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BEVERLY HILLS: As the company grows its worldwide licensing, merchandising and retail business, Genius Brands International (GBI) has promoted Stone Newman and tapped industry veteran Jo Kavanagh-Payne.

HALIFAX: In deals brokered by CPLG UK, DHX Media's DHX Brands has secured ten new U.K. licensing partners for the reimagined hit preschool property Teletubbies.

MELBOURNE: Nick Jr., Life Like Touring and VStar Entertainment Group have unveiled details for the PAW Patrol Live! Race to the Rescue stage production in Australia.

SYDNEY: ABC Commercial has reached an exclusive global license deal with The Wiggles for worldwide distribution rights for the children’s entertainment group’s entire catalog of music, audio books, TV and video productions.

CALGARY: As the new school season kicks off, Kidoodle.TV has added to its lineup the educational titles Charlie & Company, Everything's Rosie, Busy Beavers and Baby Beavers.

PARIS: Federation Kids & Family and Cottonwood Media have secured two new presales for the animated preschool program The Ollie & Moon Show, with Discovery Kids Latin America and TVO Canada.

COLOGNE: This year's Eurovision Young Musicians competition for classical musicians between the ages of 11 and 19 was won by Łukasz Dyczko, an 18-year-old saxophonist from Poland.

NEW YORK: Mondo TV CEO Matteo Corradi tells World Screen Newsflash about the benefits of putting co-productions and well-known brands at the heart of the company’s business strategy.

LONDON: Jane Horrocks (Absolutely Fabulous) is among the voice cast of Cartoon Network Studios' latest miniseries, Long Live the Royals, which is due to debut next week.

MONTREAL: Visual effects and animation studio Cinesite has appointed Dave Rosenbaum, who previously worked for Illumination Entertainment (Minions), as the company's chief creative officer.