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MUNICH: Your Family Entertainment has entered into a distribution relationship covering 24 European countries with Emba Media Management International (EMMI), the Cyprus-based firm that acquired the rights to the BKN International catalogue of animated programming. BKN filed for insolvency in …

NEW YORK: Kandi Burruss of The Real Housewives of Atlanta is getting her own special on Bravo, The Kandi Factory, which follows the multi-platinum songwriter as she transforms aspiring musicians into pop stars.  In the special, Burruss will give two protégés …

MIAMI: The series Behind Every Woman (Las Aparicio) and Beauties and The Boss, distributed by Telemundo Internacional, have debuted in Canada on TLN. Behind Every Woman premiered Monday on TLN and has already found success in Mexico, Venezuela, Ecuador and …

NEW YORK: More than a third of U.S. consumers ages 13 to 54 say they use Netflix for streaming and/or rentals at least once a month, according to research from Knowledge Networks. The report, How People Use Over-the-Top TV—a phenomenon …

BURBANK: Warner Bros. International Television Production has secured the rights to distribute the new NorthSouth Productions format Impractical Jokers, available at MIPCOM. Beginning in December, the half-hour series will air on truTV in the U.S. It features four friends—Sal, Murr, …

WASHINGTON D.C.: The former U.S. secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld has agreed to be interviewed on Al Jazeera’s English-language channel for the first time, setting aside his long-standing feud with the broadcaster. Rumsfeld is to appear on tonight’s edition of …

BUENOS AIRES: BBC Worldwide is to produce its first drama in Latin America, Los Sonicos, for Canal Nueve in Argentina. Canal Nueve will co-produce the series alongside BBC Worldwide and GP Media. The series follows a famous Argentine rock band …

HONG KONG: Disney Media Distribution has extended its programming licensing deal with FOX International Channels with a new first-run, multi-year pact that includes the midseason replacement Missing with Ashley Judd. The deal gives FIC’s Asia-Pac channels first-run rights in 13 markets …

STOCKHOLM: The Dutch outfit CCCP has joined the Sparks Network group of companies. CCCP is bringing to the Sparks catalogue Backyard Safari, a reality format in which young people compete in the wilderness, right outside their own backdoor. Also, Don’t …

LOS ANGELES: A Squared Entertainment (A2) and Your Family Entertainment (YFE) are to present 26 new episodes of the animated series Secret Millionaires Club at MIPCOM. Secret Millionaires Club follows a group of kids from around the world as they …