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LONDON, October 4: BKN International will be at MIPCOM highlighting its various kids’ properties, led by Dork Hunters from Outer Space, Zorro: Generation Z and Stone Age. “At BKN we always strive to offer our clients a variety of programming, …

WASHINGTON, October 4: Citing new research from the Institute for Policy Innovation, Jeff Zucker, the president and CEO of NBC Universal, said at a summit in Washington D.C. yesterday that intellectual property owners are “losing the battle” against copyright infringement. …

LONDON, October 4: Cineflix International, which is celebrating its fifth birthday this year, is showcasing 14 new series at MIPCOM, totaling more than 103 hours, marking the company’s largest slate to date. Highlights of Cineflix’s slate include the new series …

CULVER CITY, October 4: Sony Pictures Entertainment’s chairman and CEO, Michael Lynton, has extended his contract at the studio to 2012. Lynton joined Sony Pictures in January 2004. Under the leadership of Lynton and co-chairman Amy Pascal, Sony Pictures broke …

SYDNEY, October 4: Beyond Distribution has announced that it will be unveiling new seasons of the children’s science “edutainment” series Backyard Science and the live-action children’s drama series The Amazing Extraordinary Friends at MIPCOM Jr. this weekend. Beyond will offer …

NEW YORK, October 3: Lightworks Enterprises has reached a co-production agreement with the Colombian outfit La Productora for Narc-Ops, a documentary about the underground world of drug smuggling. Emmy-award winning producer KPI, a unit of Lightworks Producing Group, will co-develop …

PARIS, October 3: The Gurin Company in the U.S. has optioned the French format The Smart Word from Fort Boyard producer Adventure Line Productions (ALP). The Smart Word was created by ALP and Innovatron—the company founded by Roland Moreno, the …

TORONTO, October 3: CCI Entertainment has entered into a deal with Dubai-based Blink Studios for the development, production and sale of entertainment properties, the first of which is a preschool CG animated series entitled Tooterville, which will be previewed at …

TORONTO/LONDON, October 3: DECODE Entertainment has inked a raft of home entertainment and merchandising deals for its hit preschool property Franny’s Feet. DECODE has reached an agreement with Allumination Filmworks for U.S. home entertainment rights and has inked an extended …

LONDON, October 3: The Interactive Emmy-winning youth-targeted network Current TV, which launched in the U.K. earlier this year, has selected the eight winners of its first documentary pitching session held at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF). All eight …