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BURBANK: Heather Locklear will appear on the The CW’s updated version of Melrose Place, reprising her role from the original ’90s drama as Amanda Woodward. Locklear will make her debut appearance on the show on November 17. She joins original …

    LONDON: CAKE Entertainment has entered into a co-production deal with Studio Baestarts for a new comedy series, Huhu. Targeted at 6- to 12-year-olds, Huhu is a short-form format intended for TV, online and mobile platforms. The series is …

LORETO: Rainbow S.p.A. has secured further deals for its property PopPixie, with Italian children’s clothing company Mirtillo and back-to-school outfit Paxos. The apparel deal with Mirtillo is for outerwear in Italy. Paxos will be rolling out product in Greece, Cyprus …

TORONTO: Portfolio Entertainment has secured deals on the titles Mansions, D-Sign, Bump!, DreamChasers and Breathing Space Yoga. The residential-construction series Mansions was sold to XYZ (Australia) and GMA Network (Philippines). Elle TV (Korea) is set to air the first season …

LONDON: Sony Pictures Television has promoted Stuart Baxter to senior VP of European distribution, based in London. Baxter will oversee the distribution of all Sony Pictures Entertainment’s feature films and TV properties throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He …

BURBANK: Maggie Murphy has joined Cookie Jar Entertainment as senior VP of development, responsible for the company’s slate of tween-targeting and prime-time programming. Murphy will report to Tom Mazza, the executive VP and head of worldwide TV. Most recently, Murphy …

ATLANTA: CNN International is partnering with YouTube for a global, interactive debate to be televised in the run-up to the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December.  CNN viewers worldwide will be invited to submit questions for the …

LONDON: Barry Chamberlain has been upped to executive VP of sales at CBS Studios International, and will continue to oversee the company’s sales offices in Latin America, Asia and Australia. He adds oversight for CBS Studios International’s format business, which …

LONDON: ITV plc has initiated legal proceedings against Scottish broadcaster STV, alleging non-payment of £38 million in network program budget contributions. ITV maintains that STV—which holds the ITV1 license in parts of Scotland—is not honoring its contractual contributions towards the network …

BERLIN:  The European Film Awards, taking place this December in Germany, has added an animated feature category, in partnership with CARTOON, the European Association of Animation Film. Three nominees will be selected by a committee of experts and then submitted to European Film …