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AMSTERDAM: Film Content Company Europe (FCCE) has struck new deals in more than 40 territories, including Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America, for a range of new and existing titles. In Europe, a major agreement was signed …

CANNES: Cyber Group Studios has presold its new animated series Guess What?, produced for Tiji, into more than ten territories and will be looking to sign up more partners at MIPCOM this week. Targeted at kids aged 3 to 6, …

NEW YORK: Lorber Films has scored the North American rights to Kimjongili, along with picking up the feature-length documentary Nobody’s Perfect. For North Korean leader Kim Jong Il’s 46th birthday, a hybrid red begonia named Kimjongilia was created, symbolizing wisdom, …

PARIS: The IPTV services Alice and Free in France have expanded their lineups, each clinching carriage deals with the natural footage channel Purescreens Nature HD and the European culture and opera offering BravaHDTV. BravaHDTV joined Free and Alice at the start …

CANNES: 9 Story Entertainment’s new live-action movie Harriet the Spy will premiere worldwide on all Disney Channels beginning in 2010. Based on the classic books by Louise Fitzhugh, Harriet the Spy features the adventures of high schooler Harriet Welsch. Competing against …

CANNES: Discovery Communications has more than 600 hours of new programming to present to buyers, spanning entertainment, observational-documentaries and blue-chip content. On its entertainment slate, Jon & Kate Plus 8 follows a family who has a set of twins and …

CANNES: Mellisa Gillies is the new VP of sales and marketing at Metan Development Group, based at the company’s Beijing office. Gillies will oversee sponsorship, advertising sales and marketing operations, as well as related business activities in China. She will also be tasked …

CANNES: Comcast International Media Group’s The Style Network is to launch to Australian audiences on November 15 on Foxtel and Austar, bringing the female-skewing channel’s reach to more than 78 million subscribers worldwide.  The Style Network will be featured as …

 BOCA RATON: Three Penthouse channels will make their HD debut in Europe tomorrow.  Penthouse HD features soft-core erotic content, while Penthouse HD1 and Penthouse HD2 feature hard-core adult programming. The three channels will be available in Europe from the Satellite …

TORONTO: In celebrating the 40th anniversary of the daytime soap opera All My Children, The Fremantle Corporation is introducing all-new episodes of the serial produced in HD.  One of the longest-running shows in daytime history, All My Children, created by Agnes …