MUNICH: m4e has brokered a deal with UYoung Culture & Media, which will represent all TV, home-entertainment and digital rights for Mia and me in mainland China.

LONDON: Next month, the long-running hit series Sesame Street is slated to return to the U.K. on Turner's preschool channel Cartoonito.

VANCOUVER: Thunderbird Entertainment has signed a first-look deal with Skybound North, Skybound Entertainment's new production company focused on developing and producing content with top Canadian talent.

SINGAPORE: Mitsubishi Electric Asia has signed on as the key broadcast sponsor for Planet Earth II in the region.

CHICAGO: Spiffy Pictures is producing second and third seasons of the hit animated series Nature Cat for broadcast on PBS KIDS next year.

ROME: Mediaset Distribution has tied up with Astro to bring a range of series from the Italian broadcaster Mediaset to Malaysia.

A look at the format highlights to come out of this year’s market.

EDMONTON: Super Channel has acquired the British drama Close to the Enemy, set in the aftermath of World War II, from all3media International.

PARIS: About Premium Content (APC) has landed several new international broadcast deals for its factual programs Dream the Future and Freightened.

TORONTO: Bell Media is launching an extensive multiplatform campaign in partnership with Warner Bros. Pictures Canada in support of the upcoming film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the highly anticipated new movie from J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter world.