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BOGOTA: On the heels of rolling The Cartel out to several European markets, Caracol TV International will be exhibiting a range of new productions at DISCOP next week, including Gabriela. “We have reached Spain in a forceful way and we are …

MONTE-CARLO: Mad Men, House and Desperate Housewives were among the shows to receive Golden Nymph Awards last night at the 49th Monte-Carlo Television Festival. Best comedy went to France’s Desperate Parents, which swept the category with wins on the performance …

PARIS: TF1 has finalized a deal with AB Group for the French DTT channels NT1 and TMC, after entering into exclusive negotiations at the end of last month. The market-leading French broadcasting group is taking 100 percent of NT1 and acquiring …

LOS ANGELES: Promax|BDA is to present never-before released audience behavioral data based on TiVo’s Stop||Watch ratings service at its annual conference, taking place June 16 to 18 in New York City. The TiVo Stop||Watch ratings service compiles second-by-second behavioral and …

LONDON: ITV Global Entertainment has sold a package of more than 200 hours of British drama to Denmark’s DR Television. This includes the sale of Lewis, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Wycliffe, A Touch of Frost, Agatha Christie’s Marple and …

BURBANK/LONDON/PARIS: The Walt Disney Studios’ wildlife doc label Disneynature has picked up the North American and Mexican theatrical rights to OceanWorld 3D, a film presented by Jean-Michel Cousteau. The first feature-length nature documentary ever filmed and released in 3D is a production of …

MIAMI: DLA, a leading provider of pay per view and on-demand content in Latin America, has reached a distribution deal with HIT Entertainment for a slate of preschool titles, including Bob the Builder. Barney & Friends, Bob the Builder, Thomas & …

LONDON: Prism Entertainment has been re-commissioned to produce a new season of the short-form comedy sketch show Life Bites, scheduled to premiere on Disney Channel in the U.K. in July. Life Bites is a sketch show based around the everyday …

SYDNEY: Beyond Distribution has licensed the 13×30-minute series Mr Friday, launched at MIPTV, to Fine Living Network in the U.S. The cable channel will roll out the series in August. The show, from Temple Street Productions, features the flamboyant Derek …

LONDON: Nearly 80 hours of programming has been sold by Cineflix International into Central and Eastern Europe in the run-up to DISCOP, including sales on Animals at Work and The Unsellables. TV Puls in Poland has licensed a volume package …