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CANNES: More than 450 hours of programming from the A+E Networks catalogue have been scooped up by broadcasters worldwide, with deals on series such as Pawn Stars and Storage Wars. Pawn Stars has been sold to Seven Network (Australia), History …

CANNES/MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises has sold the Scandinavian crime series The Bridge and Sebastian Bergman to BBC Four for a 2012 debut.  The Bridge, a Danish/Swedish co-production, is a ten-part investigative crime drama. The series kicks off as the body of …

CANNES: Married…with Children and The King of Queens are both getting new international treatments following sales made by Sony Pictures Television (SPT).  SPT licensed the scripted format Married…with Children to Keshet in Israel, with 50 episodes to air on Channel …

CANNES: Exhibiting for the first time at MIPCOM, Miramax is keen to drive its international revenues to between 50 percent and 70 percent of its overall business within the next three years, the independent studio’s CEO, Mike Lang, told World …

LONDON: Season one of the reality show Mob Wives has been sold by Electus-Engine Distribution to Discovery Networks for the TLC channel across Europe.  The show, which follows the lives of four women whose husbands or fathers are in prison …

CANNES: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences unveiled 40 nominees in ten categories for the 39th International Emmy Awards, spanning a record 20 countries. The winners will be announced on November 21 at a black-tie ceremony in New …

MONTREAL: From Télévision de Radio-Canada comes On Zénon’s Farm, a new original preschool series featuring animals and plush puppets. The series introduces viewers to a group of friends who live out in the country. The show features the escapades of …

CANNES: Sander Schwartz, president of kids and family entertainment at FremantleMedia Enterprises, discussed the gains made by the division over the past two years at MIPCOM today as well as announced new additions to the company’s slate, including Fresh TV’s new …

CANNES: Scripps Networks International has inked a deal to take Food Network Asia to Indonesia and has closed a new carriage agreement for the European feed in Portugal. This month, the channel is slated to roll out in HD on …

CANNES: Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has signed format deals in Russia on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Bones, Tru Calling and Malcolm in the Middle. Russia’s TNT went for It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, with local casting currently under …