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LONDON, June 9: Cake Distribution has secured a host of home-video deals for Skunk Fu!, including a recent agreement that covers the U.S. and Canada. NCircle Entertainment has set a home-video release for Skunk Fu! for December in the U.S. …

LONDON, June 9: Magma dd has signed an agreement to be the licensing, distribution and broadcast partner in Eastern Europe for the recently merged entity of Granada Ventures and Granada International. The first deal within the new arrangement sees Magma …

LONDON, June 9: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) will be showcasing a number of new formats at DISCOP this month, headlined by the Rose D’Or-winning game show Power of 10. Since its debut on CBS in August 2007, Power of …

TORONTO/LONDON, June 9: DECODE Enterprises has licensed Franny’s Feet to PBS KIDS Sprout for launch July 4 at noon in a special 90-minute block as part of the network’s Summer Fun Fridays. The following morning the program will move to …

LOS ANGELES, June 9: Adness Entertainment has licensed Kamen Rider Dragon Knight to 4Kids Entertainment to air in the U.S. on its Saturday morning kids’ block on The CW, and has named Bandai America as the master toy licensee for …

SÃO PAULO, June 9: Globo TV International has renewed a volume agreement to supply up to a 1,000 hours of programming per year to Ecuadorian broadcaster Ecuavisa until 2011, a 10-percent volume increase on the current agreement between the two …

LONDON, June 9: After extensive focus-group research, HIT Entertainment has announced plans to produce two of its signature brands, Thomas & Friends and Bob the Builder, in CGI. Christopher Skala, executive producer and senior VP of production and programming at …

  LOS ANGELES, June 6: Azteca Networks and DIRECTV are set to launch a new 24-hour satellite-only channel, Azteca México, to be aired through DIRECTV MÁS in the U.S. beginning June 11. Azteca México will offer exclusive programming from TV …

TORONTO, June 6: Kim Cattrall, of Sex and the City fame, has signed on to voice the role of Dee in the animated sitcom Producing Parker, premiering in spring 2009 on E! in Canada. Producing Parker follows Parker Kovak, an …

ENGLEWOOD, June 6: Dennis Hopper is set to star in Crash, the first original drama from Starz Entertainment, based on the Academy Award-winning film of the same name. The 13×1-hour series, co-produced with Lionsgate, has begun production in Albuquerque, New …