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LONDON/ATHENS, January 5: Theodore Kyriakou, the Greek millionaire that heads up Antenna TV, is said to be looking to amass £2 billion to fund the acquisition of European media assets, with a focus on the U.K. In December, Guillaume de Posch, …

NEW YORK, January 5: Viacom and Time Warner Cable have agreed to the terms of a new carriage deal, averting a withdrawal of channels such as MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and VH1 from the platform. The two companies announced on …

LOS ANGELES, January 5: Universal Pictures has sold off its Rogue Pictures horror and thriller film label to Relativity Media, its financing partner, for a reported $150 million. According to wire reports, the deal was closed shortly before Christmas. It …

BUENOS AIRES, January 5: Ahead of NATPE, Flor Latina Entertainment Group has added to its catalogue, scoring a deal to take on several successful Argentine shows from the producers Jorge Maestro and Sergio Vainman. With the deal, Flor Latina takes …

PARIS, December 23: Mediatoon Interactive is grouping all of its content available on VOD, SVOD and electronic sell-through under the new eToon umbrella. The brand will include content from all of Mediatoon's production companies—Dargaud Media, Dupuis, Ellipsanime Production and Storimages—as …

TORONTO, December 23: The hit CBS drama The Mentalist, distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. International Television, is set to launch on Canadian broadcaster CTV in January. The breakout hit of the U.S. network fall season, the series will begin airing …

LONDON, December 23: In the Night Garden has become the leading license in the infant toy market in the U.K., according to BBC Worldwide, bumping the perennial Winnie the Pooh out of the top spot. Toys based on the hit …

NEW YORK, December 23: U.S. cable channel AMC has put in a pilot order for an untitled political thriller from writer and executive producer Jason Horwitch, to be produced by Warner Horizon Television. This is the third pilot order from …

HONG KONG, December 23: STAR is targeting Farsi-language speakers with a new general-entertainment service scheduled to launch early next year. The channel will feature programming from across the world and will target the 100 million-plus speakers of the Farsi language, …

NEW YORK, December 23: CBS Corporation has reached a deal to sell off three radio stations in Denver, Colorado, to Wilks Broadcasting for $19.5 million in cash. The deal includes KWLI-FM (country), KIMN-FM (adult contemporary) and KXKL-FM (classic hits). With …