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MUNICH/CANNES: Tandem Communications today announced that the new event mini-series Pompeii, produced with Scott Free Television and Sony Pictures Television, among other partners, has been acquired by ProSiebenSat.1 in Germany and Sky in the U.K. The show, which also has Peace …

    CULVER CITY/CANNES: Local-language versions of the hit U.S. series Everybody Loves Raymond have been sold by Sony Pictures Television (SPT) into Israel and Poland. SPT previously sold the show to Russia, where it is known as The Voronins. …

CANNES: FremantleMedia is developing a daily drama for launch on RTL Croatia this fall, tentatively titled The Clan. Created and produced by FremantleMedia Croatia, the show will also be offered to the worldwide market as a scripted format. It tells …

CANNES: ORF has sold the crime series Fast Forward to France’s ABDA for pay- and free-TV channels.  The series centers on Angelica Fast, a mid-30s divorced single mother who is also a successful investigator at Vienna’s criminal investigation department. She …

CANNES: The one-off special William and Kate: A Royal Engagement has been sold by BBC Worldwide to 32 broadcasters in more than 24 territories.  Universal in the U.S., Bio Channel in Australia, CDI SRL in Italy and Cineplex in Thailand are …

CANNES/MADRID/LONDON: Zinkia Entertainment has secured a 51-percent majority stake in U.K.-based children’s entertainment outfit CAKE for an undisclosed sum. The joint venture deal is intended to enhance brand-management and distribution opportunities for the two companies. Both Zinkia and CAKE will maintain …

LONDON: Ben Miller (The Armstrong and Miller Show, Primeval) is to star alongside the French film star Sara Martins (Tell No One, Little White Lies) in the eight-part drama series Death in Paradise, a production for BBC One and France Télévisions. …

CANNES: National Geographic Channel has commissioned the hour-long Hunt for the Abominable Snowman from Atlantic Productions. The film debuts today at 9 p.m. on National Geographic’s Expedition Week, which runs until April 9. The hour-long feature follows adventurer Gerry Moffatt …

CANNES: A host of new properties are set to roll out on CBeebies throughout 2011 and 2012, including Baby Jake and Jollywobbles, as well as the co-commission Andy’s Wild Adventures. The 26×11-minute Baby Jake mixes live action with 2D photographic …

CANNES: Entertainment One (eOne) Television has licensed the rights to The Walking Dead to Sundance Channel in France and French-speaking Belgium. Announcing the acquisition at MIPTV, Harold Gronenthal, senio VP and general manager of Rainbow Media Global, said, “Sundance Channel …