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PREMIUM: On the heels of the Crime & Investigation Network launching in the Netherlands, Tom Davidson, the managing director of AETN UK, and Adam MacDonald, the VP of programming, discuss with World Screen plans for expanding this and other channel …

TORONTO: Tricon Films & Television has secured sales for 12 documentaries and one-off specials around the world, including to SVT in Sweden. SVT in Sweden opted for Everything’s Coming My Way, a one-hour story of an 87-year-old man’s lifelong goal …

LOS GATOS: Netflix is stepping up its international expansion, announcing plans to bring its TV series- and movie-streaming service to 43 markets across Latin America and the Caribbean later this year. A launch date has not yet been announced for …

SÃO PAULO: Globo TV International has secured a broadcast slot for the telenovela Seize the Day on RTV in Cabo Verde, which began airing the series in June. Seize the Day has been sold to more than 40 countries after …

HÖHENKIRCHEN/MUNICH: Miffy, the white rabbit created by Dutch author and illustrator Dick Bruna, is to appear on the big screen in 2013. Following the success of the puppet animation series Miffy and Friends, the film, Miffy the Movie, which targets …

LONDON: ALL3MEDIA International has sold the BBC’s new factual-entertainment series Fake or Fortune to broadcasters internationally, as the show gets ready to premiere on BBC One this summer. Fake or Fortune will air in Germany on RTL, Australia on ABC, …

LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the broadcast rights for the 2014 and 2016 Games to ARD and ZDF for Germany, while France Télévisions is to serve as the exclusive French home for the Games through 2020, and …

NEW YORK: Comedy Central is to host a roast of actor Charlie Sheen in Los Angeles on September 10, for a premiere on September 19 at 10 p.m. “Charlie has assured us that nothing will be off limits in this …

LONDON: The number of homes subscribing to an IPTV service will reach 155 million by the end of 2016, according to a report from Digital TV Research, up from 35 million at the end of last year, driven in large part by …

LONDON: Advisers Media International (AMI) and Medge Consulting have secured the international media rights for the National Hockey League (NHL) in a five-year agreement that will see the North American professional sports league expand its distribution across Europe, Africa and …