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BILLUND: Sesame Workshop and The LEGO Foundation are teaming up on two separate initiatives aimed at teaching adults how children’s play experiences can help them learn necessary life skills.

TORONTO: Later this month, DHX Television's Family Jr. is due to debut Rainbow Ruby, a new CGI-animated series from CJ E&M.

NEW YORK: 4K Media has secured a publishing agreement with Scholastic that will see the development of the definitive resource book for young fans of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters series.

MADRID: Mouk, a book-based French animated show produced by Millimages, is slated to begin airing on Clan in Spain early next week.

LONDON: Sky has agreed to a long-term deal bringing more content from Turner’s kids’ channels Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Cartoonito to its customers, and becoming the exclusive home of on-demand box sets of The Amazing World of Gumball and Adventure Time.

MADRID: Mondo TV Spain has teamed up with Argentina's Alianzas Producciones for the co-production of Heidi, Welcome Home, a teen show based on the classic children's novel Heidi.

LONDON: Animation studio Eye Present has entered into a development agreement with Pictor Productions to co-produce animated content based on Tomi Ungerer’s book Flix.

LONDON: FremantleMedia Kids & Family is expanding its London-based team with a new hire and a promotion.

TORONTO: Corus Entertainment, the exclusive brand partner for Nickelodeon in Canada, has inked a new content deal with Netflix that includes the Canadian streaming rights to the network's programming.

DUBAI: Mattel Play! Town, a new attraction for children between the ages of 2 and 10, is now open for business at the City Walk in Dubai.