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BARCELONA, September 28: Icon Animation has secured a raft of new international broadcast deals for its hit girl-skewing animated property Lola & Virginia. In Finland, commercial broadcaster MTV3 has picked up the series, a deal that follows the sale of …

LONDON, September 27: Liberty Global’s Chellomedia has formed a joint venture with HIT Entertainment to launch and distribute the Italian preschool channel JimJam internationally. This follows a separate deal in which Chellomedia had acquired JimJam, which is currently available on …

HILVERSUM, September 27: Half-year turnover at 2waytraffic was up 341 percent to 39.5 million euros, driven in part by the company’s acquisition of the Who Wants to be a Millionaire? format last year. In the television division, revenues were up …

NEW YORK, September 27: AETN International has reached agreements with VODEO.TV, Glowria, and Vuze to launch branded video-on-demand services in France for The History Channel, The Biography Channel and Crime & Investigation Network. VODEO.TV will feature The History Channel, The …

STAMFORD, September 27: In an effort to tap into its strong worldwide appeal, World Wrestling Entertainment has revealed plans to expand its operations into London, Shanghai, Tokyo, Sao Paulo, Toronto and Sydney. The regional office in London will be led …

LONDON, September 27: BKN New Media will be exhibiting at next week’s Brand Licensing Europe convention for the first time in a number of years, looking to shore up partners on its licensing-friendly properties Dork Hunters From Outer Space and …

LONDON, September 27: Cartoon Network in the U.K. has picked up a third season of Skatoony, an animated game show that pits real life contestants against cartoon characters. Skatoony is hosted by popular animated characters Chudd Chudders and The Earl, …

SAN FRANCISCO, September 27: VIZ Media has licensed the Death Note anime series to Adult Swim, Cartoon Network’s late-night programming block, for broadcast in the U.S. beginning at midnight on Saturday, October 20. Death Note has spawned two successful live-action …

WALTHAM, September 27: Playboy has teamed up with Quattro Wireless to adapt its web portal Playboy.com for mobile phones. Using Quattro’s GetMobile platform, Playboy.com will offer access to the world of Playboy in a mobile-friendly format, combining its lifestyle content …

MONTREAL/NEW YORK, September 27: The new U.S. Hispanic network V-me has reached a broad partnership for shared content and co-production with Nuevo Mundo TV (NMTV), Canada’s first 24-hour Spanish-language television network. In the initial phase of the partnership, V-me’s branded …