Ireland have partnered with Blackpool Council to launch Nick's Slimefest in the seaside town of Blackpool, marking the family-friendly festival's debut in the U.K.

BANGKOK: Thailand’s Channel 3 is teaming up with pay-TV platform CTH and DreamWorks Animation to launch the first daily free-to-air programming block in Asia featuring original series from the studio, including Dragons: Race to the Edge.

SANTA MONICA: Nickelodeon is premiering a new live-action comedy series titled School of Rock, based on the 2003 feature film of the same name.

GLENDALE: Fourth-quarter revenues at DreamWorks Animation rose by 36.3 percent to reach $319.3 million, delivering an adjusted net profit of $48.1 million.