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TRIVANDRUM/GALWAY: Toonz Animation India and Ireland’s Telegael Group are partnering to develop, co-produce and finance a slate of animated projects for the worldwide market. Toonz and Telegael previously worked together on Freefonix for the BBC. “Our fruitful partnership for the Freefonix project served …

TORONTO: Incendo Media has acquired the Canadian distribution rights to Just Ask Baby, a new 12-part series designed to help first-time parents understand their infants. The first round of half-hour episodes has just been completed and is available for broadcast …

SILVER SPRING: AFI-Discovery Channel SILVERDOCS Documentary Festival has announced its award winners, with winning filmmakers receiving more than $70,000 in combined cash and prizes. The SILVERDOCS sterling award for a U.S. feature went to October Country, which documents the story of …

LONDON: Preschool channel JimJam has struck a one-year deal to provide two hours of new programming for transmission every three months on Air New Zealand’s international flights. Passengers will have the option of non-stop viewing or tailoring their own schedule …

LONDON: A report from Futuresource Consulting has found that 8 percent of consumers surveyed in the U.K., France, Germany and the U.S. admit to accessing pirated content from file-sharing websites. Living With Digital: Consumer Insights into Entertainment Consumption provided respondents …

LONDON: National Geographic Television International (NGTI) has firmed up agreements with three Australian broadcasters for factual content such as Herod’s Lost Tomb and Diving with Aliens. ABC took four hours of programming, including Herod’s Lost Tomb, a history offering. The …

LOS ANGELES: Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) has continued sales in Korea on a range of lifestyle programming from The Style Network.  TCAST’s Fashion N took on seasons one and two of Style Her Famous, hosted by America’s Next Top Model …

TORONTO: Breakthrough Films & Television has started production on the comedy pilot Single White Spenny, starring Spencer Rice of Kenny vs. Spenny, for Showcase in Canada. Single White Spenny follows the dating misadventures of Rice, who is co-creator for the …

LONDON: Rights to selected English Premier League and Scottish Premier League games are up for grabs, after ailing Irish broadcaster Setanta Sports failed to make two crucial rights payments. Setanta had till Friday to make a final £10 million payment to …

HILVERSUM: Eduardo Tironi Fontaine has been appointed managing director of Endemol Chile, joining from a role at TVN as manager of foreign programming.  Fontaine has more than 15 years of experience in the TV sector, including a four-year stint as …