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SINGAPORE, November 26: Singapore’s Upside Down Concepts and LIC Australia have signed a co-production agreement at the Asia Factual Forum for a slate of 20 hours of documentary programming for the international television market, worth $4 million. Under the Memorandum …

MUNICH, November 26: SevenOne International has sold its Sat 1. telenovela That’s Life to Ukrainian network ICTV, which is set to begin airing tomorrow. The telenovela will air tomorrow under the title Kokhannia v Berlini (Love in Berlin) in an …

BARCELONA, November 26: Imira Entertainment, formerly known as Icon Animation, has closed a series of sales in Spain for its kids’ programming library. Imira Entertainment has partnered with ZDF Enterprises to place two of its shows on Spanish public broadcaster …

LONDON, November 26: Entertainment Rights (ER) has licensed the children’s property Toopy & Binoo to numerous major broadcasters. ER has sold this 2-D animated preschool series about Toopy, a loveable mouse, and Binoo, a tiny cat, who are inseparable friends …

TAIWAN/HONG KONG, November 26: STAR has partnered with Hong Kong-based Artificial Life to develop and distribute 15 games for mobile phones based on the Taiwanese teenage pop groups Lollipop and Mei Mei. The games are available for download on Artificial …

STOCKHOLM, November 26: Sparks Network has added two new members in Scandinavia to its global format exchange collective: Sweden Baluba Television in Sweden and Mediacircus in Norway. Baluba Television is known for successful comedy shows such as Hey Baberiba and …

BURBANK, November 21: Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) has announced it will be launching a number of branded, video-on-demand, non-linear channels on a subscription- and advertiser-supported basis over a variety of delivery platforms in a number of territories. The …

SILVER SPRING, November 21: Discovery Communications has upped Patrick Gates to the role of president and general manager of Discovery Commerce, having most recently served as interim president and general manager in the division. Gates will be responsible for providing …

NEW YORK, November 21: NBC Universal (NBCU) has finalized its acquisition of the female-focused U.S. cable network Oxygen Media for approximately $875 million net of financial assets. Bravo Media’s president, Lauren Zalaznick, has been appointed to oversee Oxygen Media, in …

LONDON, November 21: Ed Williams, the director of corporate affairs at Reuters, has been named the head of corporate communications at the BBC. Williams succeeds Sally Osman, who left the BBC in September to pursue other interests. He takes up …