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NEW YORK: FiOS TV customers can now access select Adult Swim, Cartoon Network and truTV programming online, following the online launch of content from sister Time Warner channels TNT and TBS in June. A selection of programming from the channels will be …

LONDON: KidsCo has inked an exclusive distribution pact with NDTV to expand across the Indian market. NDTV will market KidsCo’s content across all its digital platforms, cable TV and DTH channels, including the shows Sonic Underground, The Wiggles, and original programming …

SÃO PAULO: Filming is under way on Laços de Sangue, a new telenovela co-produced by TV Globo and SIC. The telenovela follows the story of two sisters who are separated at childhood and become enemies as adults. Lead actors include …

VICTORIA/LOS ANGELES: MarVista Entertainment will present at MIP Junior 39 brand-new episodes in a second season of Prank Patrol Australia. For the new season, activeTV will produce a total of 39 half-hours, 13 of which will be entirely original pranks created …

BUDAPEST: A new distribution deal has been firmed up between SPI International, which operates the FilmBox channels, and Tematik Kábel in Hungary. The agreement includes the channels FilmBox Extra, FilmBox HD and FilmBox Family, as well as the again fully …

NEW YORK: Melissa Roper Barnett has been promoted to the role of senior VP of networks business affairs at HBO. Barnett will be responsible for the negotiation of domestic distribution deals for all of HBO’s networks. She will report to …

LONDON/NEW YORK: Cineflix International Distribution has named Sabrina Ayala, former VP of sales and marketing at CABLEready, as its new VP of Latin American and Iberian sales and acquisitions. Ayala joins the company’s New York office as of August 30. …

SYDNEY: Seven Network’s new digital channel 7mate, geared toward men 16 to 49, is launching on September 25 across Australia. The channel kicks off with HD coverage of the Australian Football Grand Final. 7mate has been designed to complement Seven …

LONDON/TORONTO: ITV Studios Global Entertainment has struck a deal for the long-running British soap Emmerdale to launch on Canadian cable network VisionTV on September 20, stripped Monday to Friday at 9:30 p.m. The drama, which airs in the U.K. on ITV1, …

LONDON: Two separate reports indicate that Britons are watching more TV than ever, with Thinkbox reporting that per-week viewership is up by 2 hours in the first half of this year, while Ofcom has found that consumers are spending 45 …