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LONDON, April 6: Alliance Atlantis International Content Distribution has secured a number of new merchandising and licensing deals for the popular stop-motion animated series Lunar Jim, which has now been sold to more than 100 territories. Lunar Jim recently launched …

PARIS, April 6: Novavision has licensed the cable, terrestrial broadcast, Internet and mobile rights for ZeZe Candid Camera, a series of hidden-camera clips, to UTV in India, and 25×26-minute episodes of Pop Corn TV, compilations of gags from the ZeZe …

BONITA SPRINGS/MONTREAL, April 6: In an exclusive multi-year DVD and digital format distribution deal, NCircle Entertainment has secured the general market home entertainment rights for the U.S. to existing episodes of the children’s series Mighty Machines from the Quebec-based Seville …

LONDON/HONG KONG, April 6: BBC Worldwide has appointed Maggie Wong as the senior publishing and licensing manager for Asia, replacing Freda Chan who has relocated to the U.S. In her new role, based in Hong Kong, Wong will be responsible …

LONDON, April 6: Virgin Media is considering its options in its battle with BSkyB over carriage of the Sky basic channels after receiving a response from the satellite operator earlier this week. Virgin Media had threatened legal action against Sky …

NEW YORK, April 6: Starting in the third quarter of this year, Discovery Communications will launch a new ad-supported initiative, “Discovery iPremieres,” which will premiere two free full-length episodes online each week from various new and returning top-performing series across …

BUCHAREST, April 6: INTACT Media Group will launch a new TV network, Antena2, in Romania on Monday, April 9, featuring talk shows and original productions based on international formats, among other content. The new network will join INTACT Media Group’s …

PALO ALTO, April 6: Azureus, a peer-to-peer application provider, has unveiled Vuze, a new broadband entertainment platform featuring content from around the world, including the U.S. premiere of the BBC television series Sorted, which will be offered in HD. In …

TORONTO, April 6: According to Peace Arch Entertainment Group, its new series The Tudors generated record audiences for Showtime in the U.S. earlier this week, drawing 869,000 viewers on its debut outing, and 404,000 for its 11 p.m. encore airing, …

LOS ANGELES/PARIS, April 6: DISCOP has announced the creation of DISCOPRO, a new day-long conference and networking event dedicated to co-production opportunities in the Central and Eastern European region that will take place on June 19, the eve of this …