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NEW YORK: Next month, HBO is set to air a documentary special about celebrated author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, ahead of the theatrical release of Spike Jonze’s highly anticipated feature film adaptation Where the Wild Things Are. Premiering on HBO on October …

MAINZ: Touting the tagline Passion for Excellence, ZDF Enterprises is heading to MIPCOM with a slate of fiction, documentaries and children’s programming, including the brand-new 3-D HD animated series The Jungle Book. Based on Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale of the …

LONDON: Randall Broman is taking up the post of president of worldwide sales at Power, succeeding Chris Philip, who is leaving the company to start a new venture. Broman was part of the sales team at Power from 2004 to …

SINGAPORE: Bomanbridge Media, FCCE Asia Pacific and Scrawl Studios will be distributing Asian-made content at MIPCOM, joining a nine-company delegation led by the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) to promote a slate of some 375 hours of programming. Scrawl, …

TORONTO: The police drama Copper leads off the roster of programming from E1 Entertainment, alongside further titles such as The Bridge, Outlaw Bikers, Re-Vamped and Stormworld. The hour-long drama Copper centers on five rookie cops in the world big city …

TORONTO: Shaftesbury Sales Company has closed new deals in Latin America, Poland, United Arab Emirates and Israel for its teen comedy Overruled!, which has a total of 39 half-hour episodes available. Shaftesbury arrives at MIPCOM with 13 new episodes of …

TORONTO: Gordon Ramsay has signed a deal with Cuppa Coffee Studios for a prime-time animated series tentatively called Gordon Ramsay, At Your Service. The new show, still in an early stage, will feature an animated version of the fiery chef and …

LONDON: Chello Zone has secured a deal with Africa’s My TV platform for the launch of the women’s lifestyle channel Zone Club as a 24-hour English-language offering this October. Zone Club features everything from drama to chat, health to documentaries …

NEW YORK: WorldScreen.com is providing readers with a pre-market MIPCOM Multimedia Extravaganza, delivering features; interviews with Matt Groening, James Murdoch and Ron Howard; a range of resources and a special video report on the state of the format market. To …

TORONTO: 9 Story Entertainment has received a commission from Canada’s YTV for the production of Almost Naked Animals, a 52×11-minute series schedule for a fall 2010 premiere. The fast-paced series, based on the popular website of the same name, features …