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CANNES, April 7: Belgium’s Studio100 and the in-house CBeebies production team are working together to co-produce the first-ever preschool quiz show, Kerwhizz, for the BBC’s preschool channel. Kerwhizz will be ready for delivery in fall 2008, with distribution of the …

CANNES, April 7: Disney Channel Australia and New Zealand has picked up the preschool series New Macdonald’s Farm from Beyond Distribution to air on Playhouse Disney in July. The series combines live action with studio pieces, and targets the 2-to-5 …

CANNES, April 7: Shaftesbury Films’ one-hour drama series Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures has gotten orders from Astral Media’s The Movie Network and Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central, with production slated to begin later this year. Based on the short-story collection written …

MUNICH, April 7: Mandalay Television and Stephanie Germain Productions, in association with Germany’s Tandem Communications, are working on the next collection of four additional prime-time TV movies based on the hit books by author Nora Roberts. Six additional books by …

NEW YORK, April 7: News Corporation has acquired additional shares in German pay-TV giant Premiere, taking its stake in the company to 22.7 percent. In January, News Corp. shelled out 287 million euros for 14.58 percent of Premiere, upping it …

CANNES, April 7: DECODE Entertainment has inked an agreement with Singapore’s Scrawl Studios for a new animated series, tentatively titled RPG High. The 52×11-minute series, aimed at 8- to 12-year-olds, will use 2-D animation with 3-D sequences, in a style …

CANNES, April 7: Phoenix Satellite Television’s Liu Changle and Law & Order creator Dick Wolf are to receive the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’ Directorate Award and Founders Award, respectively, at the International Emmy Awards gala on November …

CANNES, April 7: Chorion has secured a deal with Five in the U.K. for its preschool series Olivia, based on the bestselling book property, and has also closed a number of new international presales. Olivia will broadcast as part of …

CANNES, April 7: On the first day of MIPTV in Cannes today, Disney-ABC International Television announced several deals, including the extension of an agreement with ProSiebenSat.1 Group and the production of Colombian versions of Grey’s Anatomy and Brothers & Sisters. …

CANNES, April 7: Canada’s Amberwood Productions has concluded a co-production agreement with Belgium’s Studio100 on a new animated series, Super Mega Hyper Pets. The series, targeted at 4- to 6-year-olds, follows the adventures of 8-year-old Timmy Jones and his three …