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LONDON: Virgin Media is on board to showcase Eurosport’s live and exclusive programming from the French Open tournament in 3D. Virgin Media’s pay-TV customers can enjoy all the action at Roland Garros in 3D in their living rooms. The coverage …

LONDON: Endemol Sport has signed a three year-deal that sees Sky Sports become the exclusive broadcaster of the Dublin Super Cup in the U.K. and Ireland. The Dublin Super Cup is the new pre-season tournament debuting this July with the …

MODENA: The Licensing Machine (TLM) has secured an agreement with Universal Pictures Germany for the home-video and VOD rights to seasons one and two of the Metal Hurlant Chronicles series for Germany and German-speaking Europe. The show is based on …

LONDON: New broadcast deals, renewals and in-flight sales have been secured for Entertainment One (eOne) Family shows such as Peppa Pig, Humf and Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom. The preschool hit Peppa Pig had its fourth season picked up by …

NEW YORK: Robert Sillerman’s Function[x] has hired four new executives, including the appointment of a CMO and CTO. Chris Stephenson joins as chief marketing officer. Prior to joining Function[x], Stephenson was CMO at Interscope Records, and previously held posts as …

NEW YORK/BURBANK: FOX’s 2011-2012 season features four new comedies and three new dramas, including J.J. Abrams’ Alcatraz and Tim Kring’s Touch starring Kiefer Sutherland. Announcing the new schedule, Peter Rice, chairman of entertainment at Fox Networks Group, noted, “Nothing impacts culture …

HALLANDALE: The second season of The Way I Love You from Frecuencia Latina International has gone into production and is set to be finished by August. Forty hour-long episodes are slated for production, with Adriana Lorenzón leading the writing team; …

TORONTO: DHX Media’s That’s So Weird! has been greenlit for third-season production for Canadian broadcaster YTV, which has just ordered a new 13-episode run. The show was nominated for a Gemini Award and a Canadian Comedy Award in 2010, and currently …

LONDON: WWE Inc.’s WWE Raw and WWE SmackDown are set to take place in Mexico at the Palacio de los Deportes Arena in Mexico City on October 15 and October 16, respectively. The impending broadcasts will make Mexico one of only four …

CANNES: Golden Network Asia has signed multiple distribution deals for the Malaysian animated feature SeeFood during its outing at the Marche du Film in Cannes. The deals are worth more than $2 million. Among those to have signed on for …