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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 …

NEW YORK, June 15: NBC Universal’s president and CEO, Jeff Zucker, said yesterday that the company is expecting $4 billion in upfront advertising revenues for the 2007-2008 season, up from last year’s $3.9 billion. NBC, which has struggled to come …

LONDON, June 15: British media regulator Ofcom is considering the long-term options for Channel 4, noting that the broadcaster’s funding model “is likely to become unsustainable.” In a statement, Ofcom said that there was “no evidence of immediate insurmountable pressures …

LONDON, June 14: Channel 4 has picked up the rights to two new fall season dramas from Disney-ABC International Television, Dirty Sexy Money and Reaper, as well as Warner Bros. International Television’s The Big Bang Theory. Dirty Sexy Money for …

MONTE-CARLO, June 14: At the 47th Monte-Carlo Television Festival this evening, the winners were announced for the Golden Nymph Awards as well as the International TV Audience Awards, where CSI, Desperate Housewives and The Bold and the Beautiful were deemed …

NEW YORK, June 14: Showtime Networks led the pack of winners in the North American competition at the Promax/BDA 2007 Design Awards competition last night, while SCI FI Channel in the U.K. picked up the most awards among the World …