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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 …

NEW YORK/BANGKOK: AETN International has licensed 100 hours of factual content to TV Thai, in its first deal with the public broadcaster. Thepchai Yong, the managing director of Thai Public Broadcasting Service, which operates TV Thai, said of the agreement: “As …

NEW YORK: Comcast Corporation is one of several companies in talks for a stake of NBC Universal, published reports indicate, with the cable giant said to be eyeing anywhere from a 20-percent to a 50-percent stake. Comcast has formally denied …

LONDON: UKTV has acquired MasterChef Australia from Shine International to air on its new pay-TV entertainment channel Watch, as well as on Good Food. Originally produced by FremantleMedia Australia for Network Ten, MasterChef Australia will receive its U.K. premiere on …

NEW YORK: 4Kids Entertainment has been named worldwide licensing agent for merchandise based on the Mini Ninjas video game, excluding Japan and Korea, and the U.S. kids’ outfit also secured a deal for Penguin Young Readers to serve as global …

LONDON/NEW YORK: HIT Entertainment is partnering with Josh Selig’s Little Airplane Productions to jointly develop original preschool content for the worldwide market. Selig—creator of The Wonder Pets!, Oobi! and 3rd & Bird, among others, and founder and president of Little …