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9 Story Distribution International has secured a range of new international deals for the animated series Luo Bao Bei, which has landed a second window on Netflix.

The second season of Studio 100 Media and m4e’s Heidi, a CGI animated series based on the famous 19th-century children’s book by Johanna Spyri, is being showcased at MIPTV this year.

The latest live-action offering to join DHX Media’s catalog is Up in the Air, an aspirational and heartfelt series created by Frank van Keeken (The Next Step, Wingin’ It).

The Japanese IP Miracle Tunes is a live-action and 3D animation hybrid, and Showlab has customized the European version of it, which the company will bring to this year’s MIPTV.

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has hired German Groba to be its new senior VP of Youth & Music and Kids & Family brands for the company’s Southern and Western Europe, Middle East and Africa (SWEMEA) business cluster.

Animaccord has partnered with India’s Eduble Online and Frank Educational Aids to produce Masha and the Bear-themed kitchen sets and puzzles, respectively.

As the Barbie brand celebrates its 60th birthday, Mattel is highlighting the second season of its award-winning series Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures at MIPTV.

Hasbro has appointed Jamie Gutfreund to fill the company’s newly created chief consumer experience officer position.

The U.K. production company Happy Films has made its first international format sale of Bookaboo to StoryTime in Russia.

Superights has taken on the distribution rights for Doopie, a live-action series targeted to 3- to 5-year-olds.