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UNTERFÖHRING, March 27: The German media company EM.TV AG outperformed its sales and earnings objectives for 2006, led by its sports division, whose business was boosted by the FIFA World Cup. Highlights of EM.TV’s financial results include: consolidated sales increased …

NEW YORK, March 27: Bravo has announced the pilot pick-up of Paycheck, a British game show format from IDTV. The show features seven players who must guess each other's salaries, based on questions about pop culture, observations about their opponents, …

TORONTO/LONDON, March 27: Cookie Jar Entertainment shows will be added to the BT Vision Download Store this spring, allowing users to buy individual episodes or entire seasons of series like Arthur and Adventures of Paddington Bear. “We are delighted to …

LONDON, March 27: BBC Worldwide has appointed Buena Vista International Television-Asia Pacific executive Steve Macallister as its new MD of global TV sales, effective in July and reporting to John Smith, the CEO of BBC Worldwide. In his new role, …

LONDON, March 27: On the eve of the anticipated worldwide release of the second Mr Bean feature film, Mr Bean’s Holiday, FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has secured a raft of new sales and series renewal deals for both the live-action and …

DELHI/LONDON, March 27: Zonemedia’s Zone Reality Channel in Asia has announced plans for two locally produced shows: A Life Extraordinary and Fool Proof. A Life Extraordinary features real life events and people and includes paranormal happenings and inexplicable events. Stories …

CARDIFF/LONDON, March 27: Welsh public-service broadcaster S4C has sold its share in the preschool animation Fireman Sam, which it first launched in 1986, to the property’s co-owners, HIT Entertainment. As part of the deal, S4C will continue to broadcast existing …

TORONTO, March 27: Portfolio Entertainment has notched several new deals on Carl2 and has licensed RoboRoach into the U.S. with Animania HD. Animania HD is a high-definition animation channel operated by VOOM HD Networks. The outlet has acquired 26 episodes …

HOLLYWOOD, March 27: International Broadcast Communications will launch three award-winning historical documentaries at MIPTV: Surviving Auschwitz, Defying Hitler and Time and Chance: Gerald Ford’s Appointment with History. “I am excited to have the opportunity to present such top-quality factual documentaries …

LONDON, March 27: ALL3MEDIA International will be heading to MIPTV next month with a diverse mix of factual programming and a slate of new and returning drama titles that includes the hit drama series Skins, which has recently been commissioned …