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NEW YORK, March 30: In a five-year carriage agreement brokered through its subsidiary Firestone Communications, Juniper Content Corporation’s ¡Sorpresa!, the Hispanic children’s network, will launch on OneLink Communications system, the largest cable operator in Puerto Rico. ¡Sorpresa! joins the platform’s …

LOS ANGELES, March 30: Canadian broadcaster YTV has renewed Apartment 11 Productions’ live-action kids reality series Prank Patrol, distributed by MarVista Entertainment, for a third season of 26 new half-hour episodes premiering this fall. In addition, the series has also …

NEW YORK/DALLAS, March 30: Defiance Distribution and HDNet have agreed to a pact that will allow Defiance to market and distribute the high-definition channel’s original news and entertainment series. The alliance begins with more than 120 hours of new programming, …

DENVER, March 30: Thought Equity Motion, a supplier of online motion content licensing and management services, has secured a deal with HBO to make The March of Time Collection, an exclusive library of historic film footage from the famous newsreel …

LONDON, March 30: Independent production and distribution company DLT Entertainment has secured the international rights outside of the U.S. to 81×30-episodes of WealthTrack—a series that advises viewers on financial investments. DLT Entertainment will distribute WealthTrack at MIPTV next month alongside …

LONDON, March 29: Virgin Media Television-owned entertainment channel LIVING has reached a new agreement with Buena Vista International Television (BVITV) for the exclusive U.K. rights to two U.S. dramas, the supernatural drama Ghost Whisperer and the procedural drama Criminal Minds. …

MUNICH, March 29: SevenOne International has sold the format to ProSieben’s hit game show Beat Your Host! to the U.K., Sweden and Finland, in a deal with Zodiak Television. Zodiak will produce the show using its own local production companies: …

NEW YORK/LONDON, March 29: The History Channel has launched a direct-to-consumer mobile service in the U.K., delivering the network’s content to viewers via WAP for the first time, with localized versions of the channel’s mobile service rolling out in Europe, …

LONDON, March 29: Howard Litton has been promoted to senior VP and managing director of Nickelodeon UK from his previous role as senior VP, general manager and director of channels. Litton will be responsible for all of Nickelodeon UK’s operations, …

LONDON, March 29: Turner Broadcasting Systems has promoted Daniel Lennard to VP of original series and development for Cartoon Network Europe, putting him in charge of the day-to-day running of the recently launched Cartoon Network Europe Development Studio. The Cartoon …