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LONDON: RDF Rights has appointed Copyright Licensing Agency as the licensing agent for Waybuloo in the Middle East, excluding Israel. Copyright Licensing Agency will focus on securing partners in all categories, excluding toys and publishing. The series currently airs in …

Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant were complete nobodies when they walked into the BBC and pitched their idea for a mock documentary about a workplace. The Office premiered in July of 2001 and is considered one of the most perfectly …

TORONTO: W!LDBRAIN Entertainment, the L.A.-based outfit behind The Ricky Gervais Show and Yo Gabba Gabba!, has been acquired by DHX Media. The deal combines DHX Media’s production capabilities and international broadcast relationships with W!LDBRAIN’s in-house creative team and relationships with …

After reaching extraordinary levels of success at Endemol, a company he founded with Joop van den Ende and other investors in 1994, John de Mol found himself in an executive position he didn’t quite cherish. In his heart he is …

PARIS: Among the talent heading to Cannes is actor, producer and director Robert Redford. Redford is the founder of Sundance Channel, and will participate in a media Q&A session on Wednesday, October 6. Also on hand will be Gene Simmons, …

  NEW YORK: Emilio Azcárraga, the chairman and CEO of Grupo Televisa, and Jon Feltheimer, Lionsgate’s co-chairman and CEO, talk about Pantelion, the new joint-venture company that targets Hispanic moviegoers in the U.S.

MAINZ: Leading off ZDF Enterprises’ (ZDFE) MIPCOM slate is a number of children’s and youth programs, including a second season of The Elephant Princess, co-produced with Jonathan M. Shiff. There’s also the preschool series Laura’s Star, back for a third …

NEW YORK: Veria TV’s new reality series Sports Dads will take a look into the lives of young children who are being groomed from an early age to become professional athletes, with Super Bowl champion Deion Sanders as the host. …

TORONTO: My Babysitter’s a Vampire is TELETOON’s first-ever original live-action feature, slated to make its debut on October 9 at 7 p.m. The family friendly live-action film features computer-generated visual effects and animation. The movie follows a 14-year-old boy, who, …

NEW YORK: 4Kids Entertainment has picked up the global theatrical, TV and home-entertainment rights, excluding Asia, for Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D: Bonds Beyond Time, an animated film coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the hit franchise. Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D: Bonds Beyond Time features …