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SANTA MONICA: DHX Media's musical live-action series Make It Pop is returning to Nickelodeon with an hour-long television event later this month.

LOS ANGELES: Maker Studios is slated to launch a second installment of the hit animated series Wonder Quest, which is set in the world of the popular video game Minecraft, on YouTube this summer.

BURBANK: The animated series Star Wars Rebels is returning to Disney XD for a third season next month.

MADRID: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Southern & Western Europe, Middle East and Africa has teamed up with leisure park operator Parques Reunidos to develop two new Nickelodeon-branded entertainment centers in Spain and Portugal.

BURBANK: Free Period, a collection of original short-form movies, has launched exclusively on Disney Channel digital platforms.

WINNIPEG: Ameba TV, an on-demand kids' entertainment platform, has become available on Amazon Prime in North America.

NEW YORK: Vince Commisso, co-founding partner, president and CEO of 9 Story Media Group, talks to World Screen Newsflash’s Anna Carugati about the acquisition of Brown Bag Films, the significance of entering the Chinese market and the areas of the company's business that he is looking to strengthen.

BURBANK: Disney Channel has ordered Andi Mack, a brand-new live-action series created and executive produced by Terri Minsky, creator of the Disney Channel hit Lizzie McGuire.

TORONTO: Corus Entertainment’s TELETOON executive Athena Georgaklis has been appointed as the head of development at Nelvana, effective immediately.

BROOKLYN: U.S. Hispanic network HITN-TV is slated to add a children’s programming block to its lineup, with the new shows debuting this Saturday.