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UNTERFOEHRING, July 6: EM.Entertainment subsidiary Life on Stage is to produce a live stage event based on the Maya the Bee series that will be broadcast on Sat.1. “We are making a childhood dream come true,” said Edda Kraft, the …

MAINZ, July 6: ZDF Enterprises closed several Central and Eastern European sales at DISCOP last month, including extending and expanding its output deal with TV Markiza. The agreement with the Slovakian broadcaster provides for annual sales of 40 TV movies …

LONDON, July 6: Outright Distribution has inked a representation deal with Danish independent Easy Film and has expanded is alliance with the Irish outfit Vision Independent Productions (VIP). The properties involved in the Easy Film deal include Off The Beaten …

SANTA BARBARA, July 6: Patricia Ryan has been named executive VP of sales at Foothill Entertainment after having spent a year as a consultant to the company. “We are thrilled to have Pat in this new role,” said Foothill’s president, …

LONDON, July 5: Granada International’s George Sakkalli is joining Power as VP for Asian sales and distribution. Sakkalli spent a number of years as VP of sales for Asia at Granada International, prior to the opening of the company’s office …

BRUSSELS, July 5: The European Commission has levied a fine of more than 151 million euros against Spanish telco giant Telefónica for five years of unfair pricing in the broadband market. The fine, of 151.9 million euros, is for what …

CANBERRA, July 5: The newspaper publisher Fairfax Media and Macquarie Media Group (MMG) have reached a deal to buy Australia’s Southern Cross Broadcasting, the parent company of Southern Star, for A$1.08 billion (US$924 million). Fairfax will take control of Southern …

MUNICH, July 5: The newly enlarged ProSiebenSat.1 Group is acquiring the Austrian free-TV broadcaster PULS TV for an undisclosed sum. ProSiebenSat.1 is taking 100-percent control of the station, which services the Vienna metropolitan area, from a group of private investors. …

CARACAS, July 5: With its main competitor, RCTV, yanked off the air in Venezuela, Venevision is employing a new strategy in dealing with President Hugo Chávez, Gustavo Cisneros, whose media empire owns the broadcast outlet, told the New York Times. …

PARIS, July 5: India will be the country of focus at this year’s MIPCOM, with Zee’s Subhash Chandra and UTV’s Ronnie Screwvala set to deliver keynotes on India Day on October 8. India Day, in partnership with the Federation of …