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TORONTO, April 21: Peace Arch Entertainment has closed television and DVD deals on 18 titles in 14 territories at MIPTV, the best showing in the company’s history. The four-hour mini-series Guns was picked up by RTL2 in Germany, Free Dolphin …

HARRINGTON PARK, April 21: The new lifestyle travel series Travel With Kids, which shares tips and tricks for traveling on family vacations, is now available for the first time to television, VOD, DVD/video and new-media markets worldwide through Janson Media. …

LONDON, April 21: PPC Enterprises has licensed the pan-European merchandising rights for Pinky & Perky, a CGI children’s comedy series that is a modern update of a classic brand, to toy manufacturer Martin Yaffe. Martin Yaffe will produce a series …

LYON, April 21: The international European news network EuroNews is airing two English-language news blocks to more than 15 million households in the U.S. via independent non-commercial broadcaster MHz Worldview. The 30-minute newscasts are featured on MHz Worldview at 8:30 …

LOS ANGELES, April 18: Evie Silvers has been appointed to the newly created position of manager of technology and business development at the National Association of Television Programming Executives (NATPE). Silvers comes to the position from HP EXPO INC, where …

BOSTON, April 18: A new report from Strategy Analytics says that total spending on mobile media services by consumers and advertisers will jump from nearly $47 billion in 2007 to more than $102 billion by 2012, driven by web access, …

UNIVERSAL CITY/LONDON, April 18: Universal Pictures and British Telecommunications have secured an agreement to launch the PictureBox subscription on-demand service on BT Vision in the U.K. on May 5. The PictureBox service provides a selection of current and library feature …

TORONTO, April 18: Global Television and NBC have struck a deal with Howie Mandel, host of the game show Deal or No Deal, for an unscripted comedy series tentatively titled Howie Do It, which he will star in and produce, …

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 18: TV Globo has closed a deal with IPTV operator Clix SmarTV to distribute its premium international channel in Portugal. Through the month of April, Clix SmarTV subscribers will have free access to the channel. TV …

LONDON/TORONTO, April 18: The Banff World Television Festival (BWTVF) has revealed the 100 nominees for the 29th annual Banff World Television Awards, with the U.K. notching up the most nods. Canada and the U.S. came in a close second in …