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CANNES, October 12: FremantleMedia’s new Japanese format Hole in the Wall has picked up deals in Indonesia, Hong Kong, Russia and Australia with Nine Network. Announcing the deals, Rob Clark, the senior executive VP of entertainment and production for worldwide …

CANNES, October 12: In an effort to increase their presence in Russia, Argentina’s Telefe International and Colombia’s RCN have opened offices in Moscow, both of which will be helmed by Anastasia Korchagina. Korchagina, who has a broad track record in …

CANNES/TORONTO, October 12: Disney Channel Japan has acquired the first 26 half-hour episodes of Shaftesbury Films’ live-action kids’ comedy series Life with Derek. Life with Derek is translated into more than 12 languages and airs in more than 100 countries …

NEW YORK, October 12: The U.S. 24-hour Asian American network ImaginAsian TV will launch a new three-and-a-half-hour weekend morning block, targeted at the South Asian audience, called Simply Desi, featuring a variety of news, entertainment and sports programming. Launching October …

MIAMI, October 11: Telemundo Internacional has closed a deal to represent, in Latin America, Korean dramas from SBS International. One of the productions included in the agreement is the successful telenovela Stairway to Heaven (Escalera al cielo), which has already …

CANNES, October 11: Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) has secured a number of broadcast deals in the Asia-Pacific region for the second quarter and third quarter of this year, totaling more than 1,240 hours of entertainment and lifestyle-themed programming. Network …

LONDON, October 11: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has reached a long-term broadcast deal for the Australian drama Neighbours with the Irish terrestrial network RTE. Also included in the package to RTE are The Bill from the U.K. and Shortland Street from …

CANNES/SYDNEY, October 11: BBC Worldwide has licensed a package of drama, entertainment and factual programming to ABC TV in Australia, including a second season of Tiger Aspect’s drama Robin Hood. Other titles licensed from BBC Worldwide include the 6×50-minute Rough …

CANNES/MAINZ, October 11: At MIPCOM this week, ZDF Enterprises announced sales agreements with 50 international partners for its series and TV movies. To date, sizeable TV-movie packages have been sold to the French broadcaster TF1, Finland’s YLE and the Belgian …

LONDON, October 11: XYZnetworks’ The LifeStyle Channel in Australia and M6 in France have acquired the format rights to Channel 4 International’s (C4I) British property series Selling Houses. Produced by Ricochet in the U.K., Selling Houses shows viewers how to …