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LONDON: BBC Children’s has commissioned Dot To Dot Productions to produce additional seasons of the kids’ series Footy Pups and Art Ninja.

PARIS: Cyber Group Studios, Folivari and Winds have partnered for the co-production of Menino and the Children of the World, a new hybrid series combining live action and animation.

HÖHENKIRCHEN/MUNICH: Johannes Walzer has become the new head of finance and controlling at m4e AG and the m4e group.

SYDNEY: ABC Commercial has announced a range of new deals for the Australian children's entertainers The Wiggles, extending the reach for the franchise into a further 190 countries.

NEW YORK: Entertainment One (eOne) is growing the U.S. consumer-products program for the preschool property Peppa Pig with contract renewals for its major North American partners and the addition of new licensees.

LOS ANGELES/ROME: Lawless Entertainment has been appointed as the broadcast and licensing and merchandising representative in the U.S. for Mondo TV’s Sissi, the Young Empress and The Drakers.

SEATTLE: Amazon has renewed its original live-action kids' series Just Add Magic for a second season.

MUNICH: Studio 100 Media has acquired the DVD and VOD rights to Mirette Investigates and Gilbert & Allie from Cyber Group Studios for German-speaking territories, marking the first time the company is handling home entertainment for third-party properties.

LOS ANGELES: Russell Hicks has resigned as president of content development and production at Nickelodeon Group, where he has worked for nearly two decades.

LOS ANGELES: The first five episodes of the 3D animated short-form children’s series Eddie Is a Yeti have launched via the Toon Goggles platform.