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LONDON, September 29: The U.K.’s Competition Appeal Tribunal has rejected BSkyB’s appeal over its ITV stake, ordering the satellite platform to reduce its holding in the commercial broadcaster from 17.9 percent to under 7.5 percent. The move supports a previous …

MONTREAL, September 29: Distraction’s offerings for MIPCOM include a range of formats from Canada, the U.S., Germany, Italy, Australia, New Zealand and Finland, among other markets. From the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Distraction is offering Front Page Challenge, a game …

NEW YORK, September 29: 4Kids Entertainment will introduce its new fantasy adventure television property Chaotic: M’arrillian Invasion to international broadcasters at MIPCOM. The 26 half-hour episodes of the HD production will be available for broadcast sale with delivery starting this …

LONDON, September 29: Galleon Holdings has entered a co-production deal with Nafalia Corporation to launch a Malaysian version of the reality talent show Super Soccer Star in prime time on Radio Television Malaysia (RTM). Galleon, Nafalia and RTM will work …

SYDNEY, September 29: International Film Group (IFG) has secured the rights to represent Nine Network Australia’s catalogue of locally produced 60 Minutes content in Asia across multiple platforms, including TV, DVD and VOD. The deal includes Nine Network Australia’s catalogue …

SYDNEY, September 29: Television New Zealand has acquired the new drama series Out of the Blue for TV2 from Southern Star International. Out of the Blue was commissioned by the BBC U.K. and has sold to Network Ten in Australia, …

LONDON/NEW YORK, September 29: Chorion’s The Mr. Men Show will return for a second season on Cartoon Network in the U.S. and Five in the U.K., with an additional 52 11-minute episodes currently in production for broadcast in 2009. The …

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 …