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LONDON, May 20: Marvel, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros. Consumer Products are among the more than 200 exhibitors on the roster for Brand Licensing Europe, taking place in London on October 1 and 2. The studios …

HILVERSUM, May 20: Endemol International has secured deals for its new format Wipeout, set to air in the U.S. this summer on ABC, with broadcasters across Europe. The format has now been sold into Germany, Belgium, Greece, Sweden, Norway and …

SINGAPORE, May 20: SingTel has rolled out a new service that allows customers to watch content from its pay-TV platform mio TV on their mobile phones. SingTel becomes the first operator in Singapore and one of the first in the …

MUNICH, May 20: The German Premiere Star channel package is expanding its presence in Austria via a deal with the cable network LIWEST, effective June 1. LIWEST Kabelmedien is Austria’s second-largest cable network operator, with a reach of about 130,000 …

LONDON, May 20: Granada International has sold the format Come Dine With Me to Antena 3 in Spain and SBS Broadcasting’s Net 5 in the Netherlands. Local versions are currently on air in France on M6, the U.K. on Channel …

LOS ANGELES, May 20: Setanta Sports and Fox Soccer Channel have announced the renewal of their U.S. broadcasting rights deals with The Football Association. The new agreements run from the 2008/09 through 2011/12 seasons. Setanta Sports and Fox Soccer Channel …

REDMOND, May 19: Microsoft, which recently relinquished its Yahoo! takeover efforts, has proposed an alternative arrangement to the search engine giant, which is facing the risk of a shareholder revolt led by financier Carl Icahn. Last week, Icahn notified Yahoo! …

HILVERSUM, May 19: Former Fox Kids Europe chief Ynon Kreiz has been appointed as CEO of the Endemol Group, succeeding Aat Schouwenaar. Schouwenaar returned to Endemol as CEO last July after Telefónica offloaded its majority ownership in the Dutch format …

TORONTO, May 19: Canwest Broadcasting has picked up 11 new programs, including the spin-off of the hit ’90s drama Beverly Hills, 90210, to air in Canada in prime time on E! and Global Television. Along with the new one-hour 90210 …

NEW YORK, May 19: Mark Greenberg has been appointed as the president and CEO of the new premium entertainment joint venture formed by Viacom and its Paramount Pictures unit, along with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) and Lionsgate. Greenberg, a former executive …