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PARIS, November 27: To celebrate its first anniversary next month, the French international news channel France 24 will broadcast 24 hours of programming in Arabic on December 6. The special broadcasting schedule will kick off at 8 p.m. (Paris time) …

LONDON, November 26: Entertainment Rights (ER) has licensed the children’s property Toopy & Binoo to numerous major broadcasters. ER has sold this 2-D animated preschool series about Toopy, a loveable mouse, and Binoo, a tiny cat, who are inseparable friends …

TAIWAN/HONG KONG, November 26: STAR has partnered with Hong Kong-based Artificial Life to develop and distribute 15 games for mobile phones based on the Taiwanese teenage pop groups Lollipop and Mei Mei. The games are available for download on Artificial …

STOCKHOLM, November 26: Sparks Network has added two new members in Scandinavia to its global format exchange collective: Sweden Baluba Television in Sweden and Mediacircus in Norway. Baluba Television is known for successful comedy shows such as Hey Baberiba and …

LONDON, November 26: Tom Lucas has been appointed to the role of director of marketing and communications for UKTV, effective in January 2008. Reporting to the network’s controller, Matthew Littleford, Lucas will be responsible for all marketing and communications for …

LUXEMBOURG, November 26: RTL Group has entered into a joint venture with Luxembourg-based Continental Finance Group S.A. (CFG) for the production, operation and distribution of thematic, non-terrestrial TV channels in Russia and in the C.I.S. According to the agreement, RTL …

LONDON, November 26: BBC Worldwide has teamed up with the former head of drama at Thames Television, Paul Marquess, to launch a new independent production company, Cliffhanger Productions. The new company will focus on dramatic content for networks in the …

LONDON, November 26: At a Gala held last night at the London Hilton, winners were unveiled for the British Academy Children’s Awards, with the BBC’s CBBC and CBeebies notching ten trophies. The annual Awards are voted on by BAFTA members, …

NEW YORK, November 26: The board of directors at the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has re-elected Bruce Paisner as its president and CEO for an additional two-year term. Paisner, who is also president of Hearst Entertainment, has …

ALVISO, November 26: TiVo will launch its Series2 Dual Tuner (DT) DVR into the Canadian market in early December. The device will be available at major Canadian retail stores including Best Buy, The Brick, London Drug and Future Shop, but …