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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, November 2: Beginning this weekend, CBS’s Saturday morning children’s programming block, KEWLopolis on CBS, will roll out two new animated series: Dino Squad and Sushi Pack. Dino Squad and Sushi Pack will debut on Saturday, November 3. …

MIAMI, November 2: Univision and Disney-ABC International Television-Latin America have announced the cast of their joint production Amas de Casa Desesperadas, a U.S. Spanish-language version of the hit ABC drama series Desperate Housewives. Amas de Casa Desesperadas is set to …

RIO DE JANEIRO, November 2: Globo TV International heads to the ATF in Singapore this year with a diverse portfolio that includes the new mini-series Amazonia, along with a variety of telenovelas, documentaries, multimedia series, children’s programming, formats and specials. …

LOS ANGELES, November 2: Rigel Entertainment has finalized two new deals at the AFM with Germany’s Constantin Films and Gulf Films in the Middle East for the psychological thriller Stuck. Constantin Films has acquired all the German-language rights for Stuck, …

LONDON, November 2: Following MIPCOM, British factual distributor Electric Sky has secured several new broadcast, home-entertainment and video-on-demand deals in Europe, Canada and New Zealand. In Scandinavia, Viasat has picked up a package of titles, including the seventh season of …

LONDON, November 1: Virgin Media Television’s light-entertainment channel Challenge has inked a deal with Zeal Entertainment, on behalf of the Miss World Organization, for the exclusive U.K. broadcast rights to the live Miss World 2007 competition final in December. This …

TORONTO, November 1: Nickelodeon International has acquired CCI Entertainment’s children’s animated series Frankenstein’s Cat for broadcast on its feeds in Spain, Benelux, Southeast Asia, Australia, Latin America and Israel. Other broadcasters of the series include CBBC, ABC Australia, France 3 …

LONDON, November 1: British independent production outfit Warner Sisters Productions and Granada International have inked a development deal for two television movies based on author Martina Cole’s most recent novels: The Graft and The Take. Granada International will take on …

SANTA MONICA, November 1: American Cinema International (ACI) has concluded a raft of new deals at the AFM and has also announced that production is set to begin on Well, its fourth film with Zeitsprung Entertainment. SPI International has picked …

LOS ANGELES, November 1: Adness Entertainment has bagged a number of new Latin-American merchandising deals on the 3-D character-based kids’ franchise Crack & Bonky following Expo Licensing Latin America. Last month, Adness announced the acquisition of the North American and …