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LONDON/SYDNEY, December 13: Granada International has reached an exclusive long-term agreement to deliver its television programming to Australia’s Seven Network. Granada International, part of British commercial broadcaster ITV, has a catalogue that includes programs like Prime Suspect and A Touch …

LONDON, December 13: HIT Entertainment and Chellomedia have announced that JimJam, their new 24-hour preschool channel, is launching across Central Europe, adding an additional 1.4 million subscribers to its reach. JimJam will now be carried on UPC Broadband in Poland, …

CUPERTINO, December 13: Apple has announced that programming from Canadian networks and U.S. broadcasters, along with matches from the National Hockey League (NHL), are now available from the iTunes Store in Canada. iTunes customers can download programs for C$1.99 per …

LONDON, December 13: Independent British television producer Impossible Pictures has acquired the Manchester-based animation company Firestep. The acquisition expands Impossible Pictures’ operations outside of London and will enable the company to explore new ways of approaching factual and drama, as …

LONDON, December 12: Granada International is heading to NATPE with a raft of new titles covering genres like comedy, entertainment, music and drama, led by the British TV movie My Boy Jack, which stars Daniel Radcliffe and Kim Cattrall. In …

MIAMI, December 12: APA International Film is heading to NATPE with the animated kids’ property Mafalda, based on a popular Argentine comic strip, as well as the new series Historias de Trenes. Mafalda originated in 1962 in the Buenos Aires …

LONDON, December 12: Optomen International has closed deals for seven of its programs across eight European territories, including sales on its popular Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares series. In Poland, the BBC has picked up the first three seasons of the BAFTA-nominated …

BEIJING, December 12: Chinese authorities have reportedly ceased granting permission for Hollywood films to be shown in theaters on the mainland. No ban has actually been announced, but there have been numerous reports of Hollywood features not being cleared for …

NEW YORK, December 12: Pokémon USA has announced that its president, Akira Chiba, will resign at the end of this year, to be replaced by Kenji Okubo, currently the executive VP and head of Pokémon USA’s Seattle office. Chiba joined …

NEW YORK, December 12: Following the success of the September launch of WorldScreenings.com, WSN INC., the leading publishing group for the international content industry, has bolstered its online offerings with TVLatinaScreenings.tv, a Spanish-language video portal. Like WorldScreenings.com—with more than 20,000 …