Kristin Brzoznowski

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.

CANNES: ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) and AMC Networks International Central Europe have signed a deal for a package of programming targeted at children and young adults.

CANNES: MoMedia has entered into a digital distribution pact with Studio 100, which is home to such hit children's properties as Maya the Bee, Heidi and Vic the Viking.

SANTA MONICA: The toy and consumer-products manufacturer JAKKS Pacific has established Studio JP, a division dedicated to creating and developing original, multiplatform computer-generated animated content.

PARIS/LOS ANGELES: Gaumont Animation is working with American Greetings Entertainment (AGE) to co-develop, co-produce and co-distribute an all-new animated series based on the 1980s girls' brand Herself the Elf.

CANNES: Steven T. Seagle, a founding partner of Man of Action Entertainment, creators of the boys' action series Ben 10, tells World Screen Newsflash that the highly anticipated new iteration of the global franchise phenomenon "might freak out some longtime fans" with its new look and feel, but assures that all the core elements that viewers love are still in place.

NEW YORK: The Thomas & Friends special The Great Race is launching on PBS member stations in the U.S. on October 17, to be followed by a week of all-new episodes from the eighth season of the series on PBS KIDS.

CANNES: Cyber Group Studios is introducing Iqbal, Tale of a Fearless Child, which marks the first animated feature to be distributed by the company.

SEATTLE: Amazon has ordered two new original series, the comedy Little Big Awesome and Ronja the Robber's Daughter, which won an International Emmy Kids Award.

LONDON/LOS ANGELES: Bento Box Entertainment has teamed up with Andrew Davenport, co-creator of Teletubbies and creator of In the Night Garden, to launch the new kids' and family division Sutikki.