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MEVASSERT ZION, June 22: Israel’s Armoza Formats has licensed 36 episodes of the dating format Foreplay—which originally aired on Israel’s Channel 10—to the Romanian channel Romantica. Foreplay will premiere on July 2 at 10 p.m. on Romantica, and air daily …

LONDON, June 22: Channel 4 International (C4I) has sold more than 15 hours of factual and comedy programming to German broadcaster RTL II. RTL II has picked up two big-budget productions from Pioneer Productions: Animals in the Womb and Miracles …

TORONTO, June 22: This July, Canada’s TELETOON will launch the animated tween reality series Total Drama Island, from Fresh TV, the creators behind the award-winning series animated series 6Teen. The half-hour series launches on TELETOON on Sunday, July 8, at …

NEW YORK, June 22: MTV Networks' Entertainment Group has promoted Erik Flannigan to executive VP of digital media and Jon Slusser to senior VP of Spike digital and video games. Flannigan, formerly senior VP of digital media for Comedy Central …

NEW YORK, June 22: General Electric and Pearson have decided not to pursue the acquisition of Dow Jones & Company, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, pushing News Corporation’s $5-billion bid for the company closer to success. In a statement, …

MONTREAL, June 21: Canadian producer and distributor FRV Media has reached a deal to acquire Imavision, which distributes TV and DVD titles in North America and French-speaking Europe, for $26 million. The company is being acquired from 4303385 Canada inc. …

NEW YORK, June 21: VH1 has greenlit seven new series for its third night of original prime-time programming, ranging from the improv comedy Free Radio to the reality series The Salt ‘N’ Pepa Show, featuring the Grammy Award-winning female rap …

SINGAPORE, June 21: The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) and the Korean Broadcasting Commission (KBC) have signed a deal to foster co-productions between their respective markets. The arrangement ensures that approved television co-productions between producers or broadcasters in Korea …

NEW YORK/SYDNEY/AUCKLAND, June 21: A&E Television Networks’ (AETN) Crime & Investigation Network will launch in New Zealand on SKY Network Television on September 2. Crime & Investigation Network was first launched in Australia on the FOXTEL platform on January 1, …

LONDON, June 21: Namco Bandai Networks Europe has reached a multiyear agreement with FremantleMedia Enterprises to develop, publish and distribute mobile games based on the hit Idols format across a number of territories in Europe, the Middle East and Asia …