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NEW YORK, October 12: This November, HBO will broadcast The Deal, the Granada Television and Channel 4 production that dramatizes the alleged secret pact between British politicians Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. The HBO Films presentation, set for a November …

NEW YORK, October 12: Sesame Workshop and the Merrill Lynch Foundation have created Panwapa, a worldwide kids initiative aimed at fostering the foundation for global citizenship and community participation in young children, aged 4 to 7. Panwapa, which means “here …

CANNES, October 12: FremantleMedia’s new Japanese format Hole in the Wall has picked up deals in Indonesia, Hong Kong, Russia and Australia with Nine Network. Announcing the deals, Rob Clark, the senior executive VP of entertainment and production for worldwide …

CANNES, October 12: In an effort to increase their presence in Russia, Argentina’s Telefe International and Colombia’s RCN have opened offices in Moscow, both of which will be helmed by Anastasia Korchagina. Korchagina, who has a broad track record in …

CANNES/TORONTO, October 12: Disney Channel Japan has acquired the first 26 half-hour episodes of Shaftesbury Films’ live-action kids’ comedy series Life with Derek. Life with Derek is translated into more than 12 languages and airs in more than 100 countries …

NEW YORK, October 12: The U.S. 24-hour Asian American network ImaginAsian TV will launch a new three-and-a-half-hour weekend morning block, targeted at the South Asian audience, called Simply Desi, featuring a variety of news, entertainment and sports programming. Launching October …

LONDON, October 12: Endemol UK has been commissioned by T-Mobile UK to create Be On TV, a made-for-mobile user-generated-content service and TV channel, set to launch this month. Be On TV will feature highlights from videos that users send in …

CANNES, October 12: Animation Collective has announced the sale of broadcast and home-video rights for its property Ellen’s Acres, currently airing in the U.K., to Latin America, Australia, Canada and the Middle East. The series, which currently airs on Cartoon …

LONDON, October 12: ITN On, ITN’s broadband, mobile and radio division, has announced an agreement with Joost to provide the Internet television platform with news, entertainment and sports content as well as a new weekly program called Movie Buff. For …

LONDON, October 12: International television producer-distributor Power, along with Prodigy Pictures and Cipango, has cast American movie stars Val Kilmer and Stephen Dorff in XIII: The Conspiracy, a new TV action mini-series slated for production in November 2007. Based on …