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MUNICH/LONDON, December 22: TV-Loonland’s Little Princess has been licensed into France, following its strong performance on the Milkshake! block on Five in the U.K. The preschool series has secured a terrestrial slot on France 5 as well as a cable …

STAMFORD, December 22: World Wrestling Entertainment has signed an exclusive content agreement deal with Heylife, a mobile, Internet and TV content producer and distributor based in Portugal. The deal will see Heylife rolling out WWE standard and premium package downloads, …

BUENOS AIRES/MADRID, December 22: Telefe International has concluded several new deals in the Spanish market, via its alliance with ELG Media, which represents the Argentine distributor in Western Europe. Chiquititas has been licensed to Disney Channel for launch in the …

SÃO PAULO, December 21: Globo TV International has inked a deal for one of its novelas to be broadcast in China. In a deal signed at the Asia TV Forum in Singapore, Shades of Sin is slated for launch on …

NEW YORK, December 21: MTV has launched "Bananas," a branded mobile content subscription service delivering offerings from MTV, MTV2 and mtvU. The cross-carrier, direct-to-consumer service features material from hit shows such as Laguna Beach, The Real World, Two-A-Days, Rob & …

NEW YORK, December 21: Bender Media Services, the recently launched distribution outfit targeted to sales to Latin America, has taken on the rights to Bennett Media Worldwide’s (BMW) library for the region. Bender Media Services was recently set up by …

SEOUL/TOKYO, December 21: The distribution arm of Korean terrestrial KBS has inked deals in Japan on two if its titles, VJ Commando Squad and Full House, with NHK and NTV respectively. KBS-Japan, responsible for sales to the Japanese market, has …

NEW YORK, December 21: Logo, MTV Networks’ TV and broadband channel for gay and lesbian audiences, has launched a range of mobile content on the Sprint Vision and Power Vision networks. Logo’s mobile programming is updated daily. It includes news, …

LOS ANGELES, December 21: Fox Sports International (FSI) has upped Edward Derse to VP of interactive media, reporting to David Sternberg, the EVP and general manager of FSI. Derse assumes responsibility for the general management and operations of FSI’s interactive …

PORT WASHINGTON, December 21: About 1.2 million U.S. homes paid for a video download in the third quarter of this year, according to The NPD Group, as compared with the 6 million that used peer-to-peer file sharing sites to access …