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HONG KONG, June 18: Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific) has entered into a multiyear video on demand agreement with BigPond, the leading broadband Internet service provider in Australia. This is The Walt Disney Company’s first online VOD movie deal in …

NEW YORK, June 18: NBC Universal’s Bravo cable network is looking to expand its presence beyond the television screen with the launch of Bravo Media, which will encompass talent management, publishing, merchandising, wireless, events, digital, television, radio and international activities. …

NEW YORK, June 15: VH1 will broadcast Concert for Diana, a six-hour event at Wembley Stadium commemorating the life of Princess Diana, on a variety of platforms, on Sunday, July 1. The six-hour concert will be broadcast live in its …

PARIS/NEW YORK, June 15: TV France International will host 14 companies under a French umbrella stand at the Licensing Show in New York next week. This marks the fourth consecutive year that TV France International has had an umbrella stand …

NEW YORK, June 15: HBO Family has acquired Magic Cellar, an award-winning 3-D animated series that was commissioned by South Africa’s SABC, for a U.S. premiere on Saturday, June 23, at 6:30 p.m. The sale marks the first time that …

LONDON, June 15: In a publishing deal brokered by Start Licensing, the U.K.-based Redan Publishing will feature imagery from S4C International’s stop-motion preschool animated property Hana’s Helpline in its British comic magazine Fun To Learn Friends. The proposed content will …

TOKYO, June 15: Toei Animation and the Spanish brand management company Elastic Rights have sold the first two seasons of the animated series Pretty Cure to three broadcasters in Spain: Jetix, Cuatro, and Clan TVE. Jetix has acquired the pay-TV …

TORONTO, June 15: Canadian distributor re:think Entertainment has shored up a host of new deals on its kids’ and factual programming slates, including one with the new IPTV platform Babelgum. The Babelgum deal includes the 52×30-minute adventure travel series Alternate …

HOUSTON, June 15: The Right Stuf International has licensed the Japanese animated series Ninja Nonsense, targeted at young adults, to the Anime Network in the U.S. Consisting of 12 half-hour episodes, the series, which has been a hit in Japan, …

LONDON, June 15: FremantleMedia Enterprises has announced a range of promotions within its licensing division in Germany, including one for Mark Newton in the wake of Birgit Hoensch’s departure to join RTL Enterprises. Based in Hilversum, Newton will report to …