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LONDON: CAKE has promoted Leila Ouledcheikh to VP of international sales from senior sales manager. In her new position, Ouledcheikh will be responsible for worldwide merchandising and licensing sales, as well as TV and home-video exploitation across Germany, France, Italy, Benelux, the …

LONDON: The Killing won in the international category at this year’s British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) TV Awards, beating out Boardwalk Empire, Mad Men and Glee. Sherlock was named best drama series, while EastEnders scored its second …

MILANO: Giochi Preziosi Group and Mondo TV have inked a deal to co-produce a new 2D animated series based on the Dinofroz property, which is set to be ready in fall 2012. The 26×26-minute Dinofroz series features four children who discover that …

TORONTO/LONDON: Entertainment One (eOne) reported revenues of $752.9 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011, up 12 percent on the 2010 figures, with adjusted profit before tax rising 39 percent from the year prior. “We are very pleased …

BARCELONA: Imira Entertainment has scored a number of deals in Iberia for its slate of third-party animation and live-action series. In Spain, Imira secured a deal with Canal Panda España, with the pay-TV channel acquiring seven shows including Millimages’ 52×7-minute Bugged, …

LOS ANGELES: The Mouse House brought out its top guns Sunday night for the 11th annual Disney International Upfronts, which is the first chance foreign program buyers have to savor the new shows licensed by the Hollywood studio, reports Elizabeth …

LONDON/WARSAW: A localized Nick Jr. channel has been crafted for Poland, in a deal between Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) and Cyfrowy Polsat. The Polish-language preschool service will air 24 hours a day, commercial free on Cyfrowy Polsat. The channel …

MAINZ: Thomas Sewing, the co-CEO of ZDF.digital, passed away at the age of 38, after losing his battle with cancer. Sewing was the managing partner at ZDF Enterprises’ subsidiary firm ZDF Digital Medienproduktion as well as CEO of the holding …

LOS ANGELES: Disney Media Distribution (DMD) will be presenting the fantasy series Once Upon a Time, slated for ABC’s Sunday night grid, plus several other new dramas and comedies to buyers in L.A. Starring Big Love alum Ginnifer Goodwin, the series …

NEW YORK: Current TV’s top brass, including co-founder Al Gore, have alleged that News Corporation’s Sky Italia dropped the service from its lineup because of a bias against anchor Keith Olbermann, who recently joined the network. According to published reports, Current …