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MUMBAI: Sixty-eight percent of parents in India use apps and games to supplement their child's educational and emotional development, according to a new survey by Appystore.in, which is owned and promoted by Mauj.

DUBLIN: Gulli Africa has signed on to broadcast the South African township-produced kids’ series Jabu’s Jungle.

TORONTO: DHX Television’s kids’ channel Family CHRGD has acquired 9 Story Media Group’s animated series Nature Cat.

Sharon Ramsay-Luck, the head of sales and business development at ABC Commercial, talks about the ongoing success of the 25-year-old franchise.

ATLANTA: Pokémon the Series: XYZ, the latest installment of the long-running anime franchise, is due to debut on Cartoon Network this weekend.

LOS ANGELES: Next month, FOX is slated to air Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade, a new animated special featuring characters from the Ice Age film franchise.

BARCELONA: Planeta Junior has appointed Antonella Ceraso, formerly country manager at Rainbow, as its new country manager for Spain and Portugal.

MOUNTAIN VIEW: Nimble Collective has closed an $8.5 million round of funding led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with plans to develop a new cloud-based platform.

ATLANTA/LAS VEGAS: Cartoon Network Enterprises has added six new North American apparel and accessories partners for the reboot of The Powerpuff Girls.

FLOWER MOUND: Funimation Entertainment has acquired the exclusive North American home entertainment, VOD and broadcast distribution rights for the 2006 film The Girl Who Leapt Through Time in a deal with Kadokawa.