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PAWTUCKET/SHANGHAI: The new Hasbro animated series Blazing Team is set to premiere next month on the Discovery Family channel in the U.S., with international distribution to follow in 2016. The series is produced by Chinese toy entertainment company Guangdong Alpha …

BURBANK: Disney XD’s original movie Mark & Russell's Wild Ride is slated to debut on the channel next month. The comedic adventure follows Mark and Russell, best friends who embark on a wild adventure across town to help a DMV …

SAN DIEGO: The preschool channel Happykids.tv has picked up the first season of the animated series YooHoo & Friends. The series will be available across Happykids.tv’s various platforms, among them Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung and Sony. YooHoo & Friends is …

BURBANK: Disney/ABC Television Group has updated its various WATCH Disney apps for the new Apple TV. WATCH Disney Channel, WATCH Disney XD and WATCH Disney Junior are now compatible with the tvOS platform. The updates include character-driven navigation that makes …

ESPOO: Rovio Entertainment's ToonsTV is now offering brand-new Halloween episodes of Angry Birds Toons ("Porcula") and Stella ("Night of the Bling") that are available exclusively on the ToonsTV app before anywhere else. There is also a competition on the Angry Birds …

NEW YORK: Christopher Keenan, HIT Entertainment’s VP of global content and executive producer, speaks to TV Kids’ Mansha Daswani about what’s in store for some of the company’s key franchises.   The HIT Entertainment catalogue is home to a number of …

TORONTO: 9 Story Media Group has inked several deals for the animated series Wild Kratts in Australia, including a broadcast agreement with Channel Nine’s Go! Wild Kratts will premiere on Go! on November 14, airing weekdays at 7 a.m. and 2:30 …

LONDON: On November 20, BBC is letting children from around the U.K. experience what it’s like to run kids’ TV, control a radio station and even be director-general. The initiative, titled Children’s Commissioner Takeover Challenge, is designed to give youngsters …

HOLLYWOOD: The Jim Henson Company is collaborating with France Télévisions on a series of Dinosaur Train shorts meant to teach young viewers the alphabet. France's Kayenta Productions has been commissioned to develop and produce 26×3-minute shorts featuring Dinosaur Train's Buddy …

GREENWICH/NEW YORK: 41 Entertainment (41e) and Arad Animation have granted C-Life Group a license to produce apparel in the U.S. based on the upcoming Kong: King of the Apes cartoon. Through the deal, C-Life will launch T-shirts, fashion tops and …