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LONDON, September 27: Entertainment Rights has named Character Options as the master toy licensee for the hit property Postman Pat in the U.K. and Ireland. The agreement covers all products including toys, playsets and collectables. Under the terms of the …

NEW YORK, September 27: Multiplatform kids’ content provider qubo has acquired the rights to 52 half-hour episodes and 52 minutes of vignettes of Miss BG in English and Spanish for the U.S. Aimed at kids aged 5 to 8, the …

LONDON, September 27: Program acquisitions and distribution company Programs4Media (P4M) has launched a sales organization dedicated to licensing American independent films into the U.K. and Ireland, with former Hallmark Entertainment and Power executive Erik Pack on board as a consultant. …

LONDON, September 27: Simon Nelson, the controller of portfolio and multimedia at the BBC, today announced a new strategy for commissioning, content creation and delivery across BBC Vision, to “liberate” the broadcaster from “the limitations of the live linear schedule,” …

HILVERSUM, September 27: Endemol International has announced a slew of new formats from its divisions around the globe that will make their market debut at MIPCOM. Endemol U.K. will be contributing three new formats to the group’s MIPCOM offerings. The …

HILVERSUM, September 27: Peter Bazalgette is stepping down as the chief creative officer at Endemol and chairman of Endemol U.K. as part of a slate of management changes announced today, including the appointment of Marco Bassetti as COO. Bassetti joined …

LONDON, September 27: Distraction has added Trade Up, originally known as Paquet Voleur, the prime-time game show from Bubbles Television, to its slate of offerings for MIPCOM. Trade Up watches eight contestants face off against each other to win a …

NEW YORK, September 27: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Abu Dhabi-based real estate developer Aldar and the newly established Abu Dhabi Media Company have formed a long-term alliance that calls for the creation of a theme park and hotel, as well as …

NEW YORK, September 27: HBO has appointed four new VPs of international distribution and has upped Jennifer Bowen to senior VP of international distribution, reporting to Charles Schreger, the president of programming sales. Carol Eymery, Rose Marie Vega and Roberta …

BURBANK, September 27: NBC is set to launch My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad, a new reality competition series from Mark Burnett Productions (Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?) and Reveille (The Biggest Loser). The eight-episode series is …