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PARIS: Federation Entertainment has launched a Kids & Family distribution division, with Monica Levy being appointed as senior VP of co-productions and sales. Levy will oversee the global sales of all kids' and family content produced by Federation's Cottonwood Media, …

MILAN: As of today, Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Italy has launched TeenNick, a Nickelodeon-branded channel for tweens and teens, exclusively on Sky Italia. TeenNick offers a wide variety of live-action programming focused on such themes as magic, mystery, music, …

TORONTO/HALIFAX: Shaftesbury and Boulevard have started production on the second season of the preschool series The Moblees for Kids’ CBC. The 20×11-minute sophomore season of the live-action series will be in production in Halifax until December 18 and is slated …

PARIS: ARAIT Multimedia has been appointed as the licensing agent for Yo-Kai Watch in Spain, while Plus Licens signed on to rep the Japanese animated property in the Nordics and CEE. Yo-Kai Watch is a top-rating show on TV Tokyo …

SINGAPORE: A new Mandarin-language kids’ channel, MaxToon, is set to air in Singapore on StarHub TV, and MyChinaChannel (MCC) has entered into a co-development deal for a new series. Primed to launch in the first half of 2016, the edutainment …

BEVERLY HILLS: U.S. syndicator American Public Television, Alegra Entertainment and Putnam Stern Enterprises have inked a distribution deal for the animated science series Bug Bites. Hosted by real-life entomologist Adam Lazarus alongside an animated cockroach named Gilbert, Bug Bites addresses …

ATHENS: Greek public broadcaster ERT has secured the animated series Mouk and Louie via a donation from Millimages. Due to the financial crisis in Greece, ERT 1, 2 and 3 were closed down in June 2013. However, this past June, …

HALIFAX: The reboot of the iconic preschool series Teletubbies has been a ratings hit for CBeebies in the U.K., with the show’s first week winning 66 percent of the target audience and boosting the network’s share by 27 percent. DHX …

LONDON: The animated preschool series Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom, from the Entertainment One (eOne) catalogue, is premiering on Carousel in Russia, while Megalicense has signed on as the brand's licensing agent in the country. Carousel picked up the first two …

LONDON: Sesame Workshop and Bidaya Media have appointed Arabian Licensing Company as the licensing agent for Iftah Ya Simsim, the Arabic-language version of Sesame Street, in the UAE, GCC and the Middle East. Arabian Licensing Company will develop a full-scale …