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LONDON/SINGAPORE: BBC Worldwide Channels has clinched a carriage deal for CBeebies with Skycable in the Philippines. This marks the channel’s entry into the Filipino market, following rollouts in South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Australia, Mexico, …

MADRID: Zinkia and master toy licensee Bandai have named Giochi Preziosi as the master toy distributor in Italy for Pocoyo.  The Pocoyo range is set to be released in Italy in spring 2011. The line will feature plushes, figurines, vehicles …

BOSTON: APT Worldwide has picked up the international representation rights for the performance special A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein, honoring the famed composer and conductor on his 90th birthday. The tribute features performances of Bernstein’s best-loved works by opera stars …

HYDERABAD/PARIS: DQ Entertainment has brought France’s M6 on board as a co-production partner on the 52×13-minute second season of Le Petit Nicolas (Little Nick), a CGI series budgeted at about 7.7 million euros. DQE holds the Asian rights to the show, …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide’s production studios in France and India are to adapt The Week the Women Went, an observational series that tracks as women leave their homes for a week and men pick up the remaining duties. BBC Worldwide Productions …

NEW YORK: American Greetings Properties has named Televix Entertainment as the exclusive distributor of the Care Bears entertainment library for free TV and DVD in Latin America. The deal includes 52 episodes of the series Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-Lot, five …

LONDON: CBS Reality is to become the exclusive U.K. home of the action-adventure series Danger Coast, which it picked up from DCD Rights. The 10×30-minute series follows the exploits of a waterborne special operations team as they fight to protect …

LOS ANGELES: OWN has made a trio of acquisitions for its Documentary Film Club, including a project centered on Chaz Bono. Becoming Chaz is the story of Chaz Bono’s emotional and physical transition from a woman to a man. Having …

TORONTO: The kids & animation keynote at this year’s Banff World Media Festival will be delivered by Margaret Loesch, the president and CEO of The Hub. Loesch has some four decades of success in a variety of areas within the …

SÃO PAULO: Among the offerings Globo TV International will be offering buyers at NATPE are The Cariocas, Fifties Club, Miracle Hands and Starting Over Again. The 10 episodes of The Cariocas tell the stories of different women in a variety …