• France’s Marathon Media will be launching The Amazing Spiez at MIPCOM Jr. this month. Shot in HD, the series is a 52 half-hour comedy starring four kid spies with a comic book graphic style, from the creative team of Totally Spies!.
• Iceland import LazyTown has arrived on V-me, a US-based Hispanic TV network. As the exclusive US home of the active lifestyle series, V-me airs the series every weekday at 7:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. daily.
• FitzRoy Media has signed its first licensing deal for Heathcliff with NFL Films. Heathcliff’s image will be used in a documentary which profiles the 1990 Buffalo Bills and Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly, a loyal fan of the Heathcliff comic strip.
• Starting today, High School Musical 3: Senior Year fans purchasing four or more advance tickets for the film at Fandango.com will receive a free Zizzle Rockin’ Sing’Along Microphone, while supplies last. The film is due out in theatres October 24.