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LONDON, September 26: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has sold a substantial package of drama and documentary programming to Australian pay-TV platform FOXTEL. The package of programming includes the 13×30-minute scripted series Love You To Death, which tells the inspired-by-reality tales of …

MUNICH, September 26: SevenOne International has sold the rights to its format Clever!—The Quiz Show That Makes Science Fun to Spain’s Telecinco and the Greek channel Antenna. In Spain, the local adaptation will debut on October 7, under the title …

LOS ANGELES, September 26: American Cinema International has entered into a multipicture deal with Germany’s Zeitsprung Entertainment, with many of the films set to debut during this year’s American Film Market. Topping the list of titles under the new agreement …

MALIBU/NEW YORK, September 26: Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP) has reached a master toy licensing agreement with JAKKS Pacific for an array of products based on Neopets, the global youth-focused virtual world. JAKKS Pacific will create a full line …

SINGAPORE, September 25: StarHub Digital Cable will launch two new channels in Singapore, STAR Gold, the first network in the region to offer Hindi movies, and TVB Classic Channel, featuring classic Hong Kong dramas, on October 4. The launch of …

LONDON, September 25: Parthenon Entertainment is unveiling more than 50 hours of new programming at MIPCOM and MIPCOM Junior, much of which is made in high definition. The company’s factual slate includes a variety of genres, such as science, wildlife, …

NEW YORK, September 25: AETN International has announced plans to launch a new global on-demand broadband video player for The History Channel, The Biography Channel and Crime & Investigation Network outside of the U.S. The video broadband player launched in …

MEXICO CITY, September 25: Comarex will be offering up a wide variety of programming to international buyers at MIPCOM this year, including a range of telenovelas, series and movies. Comarex will be at the market this year with telenovelas like …

LONDON, September 25: ITV has selected Limelight Networks, a content delivery network for digital media, to stream live and “catch-up” television programming on demand on its online portal ITV.com. In addition to offering a continuous stream of ITV's four broadcast …

LOS ANGELES, September 25: MarVista Entertainment has acquired the international distribution rights to Inspector Mom and Inspector Mom—Kidnapped in Ten Easy Steps from the Lifetime Movie Network. The acquisition of the two television movies from Lifetime expands upon a well-established …