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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 …

TORONTO: Starz Animation Toronto, Multiple Media Entertainment (MME) and Gigapix Studios are to begin production on a new feature-film adaptation of the L. Frank Baum classic book The Wonderful World of Oz, with a stereoscopic CG version tentatively titled OZ3D.  …

MIAMI: The U.S. Hispanic network Tr3s: MTV, Musica y Mas has added Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling’s TNA iMPACT in Spanish as part of its lineup.  TNA Wrestling features star talent such as Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair and "The Icon" Sting, among …

ENGLEWOOD/NEW YORK: As part of an extended multiyear pact, Verizon continues to offer Starz Entertainment’s premium linear and HD channels, On Demand, HD On Demand and online services.  The agreement secures rights for Verizon to offer its FiOS TV customers …

NEW YORK: Unable to reach a settlement with the owners of the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise after being hit with a lawsuit last month, 4Kids Entertainment has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, covering all of its U.S. wholly-owned businesses but not its …

ENGLEWOOD: EPIX subscribers on DISH Network now have free, unlimited on-demand access to movies on DISHOnline.com. DISH Network customers who subscribe to DISH Platinum can now watch more than 3,000 films and other EPIX programming on DISHOnline.com in SD and …

CANNES: ZDF Enterprises is reporting strong interest in its portfolio of new factual titles, which includes License to Drill, Repossessed and Hard Times. “We are particularly pleased that our new factual series programs are in such great demand,” said Alexander Coridass, …

MUNICH: The first German ABC TV On Demand rolls out to Vodafone TV customers beginning this month, following the signing of a deal between The Walt Disney Company and the telco. Germany’s ABC TV On Demand service will be available …

CANNES: Imagina International Sales has optioned its docu-reality format Hotel Stories to FremantleMedia on a worldwide basis.  This extends on a recent deal between Imagina and FremantleMedia for the format in the territories of Northern and Southern Europe. Hotel Stories …

MUNICH/CANNES: VT4 in Belgium, SBS6 in the Netherlands and SBS in Denmark are set to produce their own versions of SevenOne International’s My Man Can. SevenOne’s parent company, RedArrow Entertainment, has already set up a central production hub for the …