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STOCKHOLM/LONDON, November 27: Zodiak has further expanded its operations with an investment in the new British production outfit Lucky Day, headed by former Celador development chief Damon Pattison. Lucky Day will focus on entertainment, specializing in prime-time game and quiz …

SINGAPORE, November 27: The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) have issued a call for submissions for the Cross-Media Challenge—Singapore, with the winning project set to receive a S$15,000 co-production development deal. …

TORONTO/SINGAPORE, November 27: Shaftesbury Sales Company is exhibiting at the Asia TV Forum for the first time this year, highlighting Life with Derek on the heels of inking a multi-territory deal with Super RTL for the first two seasons of …

SANTIAGO, November 27: Promofilm has inked a deal with UC-TV in Chile for a local version of The Singing Bee format for launch in January 2008. A name for the Chilean version of the show, first launched in the U.S. …

SINGAPORE, November 27: TV France International is participating at the Asia TV Forum this week for the seventh time, hosting 20 companies. Attending producers and distributors are looking to further build on the number of French exports to the region, …

MUNICH, November 26: SevenOne International has sold its Sat 1. telenovela That’s Life to Ukrainian network ICTV, which is set to begin airing tomorrow. The telenovela will air tomorrow under the title Kokhannia v Berlini (Love in Berlin) in an …

BARCELONA, November 26: Imira Entertainment, formerly known as Icon Animation, has closed a series of sales in Spain for its kids’ programming library. Imira Entertainment has partnered with ZDF Enterprises to place two of its shows on Spanish public broadcaster …

LONDON, November 26: Entertainment Rights (ER) has licensed the children’s property Toopy & Binoo to numerous major broadcasters. ER has sold this 2-D animated preschool series about Toopy, a loveable mouse, and Binoo, a tiny cat, who are inseparable friends …

TAIWAN/HONG KONG, November 26: STAR has partnered with Hong Kong-based Artificial Life to develop and distribute 15 games for mobile phones based on the Taiwanese teenage pop groups Lollipop and Mei Mei. The games are available for download on Artificial …

STOCKHOLM, November 26: Sparks Network has added two new members in Scandinavia to its global format exchange collective: Sweden Baluba Television in Sweden and Mediacircus in Norway. Baluba Television is known for successful comedy shows such as Hey Baberiba and …