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LONDON: The animated series DinoSquad and The Future is Wild will make their television debut on KidsCo channels in select territories. KidsCo took the broadcast rights for the action-adventure DinoSquad from Cookie Jar, and will air the 26×22-minute series across …

KUALA LUMPUR: Total Sports Asia (TSA) has secured the mobile and Internet clip rights to Barclays Premier League matches for Indonesia. The agreement covers the current and upcoming 2009/2010 seasons. TSA will be working with Mo.Ad Tech to help deploy the …

BURBANK: Disney Media Networks is launching multiple channels on YouTube, delivering short-form content from ESPN and from the Disney-ABC Television Group, for which the company will be able to sell its own ad inventory. The ESPN channel, launching mid-April, will include …

CANNES: Televisión Española (TVE) has signed up to co-produce Jelly Jamm, an animated 52×11-minute 3-D CGI series created by Spanish companies Secuoyas and Vodka Capital. Targeting 4- to 6-year-olds, Jelly Jamm tells the story of five friends that live on …

CANNES: At the International Digital Emmy Awards at MIPTV last night, Australia took home the top prize for fiction, while the U.K. scored in the non-fiction and children and young people categories. The International Digital Emmys, organized by the International …

DUNEDIN: NHNZ, National Geographic Channels International and Smithsonian Networks are co-producing a one-hour documentary about a scientific expedition to Antarctica to assess the the health of the area’s marine life. NGCI will air the special this June as Expedition Antarctica. …

HONG KONG: A new initiative from the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) sees several pan-Asian cable and satellite outlets teaming to promote the effectiveness of regional networks as an ad medium during the downturn. According to CASBAA, this …

NEW YORK: Lightworks Program Distribution has tapped Autentic to distribute select programs in Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland and Luxembourg. "We are delighted to be representing Lightworks’ high-quality content," said Patrick Hoerl, the general manager of Autentic. "Lightworks’ programming has …

NEW YORK: A range of programming from HIT Entertainment will soon be available on Sling.com, the free video entertainment site, currently in beta mode, from EchoStar Corporation-owned Sling Media. Sling.com will feature videos from a variety of popular HIT Entertainment properties, including …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution has cleared The Office with local broadcast stations representing more than 93 percent of the U.S. ahead of the award-winning sitcom’s fall 2009 off-network syndication launch. Produced by Reveille, Universal Media Studios and Deedle-Dee Productions, the …