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LONDON, May 29: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has appointed Daryl O’Connor as the senior VP of its recently launched home-entertainment label in Australia. O’Connor’s key remit will be to maximize the growth of FME’s new venture throughout Australia and New Zealand. …

HONG KONG, May 29: Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific) has secured licensing deals for the U.S. cable series Army Wives with six broadcasters across the Asia-Pacific region. Hallmark Channel, Network Ten in Australia, Fiji TV, Zee Cafe in India, TV2 …

LONDON, May 28: Social-media network Bebo has commissioned a further 65 episodes of the interactive online teen soap Sofia’s Diary, bringing its total number of episodes to 130. The series will also be distributed on AOL, following the company’s recent …

LONDON, May 28: Power has grown its global production, sales and distribution operations with the opening of offices in Singapore and Miami. The Miami office is managed by Pepe Echegaray, the VP of sales and distribution for Latin America, while …

PARIS, May 28: Taffy Entertainment has secured its first broadcast presale for the new animated series Geronimo Stilton with Radio-Canada, to air in its 2009-2010 schedule. Based on the children’s chapter book series of the same name, Geronimo Stilton is …

TORONTO, May 28: Weekly Reader Publishing Group and CCI Entertainment have announced an agreement to jointly develop and produce a range of educational content for the consumer market. The exclusive development and production agreement is aimed at introducing a lineup …

LOS ANGELES, May 28: Azteca América has entered into an alliance with Fuerza Informativa Azteca (FIA) to boost its news output, including the creation of a state-of-the-art HD studio at its parent headquarters in Mexico City. The alliance creates a …

BURBANK, May 28: Starz Media’s Starz Productions is working on a new comedy film, Table for Three, which features a cast of young Hollywood actors, to be released in theaters later this year, followed by a DVD release by Anchor …

LONDON, May 28: National Geographic Television International (NGTI) has taken on a blue-chip wildlife special from Content Mint, which won the development prize, judged at the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC), that NGTI co-sponsored with ABC Australia. ABC TV Documentaries …

LOS ANGELES, May 28: The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) has reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) on a new three-year contract, with the producers’ negotiations with the larger …