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BURBANK/MOSCOW: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and V are among the titles included in the new multiyear volume deal Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) has signed with Russia’s TNT Broadcasting Network. TNT has secured the Russian free-TV rights to …

LOS ANGELES: Engine Entertainment has hired Paulette Bensussen as senior VP of sales and business development, to be based in New York and report to CEO Chris Philip. Bensussen will be tasked with managing Engine’s international programming sales as well …

LONDON: Just in time for MIPTV, Elin Thomas takes over as the VP of format sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at BBC Worldwide. Thomas moves from her previous post as territory manager for Scandinavia at BBC Worldwide, …

BEVERLY HILLS: Televix Entertainment has picked up the distribution rights for 130 new episodes of the courtroom reality series El Juez Manuel Franco, which had previous seasons air on Telemundo Network and Azteca America in the U.S. The Spanish-language series …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: E1 Entertainment has clinched a deal with Germany’s Tele München Group (TMG) for the TV rights in Continental Europe for Haven, a new mystery drama based on the Stephen King novella The Colorado Kid. The 13×1-hour series follows …

LONDON: ESPN in the U.K. has secured the mobile highlight rights to all 380 Premier League matches for the next three seasons, after winning select TV rights last year. "Mobile devices are an indispensible lifeline for football fans, who expect easy, quick …

NEW YORK: AETN International is heading to Cannes with its largest slate of new programming ever, featuring more than 400 hours of fresh content from genres such as history, lifestyle, crime, paranormal, real-life and more. Headlining the offerings is the …

ATLANTA: The new Cartoon Network original series Adventure Time debuted Monday night to triple-digital gains compared to the same 2009 time slot, with the strong performance leading to a second-season order for 13 more episodes. Adventure Time was 8 p.m.’s …

LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment has sold the crime dramas Lewis and Agatha Christie’s Poirot to a range of broadcasters in Eastern Europe. Poirot stars David Suchet and was created from the works of Agatha Christie and produced by ITV …

NEW YORK: Scripps Networks International has named Jon Helmrich, the founder and president of International Broadcast Communications (IBC), as a consultant on its global distribution strategy. The appointment sees Helmrich working directly with Scripps Networks International’s president, Greg Moyer. “Jon’s extensive …