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ABC Kids is premiering the original Australian preschool series Hoot Hoot Go! next month.

PAWTUCKET: Hasbro reported that its net earnings for the first quarter of 2016 increased 83 percent to $48.8 million, with strong demand for Disney Princess dolls and toys based on the Hollywood blockbuster Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

NEW YORK: Affirming its dedication to the kids’ programming sector, MIPTV organizer Reed MIDEM unveiled a new Kids’ Buyers Advisory Board in Cannes.

PARIS: French production company Xilam has made some changes to its sales management team, including giving the recently appointed Marie-Laure Marchand additional responsibilities.

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.