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VANCOUVER: The sophomore season of Some Assembly Required, a comedy series produced by Thunderbird Films, is now available for streaming on Netflix in all territories outside of Canada. Filmed in front of a live studio audience, Some Assembly Required follows …

NEW YORK/TOKYO: All Nippon Entertainment Works (ANEW) is teaming up with Imagine Entertainment and Bandai Namco Pictures to develop and produce the English-language live-action feature film Tiger & Bunny, based on the Japanese anime series and feature films. Tiger & …

LONDON: Silvergate Media is set to co-produce the fifth season of Octonauts with China Central TV (CCTV). According to the agreement, Silvergate will provide the script and music, while CCTV will develop the animation. In addition to being broadcast across …

PAWTUCKET: Net earnings for the third quarter at Hasbro were $207.6 million, compared to the $180.5 million delivered in the year-ago period. Net revenues for the third quarter 2015 were $1.47 billion, flat with $1.47 billion in 2014. Absent a …

BURBANK: Disney Channel has ordered Bizaardvark, a comedy series created by Kyle Stegina and Josh Lehrman, who participated in the network's inaugural Storytellers program. Bizaardvark will follow the adventures of Paige and Frankie, two 13-year-old best friends who write funny …

LONDON: Rainbow’s animated series Winx Club is set to premiere on JKN Channel in Thailand in October. This marks the first time the series will ever air on screens in Thailand. The satellite TV channel will debut season four of …

NEW YORK: 4K Media has partnered with CWS Media Group for Yu-Gi-Oh!-branded wall art set to launch online and at retail in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Products will take the form of wall scrolls and acrylic posters, …

MONTREAL: Howy Parkins, the supervising director for the animated series The Lion Guard, is set to participate in an exclusive session hosted by the Youth Media Alliance (YMA) at the 2015 Children, Youth & Media (CYM) Conference. The conference will …

PARIS: Superights has been named international distributor for the preschool show Puffin Rock. The 78×7-minute show is a co-production between Cartoon Saloon, Dog Ears and Penguin Random House for the Irish kids’ channel RTÉJr, as well as Nick Jr. in the …

GLENDALE: Disney Consumer Products (DCP) has launched a new line of merchandise based on the upcoming Disney/Pixar animated film The Good Dinosaur, which makes its theatrical debut on November 25. The Good Dinosaur follows Arlo, an Apatosaurus who goes on …