Mumbai: UK-China media group The Media Pioneers (TMP) has signed a number of deals for the preschool educational series "Jili & Gulu."

Having successfully aired in mainland China on multiple platforms including Tencent and Youku, the first season of "Jili & Gulu" has also been sold to VIUTVsix (Hong Kong), Start (Russia and CIS) and the largest non-for-profit Spanish language broadcaster in the US, HITN, to air on their Edye platform for preschool children, where it will premier across the United States and Latin America later in the year.

Produced by Le-Cool Culture and Zhongchuang Huashi Culture Development China, "Jili & Gulu" is a heart-warming comedy adventure series, featuring a little lion named Jili, a crocodile called Gulu and a sweet bunch of lovely little animal friends who live happily together in the Drip Drop Forest. The endearing series offers educational elements such as science, life skills, friendship, and humor.

“We are very excited to bring this lovely series to the global market. I think the great storytelling and picture-book style design will both educate and entertain kids everywhere," commented TMP managing director and executive producer Maggie Liang.

Distributed worldwide by TMP, the second season of the charming series is now also complete and available worldwide, according to the media company.