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STOCKHOLM, September 16: Endemol France has entered a deal that gives it access to the format catalogues of Friday TV and Meter Film & Television, both part of the Metronome group. The deal gives Endemol France access to shows such …

LOS ANGELES, September 16: PorchLight Entertainment has teamed up with Pascualina Productions to develop Pascualina, a tween-targeted animated series based on the diary books of the same name. The Pascualina diary series, created by Paulina Mockeberg, has sold more than …

SAN JUAN, September 16: Mega TV’s MSJU-TV Channel 30 in Puerto Rico has launched a children’s programming block that features preschool series from U.S. Spanish-language network Sorpresa! The one-and-a-half-hour block showcases educational and entertaining content, including Cubeez, Bali, Zumbers, Boom …

LONDON, September 16: BBC Worldwide has launched the second Teletubbies Play and Development Centre with licensee Shenzhen Tianyuan Business Management (SZTY) in Southern China, opening to the public on September 20. The new center offers age-appropriate activities for children to …

AMSTERDAM, September 16: In a panel at the IBC technology conference in Amsterdam, Michael Grade, the executive chairman of ITV, labeled YouTube and file-sharing sites like it “parasites” for feeding off other companies’ content. "The day that Google or Joost …

BUENOS AIRES, September 16: Oscar Ibarra has been confirmed as the writer’s coordinator for High Mountain, a teen telenovela distributed by Flor Latina Entertainment Group. Ibarra has led teams for Argentine TV series such as Culpable de Este Amor, Yago …

LOS ANGELES/MUMBAI, September 16: The MGM Channel is expanding its Indian reach via a distribution deal with STAR DEN Media Services, building upon its current carriage deal with DTH platform Dish TV. STAR DEN, a joint venture between STAR India …

LONDON, September 16: Lonely Planet has appointed Dominic Rowell as its first global marketing director, effective this month. Based in Melbourne at the company’s head office, Rowell will be responsible for coordinating all the marketing activities of Lonely Planet around …

LONDON, September 16: BBC Worldwide has acquired an undisclosed minority stake in independent production outfit Baby Cow, whose credits include the hit comedy Gavin & Stacey. BBC Worldwide has been distributing Baby Cow’s properties on the international market for almost …

SEATTLE, September 16: The Amazon.com-owned Internet Movie Database (IMDb.com) has made more than 6,000 full-length feature films and TV episodes available for free streaming, inking deals with CBS and Sony Pictures Television, among others. The rotating video content is provided …