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LOS ANGELES: MarVista Entertainment and Gaiam Entertainment have signed a deal to distribute Before You Say I Do, Chatterbox and Cop Dog for the U.S. home-entertainment market. "MarVista is always seeking new partnership opportunities to expand our penetration in the …

BARCELONA: Imira Entertainment has entered into a deal to co-produce the new 3D HD series Escape Hockey, which is created by Enne Entertainment Studios of Spain. Imira will also handle worldwide distribution for the series, which is aimed at 6- …

PARIS: Singapore has been selected as the "Country of Focus" for this year’s MIPTV, with the country’s Acting Minister for Communications, Information and the Arts (MICA), Lui Tuck Yew as the guest of honor. The Media Development Authority of Singapore …

NEW YORK: Cable channel AMC has added a new original series to its slate: The Walking Dead, a six-episode drama directed by Frank Darabont and based on the book series written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics. Kirkman serves …

LONDON: Fine Living Network (FLN) has secured carriage on the basic tier of the new South African pay-TV platform On Digital Media (ODM). The channel is slated to roll out in South Africa on May 1. Fine Living Network is being rolled …

BUENOS AIRES: Flor Latina Entertainment has licensed its series Impostores (Swindlers) into Spain and Portugal via Fox International Channels Iberia, and has clinched a deal in Mexico as well as a pan-Latin American agreement. Produced by Torneos y Competencias and Palermo …

MUNICH: In the diverse lineup of more than 40 new programs that SevenOne International will be showcasing at MIPTV are a number of event thrillers, romantic comedies, series and documentaries, alongside a range of other genres. In the catalogue of …

NASHVILLE: The Documentary Channel (DOC) has doubled its subscriber base, securing a carriage agreement with satellite-TV giant DIRECTV. DIRECTV will add DOC—a 24-hour network devoted to independent documentary features—to its lineup tomorrow, bringing the channel’s reach to more than 25 …

OTTAWA: Amberwood Entertainment has secured new broadcast and DVD agreements for RollBots, taking the CG animated series into an additional 23 territories across Europe and Asia. “The deals concluded with Noviy Disk, Orlando Kids, Aquarius & Aquarius and Noga Communications …

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises is bringing four new TV movies and mini-series to MIPTV, led by Whiteout, based on a thriller by Ken Follett. The two-parter tells the story of a deadly virus being stolen from a lab by criminals whose escape is blocked …