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TORONTO, February 8: The Canadian boutique distributor re:think Entertainment has secured a number of sales and pre-sales on several of its factual properties, including a deal with Sundance Channel in the U.S. for Wetback: The Undocumented Documentary. re:think has licensed …

LONDON, February 8: BSkyB announced today that it is developing a subscription TV service for launch on digital terrestrial television (DTT) this summer. Sky has not yet revealed which of its channels will be available on the platform, which will …

VANCOUVER, February 8: Studio B Productions has signed a development deal with YTV for the 6-11-targeted Look What My Sister Dragged In. The pilot for the 52×11-minute show, created by Rob Boutillier, premiered at MIPCOM Junior in October and was …

LONDON, February 8: Virgin Media, the rebranded NTL/Telewest mobile, telephone, broadband and cable TV company, today unveiled Virgin Central, a hybrid linear/on-demand channel offering up content from Buena Vista International Television and Alliance Atlantis, among other providers. Virgin Central is …

COPENHAGEN, February 8: Zodiak Television World has licensed the format rights to its prime-time entertainment series Stars On Stage from MTV Mastiff Sweden to Record TV Network in Brazil and has secured a renewal with ANTV in Indonesia. Record is …

NEW YORK, February 7: Sesame Workshop is partnering with NDR and Ki.Ka in Germany and Five’s preschool block Milkshake! in the U.K. to produce two seasons of The Adventures of Bert and Ernie, a claymation spin on two of Sesame …

PALO ALTO, February 7: Facebook, a California-based social networking site, and Comcast Interactive Media’s Ziddio.com, a multiplatform user-generated video site, have partnered to allow Facebook users to create and share user-generated videos and possibly be a part of a new …

NEW YORK, February 7: Despite revenue growth of 18 percent, News Corporation’s second quarter profits dropped 23.5 percent to $822 million from $1.08 billion last year, when the company recorded a one-time gain of $381 million. The company delivered consolidated …

NEW YORK, February 7: Nickelodeon’s new mockumentary series The Naked Brothers Band reached a total of 4.7 million viewers on February 3, making it the network’s highest-rated series premiere with kids 6-11 since the launch of Caitlin’s Way in 2000. …

MUNICH, February 7: Germany’s Commission on Concentration in the Media (KEK) has cleared the purchase of ProSiebenSat.1 Media by the private equity firms Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) and Permira. The greenlight from the German competition authorities follows yesterday’s …