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TORONTO: 9 Story Entertainment is focusing on a slate of new and returning animated series, including Numb Chucks and The Super Dupers, for MIP Junior and MIPCOM. Available to buyers at MIPCOM is the children’s animated comedy series Numb Chucks, …

MILAN: Atlantyca Entertainment is exhibiting on its own for its first time at this year’s MIPCOM, showcasing brands such as Geronimo Stilton. Also on offer at the Atlantyca stand will be Dive Olly Dive! for Italian-speaking countries, and Monkey King, …

NEW YORK: Renee Mascara has been promoted to VP of international media distribution at Sesame Workshop. Mascara will be responsible for expanding the home video and international publishing business while continuing to oversee the television sales and distribution business across …

NEW YORK: More than 550 hours of new programming will be on offer at MIPCOM from A+E Networks, from a catalogue that features 9,500-plus hours across a number of genres. In the way of real-life programs, A+E Networks is highlighting Dance …

CORAL GABLES: Telemundo Internacional is to distribute the telenovela Dance! To the Beat of the Heart, following a licensing agreement with Powwow Media Partners, First Street Films, Rosy Bushes and Pine Isle. The Powwow and Channel 10 production, in collaboration …

SÃO PAULO: The Brazilian DVD-by-mail and Internet-streaming company NetMovies has inked its first major deal with a Hollywood studio, scoring the rights to a host of movies and series from Disney Media Distribution. The multi-year content licensing agreement will give …

PARIS: Novavision’s Prize of Surprise is to be co-produced with Gold TV for the Indian market. Prize of Surprise will be presented by the Indian comedy star Kapul Sherma, accompanied by Barathi. François-Xavier Poirier, the founder and CEO of Novavision …

LONDON: DRG has scored deals for its recently launched Titan Television formats slate, with Celebrity Babysitter heading to Germany and Room for a Star scoring a U.S. deal. Celebrity Babysitter landed a deal with Berlin-based Tresor Television, behind Germany’s Next …

PARIS: Leading off Alphanim’s slate for MIPCOM is Pok & Mok, a 78×7-minute comedy produced for France Télévisions. The show was created and directed by Isabelle Lenoble, with her stop-motion studio Vivement Lundi! co-producing. Pok & Mok has already been picked …

PREMIUM: Alberto Pecegueiro, the CEO of Globosat, Brazil’s leading pay-TV programmer, tells World Screen Newsflash that the booming Brazilian economy, growing middle class and must-have programming are fueling Globosat’s success and Netflix is not a threat to the pay-TV industry. …