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PARIS/TORONTO: Cottonwood Media and its co-production partner Shaftesbury have entered into a development deal with Corus Entertainment’s TELETOON in Canada for the animated comedy series Squish.

LONDON: Entertainment One (eOne) has teamed up with Italy's Costa Cruises to launch Peppa Pig-themed kids' areas and activities on ten ships that will sail to more than 200 destinations around the globe.

GLENDALE: Disney Consumer Products and Bandai have revealed the details for the new global product line based on the upcoming Disney/Pixar animated film Finding Dory, a sequel to the 2003 hit Finding Nemo.

SYDNEY: ABC Kids’s preschool app, ABC Kids Play, has become available for download for Android tablets via Google Play.

LOS ANGELES: Disney Channel has set January 29 for the debut of the first on-air special of its new original tween property Star Darlings.

LONDON: Online platform batteryPOP has acquired AVOD rights for the animated series LoliRock (season one) and Get Blake! from Zodiak Kids.

BEIJING: ZooMoo Networks International has inked a new deal with CCTV Kids that will see original ZooMoo programming become available to more than 240 million viewers in China.

PITTSBURGH: The Fred Rogers Company, the kids’ media group behind hit series such as Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, has appointed Emmy Award-winning producer and writer Ellen Doherty as the executive in charge of production.

OTTAWA: Kids' CBC has appointed Marie McCann and Drew Mullin as executives in charge of production for children's content.

LONDON: Sales in the U.K. toy market increased by 5.9 percent last year, according to data released by the British Toy and Hobby Association (BTHA) and The NPD Group at this week's Toy Fair in London.