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CANNES, October 11: In a deal concluded by AB International Distribution, France 3 has picked up the rights to Southern Star’s successful Australian drama City Homicide. The French terrestrial took on the 36-episode show for launch in prime time in …

LONDON, October 11: Hungary’s RTL Klub has premiered its own version of ITV Global Entertainment’s hit format I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! The Hungarian version launched last week as Celeb Vagyok, Ments Ki Innen, netting a 37.9-percent …

NEW YORK, October 11: After record-breaking performances on USA Network this summer, Burn Notice and Psych have both received renewal orders for 16 episodes each. The two shows fared particularly well with the core 18-to-49 segment, with Burn Notice scoring …

CANNES, October 11: As MIPCOM Junior kicked off in Cannes today, the German channel KI.KA is celebrating it highest ratings since its 1997 launch, with a market share of 19.8 percent of kids 3 to 13. The latest figures are …

LOS ANGELES, October 11: Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution and Broadcasting Center Europe (BCE) are working together to facilitate the digital delivery of broadcast material for RTL in Germany, as well as other partners across Europe. The move is part …

LOS ANGELES, October 11: Cartoon Network channels across the globe will premiere a new 26-episode series featuring MGM’s iconic Pink Panther in the fall of 2009. Turner Broadcasting and MGM announced late yesterday that they are teaming for the new …

SAN DIEGO, October 11: The lifestyle and entertainment channel WealthTV has lodged carriage complaints against several pay-TV platforms, including Comcast and Time Warner, with an Administrative Law Judge set to recommend a decision to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) within …

NEW YORK, October 11: With the difficult economic conditions in the U.S., both Viacom and CBS Corporation have revised their projected earnings estimates for 2008. Viacom now expects to deliver mid-single to low double-digit growth in adjusted diluted earnings per …

LOS ANGELES, October 10: Summit Entertainment will serve as the exclusive U.S. distributor for BabyFirstTV’s catalogue of DVDs, which are created by child-development experts. Summit Entertainment will represent the BabyFirstTV DVD line to home-entertainment retailers and mass merchandisers nationwide. BabyFirstTV’s …

LONDON, October 10: Tobi de Graaff has been tapped as the director of global television distribution at ITV Global Entertainment, it was announced today, with Jayne Redpath upped to oversee all European sales and Evi Nicopoulos assuming responsibility for the …