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The U.K. independent production company's co-founder talks about the new iteration of Teletubbies.

BARCELONA: Nickelodeon has picked up the pay-TV and non-exclusive VOD rights to the app-based slapstick series Chop Chop Ninja Challenge from GoldBee for broadcast in the U.K. and continental Europe, Russia, Central Europe, Turkey, Israel, Southeast Asia and Africa.

LONDON: U.K.-based CAKE, French CGI studio TeamTO and Belgium’s Thuristar are rolling out the animated series My Knight and Me at MIPTV in April.

BURBANK: Production has begun on the animated series Big Hero 6, based on the Academy Award-winning feature film of the same name, and slated to premiere on Disney XD in 2017.

NEW YORK: Nickelodeon has unveiled the details for two new sports-themed series from production partners Rob Dyrdek and Shane Nickerson of Superjacket Productions, among a slew of other new and returning programming for this year.

BURBANK: Disney Channel has kicked off a nationwide casting search for High School Musical 4, a fourth installment of the hit movie franchise that first premiered on the network more than a decade ago.

LOS ANGELES: YouTube sensation and singer/songwriter Megan Nicole has signed on to guest star in an upcoming episode of the Netflix original kids’ series Popples from Saban Brands.

BURBANK: Nickelodeon has greenlit the TV movie Legends of the Hidden Temple, based on the network’s hit show from the 1990s.

TORONTO: Televisa’s new SVOD service blim has licensed more than 800 episodes of 9 Story Media Group’s kids’ and family content.

HOLLYWOOD: Production company Wind Dancer Films (Roseanne, Home Improvement, What Women Want) has set up a new children's television division, to be led by Principal Dete Meserve.