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LONDON: A number of new agents have been appointed worldwide to expand BabyTV’s licensing and merchandising program. These include Paris Arabesques for France, Max Licensing for Turkey, Popcorn for Portugal, Pro Entertainment for Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay and P&L Global …

BANFF: The Canadian Film and Television Production Association has changed its name to the Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA), with Tom Cox as the new chair to lead the rebranding. The name change is to better reflect the idea that …

BURBANK: Scott Rowe has been appointed to the newly created role of senior VP of worldwide communications for the Warner Bros. Television Group, while Tammy Golihew has been upped to senior VP of publicity for Warner Bros. Television. Rowe is …

BANFF: The Canadian Television Fund (CTF), now known as the Canada Media Fund (CMF), delivered close to C$328 million in financing to local productions in the year ended March 31, 2010, 14-percent higher than in 2008-2009 and 23-percent higher than the average …

BANFF: Ricky Gervais and William Shatner were among those to receive an award at the Banff World Television Festival and nextMEDIA. Gervais took home the Sir Peter Ustinov Award for comedy, while Shatner was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award. …

MUNICH: ProSiebenSat.1 Media is selling N24 as well as the Maz&More production company, to the news channel’s senior management, consisting of Dr. Torsten Rossmann, Stefan Aust and Thorsten Pollfuss. Following the transaction, N24 Media will be Germany’s largest independent TV …

BANFF: Movie Central has teamed up with William Shatner’s production company Melis Productions and Ballinran Productions on a feature-length documentary on the life of Shatner, tentatively titled The Captains. The doc will follow the life and career of Shatner, tracing …

LONDON: The Royal Television Society’s lineup for its 2010 international conference is headlined by Time Warner chair and CEO Jeff Bewkes, who will deliver this year’s keynote. The U.K. broadcasting minister, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, the secretary of state …

NEW YORK: Rainbow Media Global has signed a deal with Shine International for season two of the hit Bravo show Tabatha’s Salon Takeover to air on its WE tv channel in Asia. The series stars Tabatha Coffey (Shear Genius), and …

MUMBAI: ACK Media, publisher of India’s best-known children’s comic series, Amar Chitra Katha—the basis of a television series for Cartoon Network in India—has received an equity investment from Elephant Capital. Elephant Capital has acquired a "significant minority stake" in the company for …