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The ZDF Studios highlight Spellbound is a live-action series about a teenager who relocates from a small town in the U.S. to study at the Paris Opera Ballet School.

Mercury Filmworks partnered with Stim Studio for the preschool series Octicorn & Friends.

Cookbook Media has a busy June: it’s bringing new shows for commissioning and distribution to Annecy, embarking on projects with a few new partners and attending Licensing Expo to secure deals for properties it represents.

Joy Rosen, co-founding partner and CEO of Portfolio Entertainment, has passed away at the age of 65.

Max has greenlit the new preschool series Hop from Arthur creator Marc Brown.

DreamWorks Animation is producing Fright Krewe, a 2D animated horror series set to debut on Hulu and Peacock later this year.

Sky has acquired three seasons of Super Sema from CAKE, with the series set to make its U.K. debut on August 14 on Sky Kids.

Gaumont Animation and Studio 100 Media have entered into a first-look pact for the co-production and distribution of content.

BBC Studios Kids & Family has tapped ZDF Studios alum Katharina Pietzsch as VP of content sales, and Kelly Wood has been appointed to the newly created role of head of content strategy.

The TV Kids Summer Festival welcomed pocket.watch’s David B. Williams and WildBrain’s Lara Ilie to discuss opportunities in FAST channels.