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TORONTO: BBC Worldwide Canada and SPACE have firmed up an agreement for the four new specials from the long-running Doctor Who franchise and the third installment of the hit spin-off series Torchwood: Children of Earth. The deal sees SPACE take …

SYDNEY: LMNO Productions has named Southern Star International as the exclusive distributor for all its product outside of the U.S., covering both new titles and the existing catalogue of more than 950 hours of content. The first program announced under …

SILVER SPRING: ITV Global Entertainment has wrapped up its largest deal to date with Acorn Media U.S., in a move that sees more than 300 hours of its programming released on DVD and Blu-ray in North America over the next …

LONDON: ITV Global Entertainment has signed up ITV2 in the U.K., TV3 in Ireland and TVNZ in New Zealand for the highly anticipated U.S. version of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!, which premieres tonight on NBC. The hit …

LONDON: A five-year license renewal has been secured between Classic Media and Aykroyds & TDP for the continued production of nightwear and swimwear ranges for its Postman Pat SDS brand. The five-year deal, which runs through December 2013, is an …

LONDON: BBC Earth, BBC Worldwide’s new international brand for natural-history content, is launching its own channel on YouTube that will showcase shows such as the Emmy Award-winning Blue Planet. BBC Earth is the global brand for all the BBC’s natural-history …

SAN FRANCISCO: Joy Tashjian Marketing Group (JTMG) has secured a merchandise licensing agreement with THQ for interactive fitness games based on the hit weight-loss competition series The Biggest Loser. THQ has The Biggest Loser interactive fitness games currently in development …

LONDON/NEW YORK: Chorion has signed a number of licensing deals for The World of Eric Carle in the U.S. and Europe and has appointed a new agent, CPLG, for the property in Benelux. The World of Eric Carle is a …

LEICESTER: SouthPeak Interactive Corporation and Asylum Entertainment have closed a deal to co-publish a video game based on the Horrid Henry books written by Francesca Simon and the hit children’s series produced by Novel Entertainment. Horrid Henry the video game is set …

BURBANK: Disney Channel has ordered a fourth season of the worldwide hit Hannah Montana. The wildly popular series, which premiered in March 2006, delivers an average of 4.4 million viewers per episode. The show stars Miley Cyrus as Miley Stewart/Hannah …