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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 …

  CANNES: The Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) has launched Lockie Leonard‘ssecond season, with a pickup by Cartoon Network in Spain.   The first season was a success for the network, rating as one of Cartoon Network Spain’s top ten …

CANNES: The CGI multimedia property WordWorld is to begin airing on Discovery Kids in Latin America in July 2010.   Each episode of WordWorld builds a story around a group of WordFriends who are made up of the letters that …

CANNES: Gert Verpeet has been named managing director of FremantleMedia Belgium, responsible for the company’s production operations.   He is further responsible for developing existing and new relationships with broadcast and non-broadcast partners in Belgium’s French and Flemish markets. Verpeet …

CANNES: More than 12,000 delegates came to Cannes for MIPCOM this week, an increase from MIPTV six months ago, which was attended by 11,500 people. There were 4,000-plus buyers at the market, again an increase on MIPTV, which registered 3,500. …

CANNES: A three-year extension on the programming deal between CBS Studios International and RAI Cinema has been signed. The agreement includes mini-series, TV movies and feature films. This is the first TV distribution deal in Italy for the new CBS …

SINGAPORE: Southern Star Singapore, Southern Star Entertainment in Australia and Germany’s NDR are collaborating on the $9 million live-action series A gURLs wURLd. The international co-production, backed by the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) and Screen Australia, was launched …

DOHA: Al Jazeera’s English-language news network has launched on the Austar pay-TV platform in Australia. Al Jazeera English joins more than 40 other channels in Austar’s Starter Package, which reaches about 750,000 subs across regional Australia. Announcing the carriage deal, …

MUNICH: RTL Television and Telepool have signed a new long-term contract, three years after their first cooperation, which includes the international rights to a range of existing and future RTL programs.   Included in the deal are shows such as …