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LONDON, June 18: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has secured a raft of new licensing deals in the U.K. for its classic kids’ brand DangerMouse, which will be returning to the Licensing 2007 International show in New York this week. FME has …

PARIS, June 18: At DISCOP this week, TV France International (TVFI) will host a record number of French companies—a total of 28—at its umbrella stand at the Sofitel Atrium Hotel in Budapest. This is the largest number of participants that …

LONDON, June 18: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) will be taking four key formats to DISCOP this year, including the variety show Karaoke Showdown, which will be launching in Poland, Estonia and Lithuania in September. Karaoke Showdown has been picked …

NEW YORK, June 18: General Electric, the parent company of NBC Universal, is said to be in discussions with Pearson, home to the Financial Times, about a joint bid for Dow Jones & Company, publisher of The Wall Street Journal. …

LONDON, June 18: Granada International will be offering an extensive range of brand-new programming to Central and Eastern European buyers at DISCOP this year, including The Jane Austen Collection, a trio of drama adaptations of the author’s novels. The Jane …

NEW YORK, June 15: NBC Universal’s president and CEO, Jeff Zucker, said yesterday that the company is expecting $4 billion in upfront advertising revenues for the 2007-2008 season, up from last year’s $3.9 billion. NBC, which has struggled to come …

LONDON, June 15: British media regulator Ofcom is considering the long-term options for Channel 4, noting that the broadcaster’s funding model “is likely to become unsustainable.” In a statement, Ofcom said that there was “no evidence of immediate insurmountable pressures …

UNIVERSAL CITY, June 15: NBC Universal Television Studio, under NBC Entertainment’s new co-chairman Ben Silverman and Marc Graboff, is being renamed Universal Media Studios, in line with the division’s mission to be a content provider for TV as well as …

NEW YORK, June 15: ABC dominated the North American competition at the Promax/BDA 2007 Promotion and Marketing Awards last night, while BSkyB picked up the most Gold awards among the World Gold contenders. The awards ceremony, which took place at …

NEW YORK, June 15: Nickelodeon, Sony Music Label Group and Sony BMG Commercial Music Group are set to co-develop, co-produce and co-finance a slate of television and music projects over the next four years. The deal will cover the development …