Two Canadian companies announced several international deals this week for children’s programming.

As Halifax, Canada-based DHX Media steps into the world of traditional broadcasting, the producer, distributor and licensor has sold 173 half hours of progamming to SpiritClips, along with sealing several other global digital rights agreements.

The SpiritClips agreement covers the US and Canada and will bring the service’s North American audiences Busytown Mysteries and  Adventures of Paddington Bear, along with several other DHX Media titles.

Meanwhile, Germany’s ProSieben Sat1 has taken SVOD rights for its platform Maxdome for a variety of DHX properties, including the first seasons of Dennis the Menace, Sonic Underground, Inspector Gadget and season 13 of Arthur for German-speaking Europe including Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg.

Dk ToonTV, a new cartoon-based channel targeting kids aged two to six, has picked up season one of Strawberry Shortcake and Horselands. Fans across Sweden, Norway and Denmark can view these properties on the dedicated kids SVOD and linear channel.

In Russia, on-demand service NOW CJSC (NOW.RU) has inked a three-year deal across Russia and CIS for more than 1,300 half hours of DHX programs including animated series like Inspector Gadget, Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas and Sonic Christmas Blast.

9 Story Entertainment also announced several deals this week for the Asian market following the Asia Television Forum held this month.

The Disney Channel Hong Kong and Disney Channel Taiwan picked up the animated Camp Lakebottom. Sun Media, based in India, licensed the first two seasons of Artzooka! TV3 Thailand and India-based Zee Learn also signed a deal for the first two seasons of  Making Stuff.

From Kidscreen, with files from Playback