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NEW YORK, February 20: Nickelodeon yesterday launched ME:TV, a new programming block, airing Monday through Friday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., featuring user-generated content. Viewers can visit www.nick.com/metv to submit their own original content, and then watch, rate or …

SYDNEY, February 20: Kanal 2 Estonia has acquired from Southern Star International seasons 16 to 20 of Home & Away and seasons 4 to 8 of McLeod’s Daughters, as well as securing a five-year output deal with the Australian distributor. …

PARIS, February 20: Jana Bennett, the director of BBC Vision, and Ashley Highfield, the director of future media and technology at the BBC, will give a joint keynote address at MIPTV featuring MILIA. The pair is scheduled to open MIPTV’s …

AMSTERDAM/LONDON, February 20: Jetix Europe has acquired the European pay-TV rights to the adventure comedy Iggy Arbuckle, produced by Blueprint Entertainment in association with National Geographic Kids’ Entertainment, for launch across its network this August. Jetix Europe has also acquired …

TORONTO, February 20: The Banff World Television Festival, taking place from June 10 to 13 at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Banff, Alberta, has added three more speakers to its Master Class sessions: CSI’s Carol Mendelsohn, documentary filmmaker Antony …

BUENOS AIRES, February 20: Telefe International has shored up a range of new deals on key titles like Montecristo, and has added a new title to its slate: Romeo and Juliet, a telenovela adaptation by Wild Angel’s Raul Lecouna of …

LONDON, February 20: A record of more than 560 buyers are expected to attend BBC Showcase, taking place in Brighton next week, with the boost in numbers attributed to participation by executives from mobile, VOD and broadband platforms. BBC Worldwide …

LONDON, February 20: Outright Distribution, formerly Screentime Partners, has secured sales around the world for Grape Escape and Counter Culture, two factual properties from its finished third-party programming slate. Grape Escape, a 10×30-minute series that chronicles the story of one …

LONDON, February 20: The launch of Heroes in the U.K. last night gave SCI FI its highest-ever ratings and best multichannel prime-time position in its 12-year history. The hit NBC series, distributed by NBC Universal International Television Distribution, peaked with …

COLOGNE/BARCELONA, February 20: Independent sales and distribution outfit ohm:tv has taken on the Spanish distribution rights to properties from the Sitcom Group in Italy and Netherlands Public Broadcasting’s NPB Sales. ohm:tv will be representing Sitcom Group’s entire catalogue in the …