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CANNES: The brand-new show Bitz & Bob and its companion series, Bitz & Bob Let’s Make It, are being presented by FremantleMedia Kids & Family.

ROME: European Television Service is launching its first animated production, Glammys School of Fashion Vlog, at MIPJunior.

CANNES: The adventures of a young zebra who lives with his extended family take center stage in Zou, the third season of which is being promoted by Cyber Group Studios.

LONDON: CBeebies has picked up a sophomore season of the science-themed animated preschool series Messy Goes to Okido.

MUNICH: Studio 100 Media and VARTA Consumer Batteries have entered into a multiyear licensing agreement for Maya the Bee covering products such as night-lights and flashlights.

HÖHENKIRCHEN/MUNICH: m4e and co-production partner Studio Bozzetto have kicked off production on season two of the CGI-animated preschool show Tip the Mouse.

LONDON: At next week's MIPCOM, CAKE is slated to showcase two new non-dialogue Angry Birds series led by characters from The Angry Birds Movie.

EL SEGUNDO: Mattel Creations has expanded its team with the appointment of Cheryl Gresham as the VP of global media and marketing integration, and Justin Richardson as the VP of global content distribution and strategy.

PARIS: APC Kids has picked up the global television rights outside of Russia and China for Kid-e-Cats, an animated series produced by Studio Metranom/Metrafilms for CTC in Russia.

BURBANK: Disney XD is debuting the new original animated series Marvel's Spider-Man in 2017.