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CANNES: Comcast Entertainment Studios (CES) is making its inaugural outing at MIPTV and is ready to produce on a global scale for networks looking to commission content.  In addition to producing programming for Comcast’s brands such as E! Entertainment Television, …

CANNES: ZDF Enterprises has sold a package of five film productions to Smithsonian Channel in the U.S., all of which were created and produced by German filmmakers.  Big Bang in Tunguska was included in the deal. The film focuses on …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Enterprises International and Demand Media have secured a three-year DVD output agreement that covers the U.K. and Ireland. The deal includes DVD and Blu-ray releases for new Discovery Networks’ programming, as well as continuing series that are …

LONODN: FremantleMedia and Japan’s Fuji Television Network have entered into a creative exchange alliance, aimed at the co-development and co-production of new TV formats for the global market. The pact will see creative execs from Fuji TV and FremantleMedia take …

LONDON: A high-definition feed of the lifestyle channel Food Network is slated to launch across Europe, the Middle East and Africa on May 1. Orbit Showtime Network will be the first platform to carry the Food Network HD service in …

CANNES: The Polish indie production outfit Tako Media has taken on the option for Families at the Crossroads from ALL3MEDIA International, in addition to signing on for more episodes of Cases of Doubt.  Tako extended its deal with ALL3MEDIA to …

CANNES: RDF Rights has sold 100 hours of the series Wife Swap to Discovery Networks UK for its lifestyle channel Discovery Real Time. This is the first time the series will air outside of the Channel 4 bouquet. The show …

CANNES: ITV Studios Global Entertainment and France’s TF1 have agreed to an ongoing movie output deal that includes newly acquired Hollywood TV movies and titles from the Hallmark Hall of Fame collection. The Hallmark Hall of Fame movies are produced …

CANNES: Roadshow Entertainment has shored up the Australian and New Zealand DVD and home entertainment rights to Portfolio Entertainment’s new animated series The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, which is slated to broadcast on CITV in the U.K. …

CANNES/LONDON/NEW YORK: MTV Networks International (MTVNI) has signed up a number of new international broadcast partners for the CG animated comedy The Penguins of Madagascar from Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation. More than 40 program deals have been closed, including sales …