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COPENHAGEN, October 8: Nordisk Film TV World has taken on the format catalogue of Danish pubcaster DR that includes programs such as I Will Fix You and Dream Garden. I Will Fix You is a prime-time series that looks at …

SÃO PAULO, October 8: Globo TV International has expanded its business in Western Europe, inking a deal for the classic novela Isaura: Slave Girl in Germany. Passion, which targets female audiences, has picked up the rights to the series, which …

MUNICH, October 8: More than 50 new programs across a variety of genres, from events and series to movies and documentaries, will be on offer from SevenOne International at MIPCOM. In event offerings, SevenOne is presenting The Sea Wolf, a …

WEST PALM BEACH/NEW YORK, October 8: RHI Entertainment’s The Color of Magic, adapted from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels and produced for Sky1 in the U.K., will make its U.S. premiere on ION Television this fall. ION will air the mini-series, …

BUENOS AIRES, October 7: Flor Latina Entertainment Group has added to its catalogue of game-show formats, inking deals with producers Win TV and Plan V, following its recent alignment with Monosabios. Win TV is owned by former Promofilms executive Pablo …

HONG KONG, October 7: Sushma Singh, India’s secretary for the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB), and Nripendra Misra, the chairman of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), will be on hand at this year’s Cable & Satellite Broadcasting …

HELSINKI, October 7: RTL2 in Germany has licensed the TV and multimedia rights for the animated series RED CAPS, a co-production of Italy’s Cartoon One and Finnish producer Epidem ZOT. The 26×26-minute HD series, supported by UNICEF, is aimed at …

CANNES, October 7: On October 14 at MIPCOM, Michael Eisner, the founder of The Tornante Company, will deliver a keynote address titled “Creativity in a Box,” to be followed by an interview with Anna Carugati, the group editorial director of …

LOS ANGELES, October 7: Taffy Entertainment has secured an agreement with Atlantyca Entertainment’s content-publishing division to produce a line of tween- and teen-targeted novelty books based on the new animated series Hero:108. The 2-D/flash-animated series, set to debut in 2009, …

ALVISO/ENGLEWOOD, October 7: DISH Network has to pay TiVo $104 million in damages after losing an appeal in the DVR manufacturer’s patent infringement suit. The legal battle between the two companies has been ongoing for some time. TiVo sued the …