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NEW YORK: BBC Worldwide has signed a three-year output deal with Brazilian broadcaster TV Globo covering a range of programming from the company’s catalogue. The new first-look agreement, which runs until 2012, follows BBC Worldwide’s first three-year output deal with the broadcaster, which was …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group’s Viasat Broadcasting is to begin marketing and selling its pay-TV channel packages to subscribers of the Estonian broadband and IPTV services provider Elion. Of Elion’s 175,000 broadband customers, 88,000  subscribe to its IPTV offering. Viasat’s Estonian free-TV channels (TV3, TV6 …

CANNES: Hareport, a co-production between CAKE Entertainment and TeamTO, Filmwerken and Vivi Film, has secured a round of international sales. The 3-D action-comedy series sold to SVT in Sweden, NRK in Norway, YLE in Finland, A&Y in Russia, Minimax in …

CANNES: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has scored three deals in its home-entertainment division, bolstering its distribution in Eastern Europe and expanding its catalogue in Australia and New Zealand. FME secured an exclusive output deal with Intersonic in the Czech Republic and …

LOS ANGELES: FIFA has tapped Kevin Wall and his company Control Room as the executive producer of the official kick-off celebration concert of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. On June 10, 2010, the newly renovated Orlando stadium in …

NEW YORK: Bravo has picked up The Real Housewives of D.C., as well as a second season of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, both of which are set to premiere in 2010.  Production is under way on both series. …

CANNES: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has sold the series Jamie’s American Road Trip, which features the celebrity chef touring the U.S., into more than 40 territories. The 6×1-hour travel and food doc series features Oliver on a journey of discovery into …

CANNES: International buyers have acquired and optioned a number of new programs produced or co-produced by ZDF Enterprises. Buyers for The Elephant Princess include Canada’s Family Channel, Spain’s NBC Universal ES, Vietnam’s Thaole Media, Italy’s Mediaset, Belgium’s VRT and Holland’s …

CANNES: Leopard International has shored up sales for the feature-length drama An Englishman in New York, which will receive its world TV premiere on the U.K.’s ITV.   The 90-minute film is also set for territories such as Israel and …

CANNES: The properties Frog & Friends, Miffy, Moomin and Dibo the Giftdragon have all notched up agreements for Telescreen.   Home-entertainment rights for Frog & Friends for Australia went to Beyond Magma. Edel Kids has been named the German DVD …