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STOCKHOLM, November 3: Sparks Network has secured a range of deals following MIPCOM, including adding Idea Asia as a new member of its group of companies. Idea Asia, part of Asia Global Holdings Corporation, will cover China and Hong Kong. …

BANGKOK/HONG KONG/SINGAPORE, November 3: MTV Networks in Asia, the MTV Europe Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are teaming for a range of events and concerts across Asia to raise awareness and increase prevention of human trafficking. …

LONDON, November 3: This week, British broadcaster Five will air an hour-long documentary about the latest scandal to rock the BBC: the controversial phone call made to actor Andrew Sachs by Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross on Radio 2. During …

LONDON/LOS ANGELES, November 3: Courtney Williams, formerly with MGM, and Nicolas Bonard, an ex-MTV Networks International executive, are heading up the new international film-and-TV-distribution firm ScreenOpus, which makes its U.S. market debut at the American Film Market this week. Williams …

SINGAPORE, November 3: The Singapore Sports Council (SSC) and the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) have launched the SSC-MDA Sports Media Fund to support the creation of multiplatform local sports content. The S$1 million fund was set up to …

LONDON/NEW YORK, November 3: Chorion and Shanghai Media Group (SMG) have entered into a partnership to jointly develop new animation projects targeted at the 6-to-11 set for the worldwide market. The creative development process will begin almost immediately. Chorion and …

DALLAS, November 3: ABC Radio Networks and Comcast Entertainment Group have signed a product development and distribution agreement that sees branded content from E! Entertainment, The Style Network and G4 available to radio audiences for the first time. E! will …

TORONTO, November 3: CTV has ordered 11 hour-long episodes of The Bridge, a new drama executive-produced by former Toronto police union head Craig Bromell. The full series order follows the production of a two-hour pilot last summer. The show looks …

ABU DHABI, November 3: Imagenation Abu Dhabi has entered into a $250-million financing deal to develop, produce and distribute feature films with Ashoj Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment in Los Angeles. The deal calls for the creation of up to 20 …

HILVERSUM, November 3: As part of its efforts to ramp up its business in Asia, Endemol has named Arjen van Mierlo as its new CEO for this region, effective early next year. Formerly the head of international operations at Endemol, …