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MIAMI, January 31: Zeal Television and Animus Entertainment Group have inked a deal for Concierto Clandestino, two two-hour reality-based music specials for Telemundo. Concierto Clandestino, currently in production at Zeal’s Miami office, follows the trials and tribulations of young promoters …

PARIS, January 31: Dargaud Distribution has relaunched as Mediatoon International Distribution, representing the Dargaud Marina, Ellipsanime, Dupuis and Storimages catalogues. Mediatoon International Distribution is a division of Mediatoon, the new outfit set up by the Media Participations group to oversee …

LONDON, January 31: Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has acquired the digital distribution rights for Artificial Eye’s films, with plans to make the titles available in the U.K. and Ireland for download-to-rent and download-to-own through its online distribution channels. Under the …

HARRINGTON PARK, January 31: Janson Media is rolling out Chronos, the first non-verbal, non-fiction motion picture shot entirely in time-lapse photography, to the international DVD market, making the special available on both the HD-DVD and Blu-ray formats. Chronos is presented …

TORONTO/LONDON, January 31: DECODE Entertainment has secured Penguin Group (USA) and Simon & Schuster as the North American publishing partners for the preschool series Franny’s Feet, airing in the U.S. on PBS. Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Young …

NEW YORK, January 31: Profits at Time Warner rose by 35 percent in the fourth quarter to $1.75 billion, while full-year net income more than doubled to $6.55 billion. “I’m delighted that 2006 proved to be a good year for …

LOS ANGELES, January 31: The Africa Channel has promoted Shirley Neal to the newly created position of executive VP of programming and production. Neal, who has been VP of production and development at the channel since June 2005, will begin …

LOS ANGELES, January 30: Former Classic Media executive Sandrine Pechels de Saint Sardos has been appointed as the VP of distribution for Bejuba! Entertainment. Reporting to Tatiana Kober, Bejuba!’s president, Pechels de Saint Sardos, based in New York, will assist …

DUBLIN, January 30: Bienvenue Cannes, a feature-length documentary that celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, is scheduled be launched at MIPDOC by Monster Distributes. The 84-minute documentary by Richard Schickel is produced by Lorac Productions in association …

LONDON, January 30: MercuryMedia International has inked a deal to distribute PBS content to airlines around the world through its in-flight distribution arm. PBS titles available for participating airlines include Texas Ranch House, Ken Burns’ Jazz, Jean Michel Cousteau’s Ocean …