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LOS ANGELES/MIAMI: Toei Animation has secured new licensing and merchandising deals in Latin America for a number of its animated properties. In the home-entertainment arena, Brazil’s Playarte will create a DVD box set for Saint Seiya: Myth of the Resurrected …

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises is on board as a co-producer on adaptations of the "Jack Taylor” crime novels by Irish author Ken Bruen, and will also represent the films in continental Europe. The series of adaptations kicks off with The Magdalen Martyrs …

MIAMI: Don Browne, the president of Telemundo Communications Group, and César Conde, the president of Univision Networks, will share their insights into the U.S. Hispanic market in separate sessions at NATPE on Wednesday afternoon, moderated by World Screen‘s Anna Carugati. Both sessions …

LONDON: Up to 360 posts will be eliminated as part of a restructure of BBC Online, which also includes setting "a much clearer digital agenda" for the British public broadcaster. The changes, approved by the BBC Trust, include delivering a better quality …

NEW YORK: Tony DiSanto and Liz Gateley, whose tenure at MTV saw the launch of hit series like Teen Mom and Jersey Shore, have set up an independent production company in partnership with Ben Silverman’s Electus. DiSanto and Gately, who exited MTV in December …

MIAMI: Brazilian pay-TV programmer Globosat has acquired more than 120 hours of prime-time drama and documentaries from DRG. The slate includes seasons one and two of BBC One’s Criminal Justice, the BBC period drama Wallis & Edward, Sky 1’s Skellig …

LONDON: MTV U.K. has begun production in and around Newscastle on Geordie Shore, the first international adaptation of the MTV U.S. hit Jersey Shore.  The show, which will follow the lives of a group of young Newcastle natives, or ‘Geordies’, as they …

PARIS: Edgar Bronfman Jr. and Jean-Marie Messier have received suspended sentences and fines by a Paris court, which convicted them on criminal charges for insider trading and misleading investors when they were running Vivendi. Messier received a 150,000 euros fine …

MIAMI: A variety show created and executive produced by Heroes alum Masi Oka is the first project to come out of a development and production deal announced today between Shine International and Japanese entertainment conglomerate Yoshimoto Kogyo. The companies will …

CAPE TOWN: Wild Talk Africa heads into its fourth year, taking place March 28 to 31 in Cape Town, South Africa. The event gathers together the wildlife filmmaking industry, with a full program over four days that includes seminars, workshops, …