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MUNICH/LONDON, February 12: TV-Loonland has inked a raft of international broadcast sales for the CGI-animated property Pat & Stan, including with Mediaset in Italy, among others. The series was also sold to ARD/HR in Germany for its children’s channel KI.KA. …

BURBANK, February 12: With the Hollywood writers expected to return to work tomorrow, ABC has announced pickups of nine series for next season, including returning favorites like Desperate Housewives and freshman offerings Dirty Sexy Money and Pushing Daisies. Brothers & …

BURBANK, February 12: DIC Entertainment (DIC) has launched the first online video channel dedicated to new and classic cartoons for families and children, featuring more than 300 streaming videos from some 25 programs within the company’s library. kewlcartoons.com features 24/7 …

BARCELONA, February 12: According to a consumer-behavior study conducted by Ericsson and CNN, more than a third—34 percent—of respondents ranked TV as the most in-demand mobile application and almost half—44 percent—of the respondents stated that they would adopt mobile TV …

SYDNEY, February 12: Beyond has inked a co-production agreement for an additional 13 half-hour episodes of the animated children’s property Milly, Molly. The series is a co-production between Pacific & Beyond, Scrawl Studios and Milly Molly Holdings, with the participation …

NEW YORK, February 12: NBC Universal announced that Oxygen, its newly acquired female-targeted network, will serve as an additional platform to provide significant weekday coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. As previously announced, NBC Universal will present more than …

OTTAWA/VANCOUVER, February 12: Amberwood Productions has inked a co-production agreement with Canadian comic book publisher Arcana Studios to develop and produce a television series titled Ralph Filmore: Paranormal Investigator. The series will be a 2-D digitally animated comedy for kids …

ATLANTA/SAN FRANCISCO, February 12: Turner Broadcasting has acquired the broadcast rights to the CG-animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, from creator George Lucas, and is set to premiere the show this fall in the U.S. on Cartoon Network, followed …

ATLANTA, February 12: Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE) has secured four new merchandising partners for its Emmy Award-winning series Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends: Horizon Imports, Boston America, Freeze and Design International Group. Horizon Imports has inked a multi-year agreement to …

PARIS, February 12: Alex Gibney, an Oscar-nominated American scriptwriter, director and producer, will deliver the keynote speech, titled “The Power of Documentary,” at this year’s MIPDOC on Sunday, April 6. Gibney is involved with two Oscar-nominated documentary films: Taxi to …