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LOS ANGELES/LONDON/TORONTO: Mediaset has scored the free-TV rights to the North American cop drama Rookie Blue from Entertainment One (eOne) Television. The series made its debut on ABC and Global Television last summer and averaged 8.5 million viewers a week. A second …

TORONTO: Skywriter Media and Entertainment Group secured a number of deals at MIPTV for its children’s, lifestyle and documentary programming, totaling 160 half-hours of content sold. Skywriter secured a renewal from AETN UK for its 16×30-minute documentary series Crimes of Passion, as …

LAS VEGAS: At the NAB Show in Las Vegas, James Cameron announced a partnership with cinematographer Vince Pace to develop technologies and products to drive the production of 3D content across a range of platforms. The CAMERON – PACE Group (CPG) …

NEW YORK: New York Television Festival (NYTVF) has promoted Erin Day and Michael Getto to the positions of co-festival directors. For her part, Day will continue to support NYTVF’s partnerships, managing sponsorship strategy, activation and execution with the festival’s industry …

LOS ANGELES/LONDON: FOX International Channels (FIC) in Australia has reached a deal with Entertainment One Television (eOne) for the rights to the hit series The Walking Dead. FIC in Australia has acquired the pay television, extended and basic cable and free …

LOS ANGELES/PARIS: Toonzone Studios has sold its animated family comedy Action Dad to Canal+ in France. Produced by Toonzone Studios and financed by the Animation Development Company, the show targets kids aged 6 to 11 and is intended to attract co-viewing. With …

LONDON: Andrew Robertson and Pasa Mustafa, two former Endemol executives, have set up a new venture that will focus on producing multiplatform content such as the new social quiz format 6 For the Win. At East London Productions, Robertson and …

LONDON: Broadcasters across Eastern Europe picked up approximately 85 hours of children’s and factual programming from Parthenon Entertainment at MIPTV. In Hungary, Origo TV secured a 22.5-hour package for its Ozone Network, while Megamax, Chello Central Europe’s new channel in …

BEVERLY HILLS: Televix Entertainment will serve as the worldwide distributor of a new animated comedy series based on the Gogo’s Crazy Bones collectible figurines. Collectibles companies Magic Box International and PPI Worldwide have teamed with Lima-based Aronnax Animation Studios for the …

CHARLOTTE: Bender Media Services is set to represent the preschool series Raggs for distribution in the U.S. and Latin American territories. The live action and animated musical TV series produced from 2006 to 2008 in Sydney currently airs on public …