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LONDON/MADRID: Chellomedia has acquired from ONO Group a group of Spanish cable-TV channels that will be integrated into its Iberian arm, Chello Multicanal. With the acquisition of the Teuve slate, Chello Multicanal becomes the largest channel operator in Spain and Portugal, …

TORONTO: Season four of the hit series Murdoch Mysteries from Shaftesbury Films has been renewed by Citytv in Canada and UKTV’s Alibi in the U.K.   ITV Studios Global Entertainment will continue its co-production relationship with Shaftesbury Films on the …

SINGAPORE: HBO Asia’s new 24-hour channel, RED, has launched on Indovision in Indonesia, delivering Asian blockbuster movies, TV series, celebrity interviews, entertainment news and more. "We are very excited that RED is now available to viewers in Asia with Indovision subscribers in …

LONDON: KidsCo and Your Family Entertainment (YFE) have signed a content deal for programming to air across the kids’ channel’s Western European feed as of May. Joining the KidsCo slate in Western Europe are The Enid Blyton Adventure Series, Enid …

CANNES: Just a week after reaching a deal with Channel One for a Russian version of Prison Break, Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution is working with CTC on a local version of the hit comedy How I Met Your Mother. …

CANNES: Zevo-3, the first animated children’s series from Skechers Entertainment, which produced the show in association with Moonscoop, has been presold in the U.S. to Nicktoons for a fall debut. The series originated as a comic-book franchise and evolved into …

KNOXVILLE: Laureen Ong, who ran National Geographic Channel in the U.S. for a number of years before becoming COO at STAR in Hong Kong, has been tapped as the new president of Travel Channel. Ong takes up her post at …

CANNES: The new version of El Clon, co-produced by TV Globo and Telemundo, has sold to 13 countries in Latin America, and Globo TV International is in Cannes looking to shore up slots in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The series, …

ROME/CANNES: SKY Italia is partnering with the BBC, Shine’s Kudos Film & TV and the Italian start-up production company WildSide on the eight-part historical drama The Medici. Created by Kudos, the project has the backing of the BBC and is being …

MUNICH: Benidorm Bastards, an edgy hidden-camera series in which older men and women make fun of the younger generation, has been added to the catalogue of SevenOne International. The series premiered March 25 on Belgian channel 2BE, and gained a …