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MONTREAL: Incendo has completed its fifth and final movie of the 2011 season, Deadly Hope, a made-for-TV suspense thriller starring Alana de La Garza. Deadly Hope, directed by Nicolas Monette (18 to Life, Bye Bye 2010, C.A.), will air in …

LONDON: Macmillan Children’s Books has secured rights for DHX Media’s Rastamouse to publish a wide range of products, including storybooks, sound books, graphic novels, annuals and ebooks, among others, to launch in the U.K. in spring 2012. Created by Genevieve …

NEW YORK: Frances Manfredi has been promoted to president of NBCUniversal cable and new media distribution, reporting to Ted Harbert, the chairman of NBC Broadcasting, and Rick Finkelstein, the vice chairman and COO of Universal Studios. Manfredi previously served as …

VANCOUVER: Rainmaker Entertainment is partnering with Jane Startz to develop and produce two family feature films. The two films will be produced by Startz and Catherine Winder, the president and executive producer of Rainmaker Entertainment animation studio. Startz formed her …

PARIS: The Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel (CSA) has put out a call for applications for six HD channels to broadcast on France’s DTT network. The deadline for applications is January 3, 2012, with the selection taking place in mid-March. The formal …

MUNICH: SevenOne International has sold 10 one-hour episodes of The Indestructibles to the new German pay-TV channel Spiegel TV Wissen, which went on air October 4. The series is produced by Storyhouse Productions and has already aired on National Geographic’s …

LONDON: Pre-tax profit for the first quarter at BSkyB rose 33 percent on the year-ago period to £307 million, on revenues that were up 9 percent to £1.66 billion. The U.K. pay-TV operator reported 10.4 million customers, which included 3.9 …

NEW YORK: Spike TV has ordered a fourth season of the original series 1000 Ways to Die from Original Productions. The fourth season, consisting of 13 episodes, will premiere in March 2012. The series features some of the most outrageous …

STOCKHOLM: Net sales were up 3 percent in the third quarter at Modern Times Group (MTG), though pre-tax profits slipped 7 percent to SEK439 million ($66.6 million). Total net income for the third quarter was down 15 percent, from SEK359 …

NEW YORK: American Greetings Properties (AGP) and licensing agents Cookie Jar Entertainment and Medialink have signed two major deals for Strawberry Shortcake in China, expanding the brand into the apparel and publishing markets with new licensees. As the first publishing …