New Season of Heidi Scores Raft of Presales

Studio 100 Media has secured a bevy of presales for season two of its revived CGI-animated series Heidi, including with France’s TF1.

In addition to TF1, which is also a co-production partner on the series, the latest broadcasters to join Heidi include Canal Panda (Portugal), TVPabc (Poland), MTVA (Hungary), RTVS (Slovakia), ProPlus (Slovenia) and LRT (Lithuania). Produced by Studio 100 Animation and targeted at 5- to 8-year-olds, the series follows the adventures of Heidi, a happy, charismatic and communicative orphan girl.

She lives with her grandfather in the scenic idyll of the Swiss Alps. Heidi makes friends quickly, and people know that they can call on her for help. She loves the freedom of life on the Alp, but she also learns how to take on responsibility.

The series is based on the popular children’s book Heidi’s Years of Wandering and Learning by Swiss author Johanna Spyri.

Season two of Heidi will be completed by December of this year, in time for the launch of the Heidi toy range from Playmobil.

Dorian Buhr, head of distribution at Studio 100 Media, commented, “Heidi is a truly wonderful family brand with a great track record. We are delighted with the presales and our deals with these broadcast partners will ensure that Heidi will continue to be popular and win a new generation of fans.”