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HILVERSUM, April 2: Endemol International has finalized a new round of deals for its stable of entertainment formats, including pickups for the game-show format 1 vs. 100 by RTL in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF in Switzerland. The new …

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 …

ATLANTA, April 1: Turner Network Television (TNT) has ordered a one-hour pilot of Men of a Certain Age, a drama from Everybody Loves Raymond’s Ray Romano and Mike Royce. Co-written and executive produced by Romano and Royce, the character-based series …

NEW YORK, April 1: The New York Television Festival (NYTVF) and Advertising Week V have joined forces to launch Nexus NYC, a new forum dedicated to the creation of original branded video-content initiatives, to be held in New York City …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER, April 1: Lionsgate has reached a multi-year agreement with LeapFrog Enterprises, a developer of technology-based learning products, and rights holder and producer Chris D’Angelo, to develop, produce and distribute multiple educational direct-to-DVD feature films. The multi-year deal provides …

BURBANK, April 1: SOAPnet has added a new six-week original series to its programming slate, and has acquired five additional titles from Disney-ABC Domestic Television for SNM, its Sunday night movie franchise. The original series Relative Madness will premiere May …

LONDON, April 1: BabyTV has acquired the Global Learning Channel, an English-language station airing on satellite platform SKY PerfecTV! in Japan, and has launched the 24-hour toddler-targeted network in its place. BabyTV, a commercial-free channel aimed at children under the …

LOS ANGELES, April 1: Lawless Entertainment is a new venture set up by Catherine Malatesta and Bryan Taw that will be at MIPTV next week offering up content from My Media Entertainment, founded by Spelling Television veterans Kenneth Miller and …

TORONTO, April 1: Shaftesbury Films and IToys have teamed up to produce a range of retail products for the live-action kids’ series Life with Derek. The deal, brokered by JTMG, will see a line of electronic hand-held and tabletop games, …