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CANNES: The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA), Singapore’s Net Leader Holdings (NL Holdings) and China-based Gobi Partners have issued a joint call for proposals from Singapore producers in collaboration with Asian partners to co-produce original content for international distribution. …

TORONTO: The new property Artzooka! is set for launch from CCI Entertainment, which just landed a CBeebies slot for Rah Rah The Noisy Lion. In association with MotionWorks and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), CCI is launching Artzooka!, a multiplatform …

LONDON: FremantleMedia and British daily The Sun are launching a new venture to bring a live, interactive game show to the newspaper’s website later this year. Sun Quiz Live will enable users to play against one another in real time, …

VIENNA: GOE, the distribution outfit representing the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) in Italy, struck a deal with SITCOM, independent TV publisher of four pay-TV channels, and a separate agreement with VOD provider FASTWEB. The deal with SITCOM included 115 titles, …

CANNES: While ITV Global Entertainment closed a deal with NBC Universal Global Networks Italy for more than 100 hours of drama fare, a range of agreements were concluded across Southeast Asia by its dedicated Hong Kong office. The package for …

CANNES: Eight winners across seven categories were selected by digital commissioners from the BBC, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC), the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), OgilvyInteractive Worldwide and MSN at Content 360, the international digital and multiplatform content competition. …

PARIS: Cyber Group Studios has announced a raft of international deals with broadcasters and licensees on its suite of properties, and is developing a new book-based property, Zou (Zee). The company announced at MIPTV the acquisition of the rights to …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The long-running FOX series The Simpsons is being commemorated by the U.S. Postal Service on 44-cent first-class mail stamps, which will feature the characters of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie. The stamps have been personally designed by …

CANNES: There were 11,500 executives from 105 countries at MIPTV this week, Reed MIDEM announced this morning, reflecting a year-on-year drop of about 14 percent. That number includes about 3,800 buyers and 1,672 exhibiting companies. "These are good numbers in this …

NEW YORK: NBC Universal, The Weinstein Company and Lifetime Television have settled their dispute over the reality TV hit Project Runway. A year ago, NBC Universal initiated legal action to prevent The Weinstein Company from moving Project Runway from Bravo to Lifetime. At the time, NBCU …