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PARIS: Federation Kids & Family and Cottonwood Media have secured two new presales for the animated preschool program The Ollie & Moon Show, with Discovery Kids Latin America and TVO Canada.

COLOGNE: This year's Eurovision Young Musicians competition for classical musicians between the ages of 11 and 19 was won by Łukasz Dyczko, an 18-year-old saxophonist from Poland.

NEW YORK: Mondo TV CEO Matteo Corradi tells World Screen Newsflash about the benefits of putting co-productions and well-known brands at the heart of the company’s business strategy.

LONDON: Jane Horrocks (Absolutely Fabulous) is among the voice cast of Cartoon Network Studios' latest miniseries, Long Live the Royals, which is due to debut next week.

MONTREAL: Visual effects and animation studio Cinesite has appointed Dave Rosenbaum, who previously worked for Illumination Entertainment (Minions), as the company's chief creative officer.

BURBANK: Ahead of the series premiere of MECH-X4, Disney XD has ordered a second season of the live-action sci-fi adventure series.

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix has added two new live-action titles to its lineup of original series for kids, with the latest shows due to premiere in 2017.

BURBANK: Mighty Magiswords, which originally launched as a 15-second series last year on the CN Anything app, is due to debut as a linear show on Cartoon Network later this month.

PARIS: Cyber Group Studios has appointed seasoned executive Raphaelle Mathieu as the VP of sales, acquisitions and new media, following the departure of Marie Congé.

NEW YORK: Nickelodeon has unveiled its plans for NickMusic, a 24-hour music video network for kids that is being rebranded from MTV Hits next week.