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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 …

STOCKHOLM: Viasat Broadcasting has secured the exclusive live broadcasting pay-TV rights to Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) for the next three years on Viasat Sport Baltic. The deal covers at least 64 games per season from the league, which includes 21 …

CANNES, March 31: Sprout in the U.S. has acquired the Halifax Film production Mighty Jungle from DECODE Enterprises for launch April 24. The 46×11-minute puppet series will premiere as part of a special week of Earth Week programming on the …

CANNES: MediaCorp TV is on board for an Asian version of Just for Laughs Gags, with 13 half hours worth of footage to be shot in Singapore. Just For Laughs has entered into an exclusive agreement with MediaCorp TV to co-produce …

CANNES/NEW YORK/DÜSSELDORF: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is working with the media authorities of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia to foster relations between leading German and American television professionals. The initiative, announced at MIPTV, will also …

CANNES: The Fresh TV animated surf comedy Stoked, recently acquired by Cartoon Network in the U.S., has been sold by CAKE to CANAL+ and TPS Jeunesse in France. Developed and produced for TELETOON in Canada, the animated sitcom focuses on six teens working at …

BURBANK: The Walt Disney Company is negotiating to take a stake in Hulu, the online TV venture from NBC Universal and News Corporation, according to the Los Angeles Times. With the equity investment, Disney would make ABC shows available on Hulu, which attracted …

PARIS: 10 Francs has secured an agreement to handle international distribution for WAI TV’s catalogue of formats, which includes the prime-time series The Great Spelling Test. WAI TV has been successful with its "Big Exams" concepts, which tests competitors’ knowledge …

CANNES: A new multi-year output deal provides BET International with the broadcast rights to Image Entertainmnet’s entire catalogue of urban titles, as well as new projects, to air in the U.K. and Africa. Through the output deal, BET International will …

CANNES: A range of programming from Turner Broadcasting’s young adult animation brand Adult Swim is available for international buyers at MIPTV, including the cult shows Robot Chicken, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Tim and Eric and Metalocalypse. Robot Chicken is an …