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HARRINGTON PARK: National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has renewed its deal with Janson Media for the When Nature Strikes Back specials Monsoon and Landslides to air in Latin America. When Nature Strikes Back is a series of documentary specials about …

NEW YORK: E1 Entertainment has been named exclusive DVD distributor for Here Films and Regent Releasing titles in the U.S. and Canada through August 2012. E1 will release an average of four titles per month, including home-video releases of Here …

TORONTO: ABC TV in Australia is the latest broadcaster to come on board for the first season of Shaftesbury Sales Company’s new tween comedy Connor Undercover, while Daro has picked up the rights for Central and Eastern Europe and English-speaking …

LONDON: LIVING in the U.K. has ordered a second season of Four Weddings, which has been a smash hit for the Virgin Media Television-owned entertainment channel, from ITV Productions. The week on week ratings for the series peaked at 769,000 …

LONDON: Discovery Networks International has named Chris Shaw as senior VP of commercial development for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as well as the U.K. Shaw will work to maximize commercial opportunities across these markets, including the development and …

MIAMI: At MIPCOM, APA International Film Distributors will be offering a number of Colombian soap operas from the writer Jorge Ospina.  The portfolio includes titles such as Where is Soledad Going?, Following the Tracks, Taboo, The Chosen, The Other One in Me and …

MONTREAL: Manon, a Canadian-French co-production from Cyber Group Studios, Planet Nemo and Sardine Productions, has been picked up by a fifth Canadian broadcaster, Treehouse. In Canada, Radio-Canada, TFO, Knowledge Network and SCN are already airing Manon. Tiji in France, Disney …

NEW YORK: Surveying 27 markets around the world, Nielsen’s Global AdView Pulse reports that the decline in ad expenditures has slowed, with the Asia Pacific driving the beginnings of a rebound in the market. Adspend was down by 6.8 percent in …

DOHA: Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC) is continuing its emphasis on home-grown shows and co-productions as it targets kids and families in the Arab world and in Europe. “Our strategy remains to keep leveraging tools to best communicate and connect …

LONDON: The Russian pubcaster Rossyia Channel is the first to commission the Endemol entertainment format The Best Years of Our Lives in Central and Eastern Europe. While the deal marks the series first commission in Russia, The Best Years of …