# Banijay Kids & Family Close Latin America Deals on ‘Totally Spies’ Season 8, ‘MiniHeroes of the Forest,’ ‘The Game Catchers’ Season 1 > Source: > Published: 2026-06-21 10:33:11+00:00 Rolling off its eyecatching portfolio of premium, high-end kids titles, Banijay Kids & Family has clinched a raft of package deals in Latin America, announced strategically in the run-up to this year’s Annecy MIFA market. In a banner deal, [Warner Bros. Discovery](https://variety.com/t/warner-bros-discovery/) Latin America has acquired teen girl undercover agent series “[Totally Spies](https://variety.com/t/totally-spies-2/)!” Season 8 and Italian 2D adventure comedy “Topo Gigio.” [V-me](https://variety.com/t/v-me/) Media, the family-targeting U.S. Spanish-language network has closed a broad gamut of shows for Vme Kids: preschool eco adventure “MiniHeroes of the Forest,” musical shorts series “Sweet Tweets,” pre-school comedy “Mumfie,” interstellar game comedy “The Game Catchers” Season 1, and “Stan & Gran,” a nature-packed mystery series for 4-7s. ### Popular on Variety [Canal Once](https://variety.com/t/canal-once/), a Mexican public broadcaster, has clinched a medley of shows for kids channel Once Niñas y Niños: fantasy series “Chimera Keepers”; scientific experiment adventure “Hey You! What If…?”; teen trainee vet reality show “Junior Vets”; global hit “Moominvalley” Seasons 3-4; sci-fi teen series “Silverpoint” Seasons 1-2; and “Street Football” Season 4, which takes the tween players to a street football World Cup. In further deals, Hispanic Information Telecommunications Network ([HITN](https://variety.com/t/hitn/)) has secured what Banijay Kids & Family describes as a broad content package for its U.S Latino and Latin-American preschool platform Edye. Titles include “MiniHeroes of the Forest,” “Sweet Tweets,” CBeebies pre-school daily adventure tales “Tee and Mo,” and “The Game Catchers” Season 1. **More on ‘Totally Spies,’ ‘MiniHeroes of the Forest,’ ‘The Game Catchers’** Though ranging widely and Canal Once’s deal taking in more catalog fare, three titles seem particularly significant. “Totally Spies” Season 8, marks the second installment of the series after a Season 7 reboot of the original series, a global hit running for six seasons from 2001 through 2012. Season 7 was a huge hit in France, bowing to a 37% share in the 4-14 demographic. Season 8 is produced by Zodiak Kids & Family France in collaboration with French kids TV network Gulli and Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA. Produced by Movimenti Production and MoBo, Italian-French woodland-set 3D comedy adventure series “MiniHeroes of the Forest” has four young animal friends acquiring mini super powers. Animation design has a combo used in much BK&F animation: Pop out colors for characters, natural tones for for richly worked backgrounds. “MiniHeroes of the Forest” reached No. 1 among kids 4-5 and No. 2 among kids 6-7 on Rai Yoyo (Italy). It featured in the top 15 preschool programs for France 5 and Okoo (France). Acquired for distribution by Banijay Kids & Family in 2023, “The Game Catchers” Season 1 sees little children traveling the universe discovering and collecting new playground games. **Banijay Kids & Family Strategic Assets** Banijay Kids & Family’s new Latin America sales announcements come as animation remains a key factor of audience retention, the second most important after comedy (27.0% vs 25.4%) on Netflix and biggest (20.5%) on Max, according to PlumResearch. Aiding sales, Banijay of course owns big brands in kids entertainment, led by “Totally Spies!” and “Mr Bean: The Animated Series.” Many of its shows play off revered IPs. “Topo Gigio” is inspired by a character which was a star on Italian pubcaster RAI from the late 1950s. Banijay Kids & Family is also [flexing its expertise in building brand](https://variety.com/2025/tv/global/banijay-kids-family-thesoul-publishing-1236544099/) beyond linear environments. Titles, once established as brands may grow to what PlumResearch calls “neo-evergreens” – “One Piece” in anime, “Peppa Pig” in animation – which help drive much of the longtail viewership of global streaming services, that accounts for 90% of their viewership, PlumResearch estimates. “These latest deals underscore the continued demand for Banijay Kids & Family’s premium catalogue, alongside our commitment to our long-term partners across Latin America,” said Cécile Cau, SVP sales, co-productions and acquisitions, Banijay Kids & Family. She added: “By collaborating closely with commercial and public service clients in the region, we’re able to deliver a rich content mix of entertainment and edutainment that meets audience needs, reinforcing our position as a go-to supplier of kids and family programming.” Led by Benoît Di Sabatino, Banijay Kids & Family is part of media and entertainment powerhouse Banijay Entertainment. Annecy’s Mifa market runs June 23-26.