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MANILA: Outdoor Channel has secured 21 carriage agreements in the Philippines, including with Destiny Cable, Cablelink Holdings and Angeles City Cable TV Network. Over the coming months, Outdoor Channel will also launch on Kalibo Cable, Satellite Cable Network, Parasat Cable …

STOCKHOLM: Sony Pictures Television has licensed a package of 70 films to NonStop Television, a Turner Broadcasting company, for the TNT7 and Showtime channels in the Nordic region. The deal includes movies such as Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, starring Robert De …

TORONTO: Michael MacMillan, former executive chairman of Alliance Atlantis, has inked a deal to take a controlling interest in Canadian specialty channel operator GlassBOX Television through his Blue Ant Media venture. Blue Ant Media will initially purchase 29.9 percent of GlassBOX …

LONDON: Inspired by the Vuguru drama The Booth at the End, The Deal is a brand-new social game created exclusively for Facebook by Two Way Media and Fox International Channels (FIC). The narrative-led game features the premise of the TV …

TORONTO: The web series Apollo’s Pad has been snapped up by TELETOON Canada, with eight episodes of the puppet-based TV comedy to air on TELETOON at Night. Apollo’s Pad, which premiered on TELETOON on April 10, centers on a neighborhood …

NEW YORK: After recently announcing 11 originals and five returning series for its upcoming slate, Bravo has unveiled a development slate of eight new projects, including a scripted show with Lionsgate.  Face Down, produced by Lionsgate, follows a charming yet …

CANNES: ORF has secured a number of sales at MIPTV for its crime series, TV movies and factual content.   Czech Television went for the crime series Soko Kitzbuehel (K-Files), which centers on a team of young, witty investigators who …

CANNES: Talpa’s new hit format The Voice of… is being adapted in Finland by Banijay’s Solar Television for Nelonen.  The show was originally produced by Talpa’s John de Mol for RTL4 in the Netherlands. NBC in the U.S. will begin …

CANNES: Digital media took center stage in sunny Cannes this week as a reported 11,500 attendees descended upon the city for MIPTV. The Connected Creativity forum was a key element of this market, allowing traditional media stalwarts to network with new-media …

BUENOS AIRES: Sera Films Services has been selected to represent Telefe International’s titles in Turkey.  The deal, signed at MIPTV by Fernando Varela, the international business director, and Michelle Wasserman, the head of international business programming, formats and production services, sees …