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LONDON/CANNES, April 10: Zeal Entertainment, part of the Digital Rights Group (DRG), has been named as the official distributor of the Miss World Festival in 2008, marking the fourth year that it has secured the international rights to the televised …

HALIFAX, April 9: Global Television has commissioned DHX Media for a second season of the prime-time original drama The Guard, set for broadcast in the 2008-2009 season. Production for the new season of the one-hour character-driven series will begin in …

CANNES, April 9: Scandinavian companies dominated the International Interactive Emmy Awards presented at MIPTV in Cannes last night, winning two out of the three categories. The third annual awards presentation was organized by the International Academy of Television Arts & …

CANNES, April 9: Studio100 Media is partnering with Turkish Radio Television Corporation (TRT) on Big and Small, a new puppetry series. The 52×11-minute series is being produced by Kindle Entertainment for the BBC, in association with 3J’s Entertainment, Studio100, YTV …

MUNICH, April 9: ProSiebenSat.1 Group is setting up a pan-European digital platform in partnership with IBM with a view to building an all-digital, tapeless technology infrastructure that enables the delivery of TV programming to multiple platforms across Europe. The two …

STOCKHOLM, April 9: Friday TV, part of Metronome Film & Television, has sold 10 episodes of its entertainment format Single Moms to Rocket Science in the U.S., who will produce a local version for the cable channel TLC. The Single …

LOS ANGELES, April 9: Fox International Channels’ ad network, .FOX Networks, has bought a majority stake in utarget, which owns the U.K.’s leading premium video advertising network of 630-plus websites. The unit will be rebranded utarget.Fox and will work with …

PARIS, April 9: VIZ Media has reached a deal with The Licensing Machine, a new division of Panini UK, to launch its manga series Death Note and Bleach in Italy and Germany. For Bleach, The Licensing Machine has acquired the …

CARACAS, April 9: Televen in Venezuela has pulled The Simpsons from its grid, according to the Associated Press, after viewers complained about its inappropriateness in a morning slot. Broadcast in an 11 a.m. daily slot, the show reportedly has been …

LOS ANGELES, April 9: Associated Television International (ATI) has reached two new deals for The World Magic Awards 2007 and Laura McKenzie’s Traveler. The World Magic Awards 2007 has been sold to Globo TV in Brazil. The fourth edition of …