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LONDON, September 29: The new CGI series The Pinky & Perky Show has been pre-sold to YLE in Finland, TVP in Poland, KTV-MNET in South Africa and SVT in Sweden by ITV Global Entertainment. Other deals are in advanced negotiations …

NEW YORK, September 29: Following the September debut of History HD in Southeast Asia, the network continues its rollout in the region with an October 1 launch in Japan. History HD will be managed, programmed and operated by The History …

MEXICO CITY/MIAMI, September 29: Grupo Televisa and Telemundo Communications Group have struck a deal that sees the U.S. Hispanic network broadcasting all of the soccer matches played at the home stadiums of six of Mexico’s premier teams. These rights also …

MILAN, September 29: FASTWEB in Italy has signed a deal with Disney-ABC-ESPN Television to launch a number of series, including Lost and Criminal Minds, on its on-demand service. This is Disney-ABC-ESPN Television’s first agreement to make a TV series available …

MUNICH, September 29: Muse Entertainment and Tandem Communications have teamed up to produce Night and Day, a new series for TNT created and written by Emmy Award-winners Joel Surnow, the co-creator of 24, and Todd Robinson. Night and Day stars …

LONDON/LOS ANGELES, September 29: RHI Entertainment’s Michael Oesterlin is joining Alchemy Television Group to head up its distribution activities out of London. In his new role as president of worldwide distribution, effective October 1, Oesterlin will oversee all of the …

HALIFAX, September 29: DHX Media, the parent company of DECODE Entertainment, is set to merge with Entertainment One, which recently took control of Oasis International and Blueprint Entertainment, among other assets. The deal announced today values DHX at C$1.59 per …

NEW YORK, September 29: Andrew Ames has joined Sesame Workshop to oversee all of its international co-productions in the role of VP of global production. Ames responsibilities will include production/creative oversight, budgeting and financing, international content management and cross-platform content …

NEW YORK, September 29: Liberty Media is said to be considering swapping its stake in Time Warner in exchange for control of AOL’s Internet-access business. At an investor conference in New York on Friday, John Malone, the chairman of Liberty …

HARRINGTON PARK, September 29: Alfred Haber Distribution (AHDI) has signed a new distribution deal with dick clark productions as the exclusive international distributor for the 2009 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards and the 2008 American Music Awards (AMAs). The three-hour …