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TORONTO/LONDON: DECODE Enterprises has sold the series Grandpa in My Pocket, originally commissioned by CBeebies, to a number of new international broadcasters, including RUV in Iceland.  Further broadcasters to have signed on for the series include HOP in Israel, okto …

LONDON: Endemol has purchased independent producers Tiger Aspect and Darlow Smithson Productions and Tigress from IMG.  The deal, which is reportedly valued at £30 million ($49.9 million), will see Endemol globally representing the portfolio of all three companies via Endemol …

PARIS: Ahead of next month’s Asia Television Forum (ATF), Moonscoop has signed a raft of deals with broadcasters throughout Asia, totaling 350 half hours. OKTO (previously TV12) of Singapore picked up the preschool shows Chloe’s Closet and Ava Riko Teo …

NEW YORK: 4Kids Entertainment’s animated series Dinosaur King has been renewed in the Netherlands, South Africa and Portugal, along with scoring a first-season agreement in Greece.  Disney XD in the Netherlands, MNET in South Africa and Canal Panda in Portugal …

TORONTO: Cookie Jar has appointed Famosa as the exclusive toy licensee for Caillou in Mexico. Famosa’s range includes products such as 36cm figures, plush dolls, bath toys, a toy farm, vehicles and toy trains. They are now available at major retail outlets …

NEW YORK: WorldScreen.com is providing readers with an ATF preview site, ATF.WorldScreen.com, delivering a video report on the Asian television market, a feature on novelas in Asia, an article on selling into the region, interviews with MediaCorp’s Chang Long Jong and Disney-ABC’s Rob …

HARRINGTON PARK: Nicola McAllister has been appointed as a sales executive at Janson Media, where she will be responsible for TV and VOD markets in Eastern Europe.  Previously, McAllister worked as a sales exec for Network Ireland Television for six years before …

LOS ANGELES: Roku is opening access to its Internet set-top device to third-party content providers, adding 10 partners to its "Channel Store" this week, among them Facebook and Pandora.  The Roku Channel store now features 10 new free channels: Blip.tv, …

  MUNICH: Bavaria Media Television will present new programming highlights at this year’s German Screenings, among them Prisoner of Love. Prisoner of Love is set in the final days of World War II and features Barbara Sukowa in the leading …

PRAGUE/LONDON: MTV Networks International (MTVNI) and TV Nova have announced the programming lineup of the soon-to-launch MTV channel in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which debuts November 29 with shows such as The City and Nitro Circus. The launch will …