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HALIFAX: DHX Brands, the brand-management and consumer-products arm of DHX Media, has appointed six licensees for Teletubbies in North America. Ahead of the launch of the new Teletubbies series next year on Nick Jr. in the U.S. and on Family …

LONDON: Cartoon Network has been named licensing agent for the boys’ adventure series Matt Hatter Chronicles in the Middle East and Turkey. Under the deal, Cartoon Network will implement a cross-category licensing program throughout the Middle East next year to …

TORONTO: Picture Box Distribution has picked up worldwide licensing rights to the stop-motion, live-action series Scout & the Gumboot Kids from Two Story Productions. Created for Kids’ CBC and endorsed by the David Suzuki Foundation and the UCLA Global Media …

PARIS: Federation Entertainment has launched a Kids & Family distribution division, with Monica Levy being appointed as senior VP of co-productions and sales. Levy will oversee the global sales of all kids' and family content produced by Federation's Cottonwood Media, …

MILAN: As of today, Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Italy has launched TeenNick, a Nickelodeon-branded channel for tweens and teens, exclusively on Sky Italia. TeenNick offers a wide variety of live-action programming focused on such themes as magic, mystery, music, …

TORONTO/HALIFAX: Shaftesbury and Boulevard have started production on the second season of the preschool series The Moblees for Kids’ CBC. The 20×11-minute sophomore season of the live-action series will be in production in Halifax until December 18 and is slated …

PARIS: ARAIT Multimedia has been appointed as the licensing agent for Yo-Kai Watch in Spain, while Plus Licens signed on to rep the Japanese animated property in the Nordics and CEE. Yo-Kai Watch is a top-rating show on TV Tokyo …

SINGAPORE: A new Mandarin-language kids’ channel, MaxToon, is set to air in Singapore on StarHub TV, and MyChinaChannel (MCC) has entered into a co-development deal for a new series. Primed to launch in the first half of 2016, the edutainment …

BEVERLY HILLS: U.S. syndicator American Public Television, Alegra Entertainment and Putnam Stern Enterprises have inked a distribution deal for the animated science series Bug Bites. Hosted by real-life entomologist Adam Lazarus alongside an animated cockroach named Gilbert, Bug Bites addresses …

ATHENS: Greek public broadcaster ERT has secured the animated series Mouk and Louie via a donation from Millimages. Due to the financial crisis in Greece, ERT 1, 2 and 3 were closed down in June 2013. However, this past June, …