• Entertainment Rights has inked a deal with internet giant AOL’s preschool portal KOL Jr. that will see the company’s Jim Jam & Sunny land on the stateside service later this fall. Along with episodes of the puppet-led series, KOL Jr. will also feature games and other short-form content based on the property.
• Signaling that it wants to delver further into the kids home entertainment distribution biz, FremantleMedia Enterprises has signed a four-year pact with Nelvana Enterprises to distribute titles culled from the toon house’s library on DVD in the UK and Eire. Fremantle will roll out Grossology, Di-Gata Defenders and Jane and the Dragon DVDs to the region early next year.