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LONDON/NEW YORK, April 3: Chorion’s The Mr. Men Show is making its French debut on France 5 on April 12, which follows on successful premieres on Cartoon Network in the U.S. and Five’s Milkshake! in the U.K. Based on the …

NEW YORK, April 3: TV Land has renewed its original reality series High School Reunion for a second season, which is slated to premiere in the first quarter of 2009. The show’s creator, Mike Fleiss, will return as executive producer. …

ENGLEWOOD, April 3: Liberty Media has increased its ownership stake in the leading U.S. satellite platform DIRECTV to more than 48 percent, with the acquisition of a further 78.3 million common shares. Liberty first secured the stake in the platform …

HILVERSUM, April 3: Endemol International has secured another raft of deals for a range of Talpa Media’s formats, including the game shows Divided and I Love My Country. Divided has been commissioned by RTL 4 in the Netherlands, and is …

NEW YORK, April 3: Ahead of its broadcast network competitors, NBC yesterday announced its 2008-09 programming grid, featuring renewals for ER, Lipstick Jungle and Friday Night Lights, among others, plus new series like a spinoff of The Office and Power’s …

LONDON, April 3: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has inked more than 10 new deals for its Australian drama Satisfaction, including one with France’s M6. The 10-part drama has also been sold to Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Israel, Korea and New Zealand. Created …

COPENHAGEN, April 2: 25/7 Productions in the U.S. has secured the rights to the reality format 71 Degrees North from Scandinavian distributor Nordisk Film TV World. The deal was brokered by William Morris. 25/7 Productions is headed up by Dave …

BURBANK/EMERYVILLE, April 2: Disney-ABC Television Group has inked a deal to offer Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney series and movies to MobiTV service subscribers. Now available through a dedicated channel on MobiTV’s wireless television subscription service, Disney Channel on MobiTV …

NEW YORK, April 2: MTV Networks (MTVN) has streamed more than 57 million mobile videos across all its brands and carriers between February 2007-2008, representing a 94-percent gain on the prior year. For mobile video, MTV recorded 17 million mobile …

NEW YORK, April 2: NBC Universal and Liberty Mutual today announced a cross-platform marketing and programming partnership that includes two TV movies to be broadcast in the 2008-09 season. The movies are part of a broader Liberty Mutual marketing campaign …