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LOS ANGELES: MarVista Entertainment has acquired the international distribution rights for the feature documentary Fan-Demanium, featuring ten soccer fans from ten different countries, and will launch the show in Cannes next week. Fan-Demanium features soccer fans from Italy, France, Germany, …

LONDON: Endemol has secured the international format rights to the new game show The 20 Little Piggy Banks, which will be among the highlights of its MIPTV slate. Endemol will represent the format around the world, excluding Spain and France. The …

TORONTO: Shaftesbury Sales Company has licensed its new family TV movie Vacation with Derek—based on the hit series Life with Derek—to Nick Australia. The special, which Shaftesbury is highlighting at MIPTV, reunites Ashley Leggat and Michael Seater and is directed by …

BANFF: The Banff World Television Festival has confirmed showrunners such as Ricky Gervais from The Office, David Zucker from The Good Wife and James Manos Jr. from Dexter as Master Class speakers for this year’s conference. Also on the roster …

MONTREAL: Muse Entertainment and Gaumont-Alphanim have secured an agreement with Oxford University Press Canada to develop a range of educational books based on the animated series The Mysteries of Alfred Hedgehog. The series, created by Merilyn Read and Mary Mackay-Smith, …

ATLANTA: Cartoon Network has promoted two executives in its original series group, Tramm Wigzell and Nick Weidenfeld. Wigzell takes on the role of VP of action adventure. He will oversee the development and current functions for Cartoon Network’s animated and live-action …

NEW YORK: A host of content from CBS, including streaming video from hit shows such as How I Met Your Mother and The Good Wife, is available for the Apple iPad. Clips from shows like Young and the Restless, Two …

PARIS: DISCOPRO, the training and pitching program that will take place June 22—before the opening of the 18th edition of DISCOP—will focus on the co-production sector in Central and Eastern Europe. DISCOPRO will look at the opportunities available in this …

NEW YORK: MIPTV Screening Rooms for more than 130 distributors are now available on WorldScreenings.com, allowing you to watch hundreds of clips and access detailed information on more than 1,000 new shows being launched at the market. WorldScreenings.com allows you to …

TORONTO: The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, which heads into its 17th edition from April 29 to May 9, will screen more than 170 docs from 41 countries throughout its 11-day run. In addition to screenings, attendees can participate …