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LONDON, October 11: BBC director-general Mark Thompson has declared that “realistic funding” through a new, long-term license fee settlement is essential if the BBC is to fulfill the Government's goal for the digital switchover laid down in the broadcaster’s new …

CANNES/LONDON, October 11: Sundance Channel has come on board for the new music series Live from Abbey Road in a deal with Fremantle International Distribution, which has also inked a slate of deals on its new teen-skewing drama series Falcon …

CANNES, October 11: AXN Japan has picked up the rights to seasons four and five of The Amazing Race, bringing Buena Vista International Television’s hit CBS reality show to the Japanese market for the first time. The show is scheduled …

CANNES, October 11: RHI Entertainment has received the greenlight to produce at least 12 TV movies and three mini-series for a 2007 delivery to the Hallmark Channel in the U.S. The first three are already in production. They are Claire, …

CANNES, October 11: Endemol International has attracted a slate of broadcasters to its collection of completed programs out of the U.S., including Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The popular ABC series has been licensed to MNET in South Africa (seasons one …

CANNES, October 11: M6 has picked up a range of mini-series and TV movies from RHI Entertainment in a deal that covers library titles as well as new projects over the next two years. RHI’s upcoming projects include The Last …

CANNES, October 11: In a deal brokered by IBC’s founder and president, Jon Helmrich, CHUM International has licensed about 360 hours of fashion, celebrity and entertainment programming to Russian cable operator National Cable Network for its new satellite channel, Entertainment …

LONDON, October 10: Inking a deal with Top Up TV, Setanta Sports will be available on the British digital terrestrial platform Freeview next year as a stand-alone subscription offering. Freeview customers with a Top Up TV-compatible digital box or digital …

LONDON, October 10: Dean Possenniskie is joining BBC Worldwide from MTV Networks Europe as senior VP of global channels for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Possenniskie will be responsible for the strategic development and implementation of BBC Worldwide's new …

LONDON, October 10: Content from The History Channel in the U.K. will be made available on an on-demand basis on BT Vision, BT’s next-generation TV service that launches later this fall. The channel, a joint venture of BSkyB and A&E …