Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon Animation Studio‘s 2D-animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender (61 x 22 minutes) is getting its own music album in a partnership between Nick and Republic Records: Kids and Family. Avatar: The Last Airbender—Book 1: Water (Music from the Animated Series), includes updated tunes that composer Jeremy Zuckerman created for the show’s first season. Republic Records: Kids and Family will release first single “Aang Becomes Ocean” on July 28 via Spotify and Apple Music. 

In other ViacomCBS news, Viacom18 Consumer Products is expanding its MTV x Point Cove apparel collection to kids for the first time. California-based  clothing manufacturer Point Cove will produce the spring/summer 2023 clothing line for three- to 14-year-olds. With a Play, Pause, Rewind theme, the collection will feature images and graphics from Indian pay-TV channel MTV. Point Cove will launch the apparel line this year online and in 500 Reliance retail stores in India, including Trends and Trends Junior.

Princess Sam

The prodco has appointed bRAND-WARD Services (UK) and Consumer Product Connection (Spain and Portugal) as new licensing agents for its CG-animated show Tara Duncan (pictured, 52 x 13 minutes). The series is based on a same-name book franchise by Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian and stars a young girl who travels to a magical planet to master her powers and defeat evil villains. Princess Sam has sold the show to various broadcasters since launching it on Disney Channel France last year, including Rai (Italy), RTÉ (Ireland) and NRK (Norway). The prodco is currently producing a 52 x 26-minute season two.

pocket.watch

Universal Music Group (UMG) has signed a deal to distribute pocket.watch’s music for the first time. It covers songs from pocket.watch creator-driven series including Ryan’s Mystery Playdate and Love, Diana Adventures. Some of the popular songs that will be represented by UMG include Kids Diana Show’s “Play It Be It” (98 million views on YouTube) and “Play It Be It-Halloween” (100 million views on YouTube). UMG will also distribute new music that pocket.watch creators release in the future.

Spotify

Mental health app Calm’s audio catalogue is heading to Spotify. The music hub’s users can now access Calm’s collection of meditation and relaxation tracks for kids, and subscribers of both platforms can link their accounts to unlock more Calm content on the app. Spotify, which has a dedicated kids and family app, has been growing its children’s portfolio in recent years, signing deals with Moonbug Entertainment to add a collection of CoComelon podcasts to its app. These two well-known names in the audio industry are teaming up as podcasts and music are becoming increasingly popular with family audiences. A recent Kids Listen report found that 70% of kids and parents are listening to podcasts and other audio entertainment together.