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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 8: 2waytraffic International has acquired the distribution rights in non-English speaking territories to Nippon Television’s (NTV) Japanese game-show format Silent Library, which will be highlighted at MIPCOM this week. The deal covers all territories excluding Japan, the U.K., …

CANNES, October 8: Rai in Italy is the latest broadcaster to come on board for Icon Animation’s girl-skewing animated series Lola & Virginia. “This is a major deal for us,” said Christophe Goldberger, the head of distribution and marketing at …