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CANNES, October 15: Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) has sealed multiple licensing deals and renewals, totaling 670 hours, for a range of its series, including the celebrity-based hits Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Living Lohan. Girls of the Playboy …

CANNES, October 15: Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has extended its three-day product screenings at MIPCOM for another day, allowing buyers to preview its titles from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday. Episodes being screening at Auditorium H at …

CANNES, October 15: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) and the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) have selected three partners to create the first content out of their production deal, which sees an investment in multimedia TV projects that is set to …

CANNES, October 15: Disney Media Networks Latin America (DMNLA) announced several deals at MIPCOM, including a pan-regional version of The Amazing Race and an expanded alliance with Terra TV. Terra, Latin America’s largest Internet company, has expanded its partnership with …

SINGAPORE, October 15: Christine Leo McKerrow, the senior VP and general manager for BBC Worldwide Channels Asia, is leaving her role effective at the end of January. Since she joined the company, she has overseen the launch of the rebranded …

LOS ANGELES, October 15: Alberto Santini Lara has been named executive VP of programming for Azteca América, and will be based in Mexico City and Los Angeles to serve as a link between the U.S. broadcaster and its parent network, …

LOS ANGELES, October 15: Colin Callender is set to launch a new entertainment company in 2009, after exiting his role as the president of HBO Films, where he has ushered in a string of award-winning projects since he joined the …

CANNES, October 15: Green Porno, Isabella Rossellini’s short-film series about the sex lives of various creatures, has eight new episodes that are set to premiere on the Sundance Channel website in April 2009. The new episodes will explore the reproductive …

NEW YORK, October 15: Andrew Lack, a former president of NBC and ex-chairman of Sony BMG, is joining Bloomberg to serve as the financial news company’s multimedia CEO, overseeing TV, interactive and radio operations. Lack will work closely with Matthew …

CANNES, October 15: The one-hour documentary special Forgiveness: Stories of Our Time, which picked up an award at Hot Docs, has been licensed into Spain and Finland by re:think Entertainment. The film, produced by Johanna Lund and Wild East Productions …