French production company Piano Sano is adapting board game Zombie Kidz into an animated series.

A British sitcom produced wholly with AI, but written by a human, has launched on YouTube.

Australian public-service broadcaster the ABC has acquired UK kids' network CBeebies' preschool show Monster Makes.

Demand for content that supports children’s development rather than simply feeds them dopamine is growing, but the issue is finding it. YouTube channels that earn parental trust might be the answer, says Mikael Shields, CEO of UK-based Bing prodco Acamar Films.

French animation production and distribution company Dandelooo has launched a new division dedicated to animated projects for teenagers and young adults.

The 37th edition of Cartoon Forum has kicked off in Toulouse, with 65 projects seeking partners at the annual European pitching and coproduction event for animated series.

Greek pubcaster ERT and Pickbox in Eastern Europe and the latest buyers of Long Story TV’s Northern Irish crime drama Hope Street.

Brighton-based factual distributor Orange Smarty has acquired the worldwide sales rights to ITN Productions documentary The Beckhams’ Billions: How Did They Get So Rich?

Paris-based Les Films du Poisson is teaming up with fellow French prodco Tchack and Ström Pictures in Denmark to adapt journalist Caroline Gillet’s podcast Outside Kaboul as an animated TV special.

Belgian distributor Be-Entertainment has acquired the international distribution rights to Dutch format Make Up Your Mind.