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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 …

NEW YORK/LONDON: HISTORY and HISTORY HD are rolling out localized services in Bulgaria on Eurocom, as well as extending their reach in Slovenia with a launch on the IPTV platform Planet 9. The standard-definition service of HISTORY will launch on …

NEW YORK: Fitz Roy Media has added Jonathan Breiter and Jennifer Zivic as the designated U.S. licensing agents for the company’s slate of children’s properties, which includes Funny Face, Heathcliff and Secret Wings. Breiter and Zivic will launch their representation of Fitz Roy’s newest …

MONTREAL: Interactive entertainment company Ludia has signed on to create video games based on the long-running game show Family Feud through an exclusive, multi-year deal with FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME). Available across major platforms such as PC/Mac, console, iPhone and iPod …