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Boulder Media (My Little Pony, The Amazing World of Gumball) has appointed Brown Bag Films alum Colm Tyrrell as head of studio production, effective June 6.

Mercury Filmworks has partnered with French-Canadian animation house Stim Studio to co-produce the animated preschool series Octicorn & Friends.

The TV Kids Summer Festival, which you can register for here free of charge, has lined up a session on FAST channels featuring pocket.watch’s David B. Williams and WildBrain’s Lara Ilie.

As WildBrain gears up to the launch of Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City season three in July, it has signed on a slew of new partners across distribution, licensing and promotions.

Pocket.watch and Sunlight Entertainment, Ryan Kaji’s family-owned and operated production company, are bringing the ad-free SVOD service Ryan and Friends Plus to Comcast’s Xfinity platform.

Bertrand Villegas, co-founder of The WIT, will spotlight the kids’ properties making waves across linear, streaming and social during the TV Kids Summer Festival, which you can register for here free of charge.

Little Dot Studios has signed a social media contract to support classic and brand-new animation from Latch Media’s The Wombles brand, which has been around since the ’60s, to target a younger-skewing demographic.

Sesame Street puppeteer Spencer Lott and creative partner and artist Grace Townley have aligned to launch Simple Mischief Studio.

9 Story Media Group’s Katrina Hitz-Tough, Epic Story’s Ken Faier, Aardman’s Rob Goodchild and Cookbook Media’s Rob Bencal are set for a panel discussion on the keys to brand building at the TV Kids Summer Festival, which you can register for here free of charge.

Apple TV+’s upcoming slate features a variety of new and returning kids and family titles, including a host of brand-new Peanuts programming.