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BARCELONA, September 27: Icon Animation is boosting its third-party catalogue, taking on the television distribution rights to Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer in Spain. “One of our aims is to grow our third-party distribution business and so we’re very pleased to …

TORONTO, September 27: Johanna Samuel has been appointed as the new director of CBC International Sales, where she is charged with implementing strategies for the Canadian and international distribution of the company’s programs and footage. Samuel will assess the commercial …

LOS ANGELES, September 27: Univision Communications’ shareholders today approved the sale of the company to an investor group that includes Madison Dearborn Partners, Providence Equity Partners, Texas Pacific Group, Thomas H. Lee Partners and Saban Capital Group for $36.25 per …

TORONTO, September 27: Annmarie Lesiuk has left her position as managing director of Minds Eye International to become the head of sales and acquisitions at Portfolio Entertainment. Lesiuk will be part of Portfolio’s contingent at MIPCOM, where she will work …

BURBANK, September 27: ABC moving Grey’s Anatomy to the competitive Thursday 9 p.m. slot appears to have paid off—the hit medical drama was the number one show of the first week of the new U.S. network fall season, delivering 25.4 …

SYDNEY, September 27: Daniel Jordon has been named as manager of product and content sales at ABC Enterprises, effective October 30. Jordon will oversee the management of product and content sales in five business units: program sales, direct sales, library …

LOS ANGELES, September 27: CBS Corporation has formed the CBS Television Distribution Group, tapping Roger King as CEO of the new division, which encompasses CBS Paramount Domestic Television, King World and CBS Paramount International Television. The restructure sees Joel Berman, …

MUNICH, September 26: Shares at ProSiebenSat.1 Media rose some 6 percent on rumors that Apax Partners and Goldman Sachs are in negotiations to acquire the German media group. Earlier this year, Axel Springer failed in its attempt to buy the …

NEW YORK, September 26: Sky News’s coverage of last year’s London bombings and a special from the Netherlands on a platoon of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan have picked up International Emmys in the news category. London Bombings July 7th, 2005, …

MILAN, September 26: A slate of feature films from Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) will be made available on the IPTV service Alice Home TV and the ADSL portal Rosso Alice, via a deal with Telecom Italia. As of this …