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BARCELONA: Imira Entertainment has entered into a representation agreement with Korea’s Sunwoo Entertainment for the rights to Mix Master Final Force in Spain and Portugal. The 2D/3D animated series is aimed at boys 6 to 11. The 39×22-minute property airs …

PREMIUM: Zainir Aminullah, executive director of Astro Entertainment, tells World Screen about how the Malaysian platform is investing in local content, as well as acquired formats and finished programs, for its large portfolio of networks.   WS: Tell us about …

LONDON: Effective April 1, 2011, Kim Ardal is to become the new managing director of Blu, FremantleMedia’s Danish production division. Ardal will be responsible for all development and production operations in Denmark. He will work closely with a variety of …

LONDON: Year-one adoption of 3D TVs is running at a "far quicker rate" in most territories than was the case for HD TVs, according to a new industry report from Futuresource Consulting. The specialist research and knowledge-based consulting firm attributes …

NEW YORK: Comcast Corporation and Level 3 Communications, a network partner of Netflix, are battling amid claims that the cable giant has started demanding an unfair fee that puts Internet companies at a competitive disadvantage. Comcast, which has its own …

LOS ANGELES: The long-running daytime soap The Young and the Restless has been renewed by CBS for another three years, through the 2013-14 season. The soap airs daily on CBS at 12:30 p.m. It has been the number one rated …

ROME/MADRID/LONDON: The Walt Disney Company is rolling out the highly anticipated crime procedural Body of Proof across Europe ahead of its launch on ABC in the U.S. The series, which stars Desperate Housewives‘ Dana Delany, will launch in January and …

HONG KONG: Two game shows from Endemol Asia have been commissioned for local versions by Indosiar Visual Mandiri (IVM) of Indonesia. The 20 Little Piggy Banks is to make its international debut in Asia, with a launch on IVM in …

NEW YORK: TV Land has given cast-contingent greenlights to two new pilots, one of which is based on the life of Fran Drescher. Happily Divorced is written by Drescher (The Nanny) and Peter Marc Jacobsen (The Nanny, What I Like …

LONDON: DRG has sold the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show to ABC in Australia, Super Channel in Canada, TV4 of Sweden and Hulu in the U.S. ABC and Super Channel signed up for the all-new seventh season as network premieres. …