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PARIS, December 1: Taffy Entertainment has announced new deals in Latin America for its key animated titles Code Lyoko and Fantastic Four, including agreements with Jetix and Cartoon Network. Jetix Latin America has committed to seasons three and four of …

SAN MATEO, December 1: Sling Media has hired former MTV digital entertainment executives Jason Hirschhorn and Benjamin White to head up the newly created Sling Media Entertainment Group, which is charged with creating next-generation entertainment experiences for Slingbox users. Slingbox …

SINGAPORE, December 1: Indian pay-TV movie channel FILMY, owned by Sahara One, has entered into a multiyear volume film deal with Buena Vista International Television-Asia Pacific. The agreement, a key one for BVITV as it looks to strengthen its business …

LONDON, November 30: Brand Licensing, the annual London-based licensing and merchandising event, is rebranding as Brand Licensing Europe. “Since 2003, when Brand Licensing was repositioned as Europe’s event for licensing and brand extension, European visitors to the show have increased …

SINGAPORE, November 30: The trailer for Justeen, an anime series co-produced by Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the Japanese animation studio Anime International Company (AIC), premiered at the Asia TV Forum this week. The 13-part science-fiction series uses CACAni, …

LONDON, November 30: Ireland’s leading commercial broadcaster TV3 has renewed its output deal with Granada International, ensuring that programming such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale and I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! will remain on the channel, along with …

ALVISO, November 30: Cablevision, Mexico's largest digital cable operator, and TiVo have agreed to distribute the TiVo DVRs and service to subscribers throughout Mexico City. As part of the deal, TiVo's DVR service will be made available to subscribers of …

WASHINGTON D.C., November 30: The AmericanLife TV Network, which targets the “Baby Boomer” generation, is paying tribute to the late director, writer and producer Robert Altman with a special week of Combat! episodes that he directed. The episodes of the …

SINGAPORE, November 30: Globo TV International is at the Asia Television Forum this week with three novelas—America, Student’s Heart and Capital Sin—and one mini-series, Seven Women. “Asia is a strategic market for TV Globo International,” said Rafael Corrêa, the sales …

HOUSTON, November 30: U.S. Hispanic broadcaster LAT TV (LatinAmerica Broadcasting) has launched AlamoHeightsSA, a telenovela designed for multiplatform broadcast. The show, from Alamo Heights SA Holdings, is being billed as the industry’s first “royalty-free, cross-cultural, Tex-Mex cybernovela.” Available in Spanish …