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LONDON: 4Kids Entertainment International’s animated series Dinosaur King has added P&R to its licensing program. Dinosaur King merch, including sticker albums, activity books, candy, chips and juice, will now be available across Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Croatia and Slovenia …

BERLIN: EuroArts Music International and NHK have produced a charity concert to benefit the March 11 earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan, and will start worldwide TV and DVD distribution of the event, donating the revenue to the Japanese Red …

HILVERSUM: Ynon Kreiz has left his post as the chairman and CEO of Endemol, resigning after a three-year tenure. Kreiz’s departure comes in the wake of reported financial troubles at the Dutch media giant. Endemol confirmed last month that it …

LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded Corporación Medcom Panama (Medcom) the free-TV and radio broadcast rights in Panama for the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Medcom assets include Telemetro Canal 13, RPC Canal 4, Tele 7 and RPC …

SINGAPORE: MP & Silva has scored the rights to represent Bundesliga from 2012-13 to 2014-15 in Belgium, Japan and Vietnam in a deal with DFL Sports Enterprises. MP & Silva will act as the exclusive distributor for the German football league in …

MOSCOW: RTDoc, a new 24-hour English-language channel under the Russia Today (RT) umbrella, has launched to more than 120 million households across Europe, the Middle East and Northern Africa. RTDoc will air exclusive documentaries about Russia, produced in-house. RTDoc’s reach …

PARIS: France 24’s English-language service is now part of Time Warner Cable’s channel roster, adding an additional 1.5 million subscribers throughout the New York Metropolitan area to its U.S. reach. The English-language service is now part of Time Warner’s basic …

SINGAPORE: MediaCorp has allocated $5 million for a three-year Content Innovation Fund (CIF) to support selected projects across a range of platforms. The fund will provide capital to support the initial development stages for selected projects. The chosen creative ideas …

LONDON: Taking place July 6 to 8 in Sheffield, this year’s Children’s Media Conference, which features the theme of "Thinking Differently," is set to host a delegation of media companies from China and Argentina as first-time representatives. Organized by UKTI, …

LONDON: Through deals signed by BBC Worldwide, performances from the Glastonbury festival, including U2’s first-ever outing at the British concert event, were broadcast in four territories outside the U.K. BBC Worldwide completed a deal with Setanta to to bring the whole …