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LONDON, June 7: The entertainment-rights company Entara has secured the U.K. licensing rights to the classic French children’s series The Magic Roundabout, and will be developing a comprehensive U.K. licensing program from the series. Created by Serge Danot in 1965, …

LONDON, June 7: Disney Channel has inked a deal to supply its three branded channels—Disney Channel, Playhouse Disney and Disney Cinemagic—to the IPTV platform Tiscali TV in the U.K. Starting this month, Disney Channel and the preschool channel Playhouse Disney …

LOS ANGELES, June 7: Lifetime Television has begun production on the Lifetime Original Movie The Murder of Princess Diana, which will premiere this August to coincide with the 10th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death in a fatal car crash. Produced …

OTTAWA, June 7: Amberwood Productions’ live-action animated special The Snow Queen, which was produced for the BBC in the U.K. and CBC in Canada, has received an award from The Alliance for Children and Television in the All Genres category …

SANTA MONICA, June 7: This summer, GSN will be the first broadcast or cable network in the U.S. to utilize Two Way TV’s Simcast technology, which will allow viewers to play along with their televisions in real-time via their mobile …

BURBANK, June 7: DIC Entertainment will launch a new direct-to-retail program at Wal-Mart for the Mommy & Me lifestyle brand, which will initially include the rollout of a toy line in August that will be available exclusively at the discount …

TORONTO, June 7: The global broadband IPTV service JumpTV has partnered with the Hispanic-targeted Terra Networks to provide unlimited access to more than 70 live channels from around the world on a free, ad-supported basis to Terra TV viewers in …

BURBANK, June 7: The Walt Disney Studios has signed an exclusive multi-year, first-look deal with Spider-Man creator and producer Stan Lee and his production company POW! Entertainment. Lee and his production company will develop and produce all forms of entertainment. …

BUENOS AIRES, June 7: Dori Media Distribution has named Maria Aurelia Furnari to the position of sales executive for Latin America. In her new role, based in Argentina, Furnari will report directly to Silvana D’Angelo, the head of international sales …

HILVERSUM, June 7: Endemol Moscow has received a commission from the Russian broadcaster Channel One to produce a local version of The Heritage, the hit series that was produced by Endemol Netherlands in 2004 for RTL. Selling a major drama …