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This morning at 11 AM, it was announced that Sony Pictures has acquired 100% of Genius Brands International for $500 million dollars. Sony had previously held a 7% stake in the company. Sony has also announced a new kids division, currently called Sony Wonder after their old kids home entertainment division. Genius-owned properties like Baby Genius, Rainbow Rangers, and Stan Lee's Superhero Kindergarten, alongside subsidiary WOW Unlimited's properties such as ReBoot and Bravest Warriors, will help to bolster the new division, alongside Sony Pictures Animation properties Hotel Transylvania, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and The Mitchells vs. the Machines, Silvergate Media series Hilda and Octonauts, select Crunchyroll series like Digimon and Dragon Ball Super, and kids' properties previously held by other Sony divisions separate from Sony Pictures, like Peanuts from Sony Music Entertainment Japan and Ratchet and Clank from Sony Interactive Entertainment.
In addition, Sony has announced plans to relaunch the Kartoon Channel(which was and still is planned to be merged with Ameba) with a currently unknown name, in order to avoid confusion with Cartoon Network. The new service will also launch a proper linear feed on the website and over-the-air television, as well as in international markets. The service will also create several new original animated series, the first of which is an animated anthology from Frederator like What a Cartoon for Cartoon Network and Oh Yeah Cartoons for Nickelodeon, which will be used as an "incubator" to launch other new animated series.
In addition, Sony has announced plans to relaunch the Kartoon Channel(which was and still is planned to be merged with Ameba) with a currently unknown name, in order to avoid confusion with Cartoon Network. The new service will also launch a proper linear feed on the website and over-the-air television, as well as in international markets. The service will also create several new original animated series, the first of which is an animated anthology from Frederator like What a Cartoon for Cartoon Network and Oh Yeah Cartoons for Nickelodeon, which will be used as an "incubator" to launch other new animated series.