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CANNES, October 9: Nickelodeon Australia has picked up the rights for two children’s titles from Beyond Distribution: Milly, Molly and The Amazing Extraordinary Friends. The 26×30-minute live-action drama series The Amazing Extraordinary Friends is produced by Greenstone Pictures and features …

NEW YORK, October 9: NBC Universal will acquire the female-focused U.S. cable network Oxygen Media for $925 million. Excluding financial assets, the purchase price is approximately $875 million. Upon completion of the transaction, Oxygen will be merged into NBC Universal's …

CANNES, October 9: French pay-TV broadcaster Canal+ has acquired the third season of Xilam’s animated comedy series Oggy and the Cockroaches, for premiere on its new Canal+Family channel, which debuts this month. Production is currently under way on the series …

CANNES, October 9: Speaking with reporters in Cannes this morning, Leslie Moonves, the president and CEO of CBS Corporation and this year’s MIPCOM Personality of the Year, discussed the company’s new-media strategy, the relationship with iTunes and the progress of …

CANNES, October 9: Breakthrough Animation and 2-D Lab’s animated preschool series My Big Big Friend won The Licensing Challenge at this year’s MIPCOM Junior. The Licensing Challenge is a pitching session that showcases the TV property with the highest licensing …

CANNES, October 9: Jehane Noujaim, the award-winning filmmaker behind Control Room, is working with Chris Anderson, the curator of TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design), for Pangea Day, a global event slated for May 10, 2008 that will showcase short films …

CANNES, October 9: BBC Worldwide has revealed plans to open up a local production base in India, to be headed up by Saul Nassé ¡s general manager and creative head. The new office, BBC Worldwide Productions India, will be responsible for …

CANNES, October 9: The newly-created Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) is unveiling a suite of video-on-demand fully branded channels at MIPCOM this week that includes E! Entertainment Television, The Style Network, The Golf Channel, G4 and Exercise TV. The VOD …

LONDON, October 9: The History Channel UK has reached an agreement to launch The History Channel HD in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland on Canal Digital, beginning December 13. This marks the second service for The History Channel brand to …

NEW YORK, October 9: Entertainment Rights will launch a variety of content from the live-action series Jim Jam & Sunny on AOL’s preschool-targeted broadband platform KOL Jr. beginning this fall. Through the agreement with KOL Jr., Jim Jam & Sunny …