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COLOGNE/BURBANK: The new multiyear volume pact between RTL Television and Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) covers the rights to more than 200 movies and TV series, including the final two installments of the Harry Potter film franchise. The German terrestrial broadcaster has secured the …

LONDON: CBS Paramount International Television has licensed the new 13-part murder mystery series Harper’s Island to BBC Three for launch in the U.K. later this year. The show, slated to premiere on CBS next month, focuses on a group of family and friends attending …

MIAMI: Two more countries, Bulgaria and Cambodia, have signed on to broadcast Amanda O, Dori Media Group’s first cross-platform telenovela. In Bulgaria, Amanda O will be available on cable channel Eurocom, while in Cambodia, the show has been sold to Cambodian …

NEW YORK: In continuing to expand its digital footprint throughout Asia, AETN International has locked in new VOD and mobile agreements in Japan, Korea and Malaysia. A deal was reached in Japan with USEN to license programs for the set-top …

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES: Battlestar Galactica‘s Tricia Helfer has signed on to star in The Dealership, a new original series pilot for Canwest that will be distributed by FremantleMedia Enterprises. The one-hour pilot will feature Helfer in the lead role of Rachel Carson, …

MIAMI/BUENOS AIRES: MTV Networks Latin America (MTVNLA) has set up a new office in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which will serve as the company’s regional headquarters as well as a creative center for both Latin America and MTV Networks International. As …

LONDON: ITV Global Entertainment has sold several drama series to France 3, as well as a package of TV movies to Turner Broadcasting System Latin America. France 3 snapped up the murder mystery drama series Lewis, an ITV Studios production that will air …

NEEDHAM/LOS ANGELES: Echo Bridge Entertainment has expanded its European operations, appointing Melissa Caron as VP of international sales for the region. Caron will be responsible for managing programming sales across all platforms throughout Europe with a focus on Spain, France, …

LOS ANGELES: On March 23, the hit soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful will have been on air on CBS Television Network for 22 years. Set against the backdrop of the Los Angeles fashion industry, The Bold and the …

MUNICH: Tandem Communications has inked a deal to co-produce and distribute worldwide two TV movies for Lifetime Television based on novels by bestselling author Patricia Cornwell. At Risk and The Front, published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons, are the first-ever Cornwell novels …