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HYDERABAD: DQ Entertainment International (DQE) has secured a licensing agreement for The Jungle Book with Germany’s Universal Trends, along with co-production partner ZDF Enterprises. Universal now holds the rights to manufacture and sell products such as figurines, puzzles, board games …

MONTREAL: La Presse Télé has sold The Parents and A Star’s Life in Lyrics in Italy. La Presse Télé launched A Star’s Life in Lyrics at MIPTV. Banijay Entertainment bought the format for France. France 2 has signed up for …

BEVERLY HILLS/OTTAWA: Televix Entertainment has taken on the Latin American broadcast, home video and online VOD rights for Rob the Robot from Amberwood Entertainment and ONE Animation. The preschool show just launched on Canada’s TVO and was also recently picked up …

NEW YORK: Jason Priestley, best known from the hit ’90s drama Beverly Hills, 90210, is to serve as the host for the 38th International Emmy Awards, taking place November 22 in New York City. The International Academy of Television Arts …

LOS ANGELES: The adventure thriller Special Ops and the drama Riding Tornado have joined the catalogue of MarVista Entertainment, which will present the titles for the first time to international buyers at MIPCOM. Special Ops follows a U.S. Marine captain …

WASHINGTON: Debbie Back and Jennifer Liang have been appointed to lead international sales for National Geographic Kids Entertainment ahead of MIPCOM. Back will lead worldwide sales for National Geographic Kids Entertainment. She joins from Handmade Kids, where she managed TV, …

LOS ANGELES: Rive Gauche Television has picked up two new documentaries from National Geographic that it will introduce at MIPCOM. After the Spill: The Last Catch looks at the disastrous BP oil spill. The hour-long documentary spotlights the story of …

TORONTO: TELETOON has ordered a further 13 episodes of Jimmy Two-Shoes from Breakthrough Entertainment for a third season to launch in 2011. This order comes on the heels of the second-season premiere of the show on TELETOON. Other international broadcasters …

LONDON: Passion Distribution has sold the HD special Stealing Shakespeare, a True North production for BBC One, to Smithsonian Networks in the U.S. The one-hour doc will be launched at MIPCOM. It follows the story of Raymond Scott, who was found guilty …

NEW YORK: Asia TV USA, the distributor of Zee TV and Veria in the U.S., has appointed Jerry Blake as general counsel. He comes to the role after serving as general counsel for Sundance Channel, advising the network in its …