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EL SEGUNDO: Mattel has reported that worldwide gross sales were down 1 percent in the first quarter, as the Barbie brand hits a slump.

BURBANK: Sofia the First: Minding the Manor, a new interactive appisode based on the popular preschool series, has launched on the Disney Junior Appisodes app for iOS devices.

NEW YORK: Richard Dickson, Mattel’s president and COO, took part in a Q&A with World Screen’s Anna Carugati in the grand auditorium at MIPTV.

HOLLYWOOD: The Jim Henson Company has signed a slew of new licensing agreements across multiple platforms for the preschool series Dinosaur Train, Doozers and Sid the Science Kid.

TORONTO: Portfolio Entertainment has secured its first international sales for the three new The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! films with broadcasters in LatAm, the Middle East and Europe.

BURBANK: Next month, Disney Channel is scheduled to kick off a multiplatform programming event to commemorate the network's 100th original movie.

HONG KONG: The Mandarin-language kids' edutainment channel Miao Mi has landed the Southeast Asian pay-TV and OTT rights to three new shows from Japan, Korea and China.

LONDON: Zodiak Kids has partnered with Asda on the launch of a rebranded range of Mister Maker products, which are rolling out in more than 160 of its stores in the U.K. this week.

SANTA MONICA: UBM and the International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association (LIMA) have revealed that next year's Licensing Expo will take place from May 23 to 25, a month earlier than usual.

GLENDALE/SEOUL: DreamWorks Channel is rolling out in South Korea, which becomes the sixth Asian territory to debut the kids' network.