It’s Friday, so it’s time for another edition of Kidscreen’s Gold Star! 

Here’s how it works: We nominate five people or companies that had a great week in the industry. And then you get to decide who won the week. On Monday, we’ll tally up the votes, and announce who gets the Gold Star! Here are this week’s nominees:

Angel Studios: Faith. There’s certainly a lot of it in this industry disruptor that officially just went public—with shares up 8.4% at the end of the first day. Known for kids titles like The King of Kings and The Wingfeather Saga, Angel is now well-poised for a new phase of growth across its business of distributing and crowdfunding. Still on a journey to become profitable, the company’s experimentation and focus on the always-reliable subgenre of faith-based content seems like a solid bet in today’s unpredictable mediascape.

Hasbro: After more than 100 years in Rhode Island, Hasbro has signed a new lease and will be moving an hour up the road to the flourishing innovation hub of Boston. CEO Chris Cocks didn’t mention whether this will help any employees avoid rush-hour traffic, but he did confirm that his HQ—and at least 700 full-time jobs—will pack up and move to 400 Summer St. next year. No offense to Pawtucket, but we can see why Beantown might be a more attractive locale than the fourth-largest city in Rhode Island. The toyco hopes the move will help it attract new talent to build innovative toys and board games—which the company is going to need more of, after announcing deals with Disney and Hershey this week. 

Kidoodle.TV: This Canadian AVOD is the latest way to get to Sesame Street! In a major coup,  Kidoodle.TV has picked up more than 20 hours of the iconic preschool series, which started rolling out this week. This deal puts the comparatively small streamer in the same league as industry titans like Netflix, YouTube and PBS KIDS—at least when it comes to where Big Bird and the bunch can be found. As Cookie Monster might say: G is for Gold Star, that’s good enough for me. 

Lion Forge Entertainment: The company behind Oscar-winning short Hair Love and hit animated series Iyanu is now US$30 million richer, thanks to a new investment from HarbourView Equity Partners. And Lion Forge plans to use the cash injection to develop and produce more of what it’s already so good at: diverse stories for kids and YA audiences. New projects created thanks to this funding will join a slate that already includes an adaptation of the Chicka Chicka Boom Boom book and a series made with the Bob Marley estate. We’re excited to see what they’ll forge next.

Thunderbird Entertainment: More like thunderstruck—which was our reaction to the Canadian studio scoring not one but two greenlights this week from industry-leading streamers. First, Netflix announced a series commission for Crew Girl, its teen drama with a nautical twist (from Thunderbird’s Great Pacific Media banner). Then Disney+ gave the go-ahead for a spooky pilot based on the bestselling Eerie Elementary books. And as if all that screen buzz wasn’t enough, Thunderbird also racked up a raft of L&M deals this week for its unicorn/mermaid mash-up series Mermicorno: Starfall. Boom.