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LONDON, December 15: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has licensed more than 100 hours of programming to Sony Entertainment Television (SET) for broadcast across Latin America, including Brazil and the Caribbean. Included in the sale is Falcon Beach, the family drama commissioned …

NEW YORK, December 15: VOOM HD Networks’ Family Room HD has picked up the rights to Totally Frank from Channel 4 International and Maddigan’s Quest from ALL3MEDIA International. Totally Frank chronicles the lives of four headstrong girls as they go …

LONDON, December 15: Two Way TV is looking to build the presence of its Simcast text-to-TV technology in the U.S., naming Duncan Campbell as head of sales for the market. Jean de Fougerolles, the chief executive of Two Way TV, …

LONDON, December 15: Cake Distribution has expanded its team with the addition of former Nelvana staffer Nicola Richards as sales executive. Richards will focus on specific projects, working closely with principals Genevieve Dexter and Tom van Waveren on managing and …

LONDON, December 15: DLT Entertainment has appointed Jonathan Powell, to the newly created role of drama and comedy consultant. Powell, who started work at DLT’s London office this week, will look to increase the development and production of DLT’s comedy …

SEATTLE, December 14: Reel Time Rentals, which operates the ReelTimeTV.Net broadband content platform, has reached a deal that gives it access to more than 1,000 independent films from the Indie Vision library. Indie Vision will deliver 100 titles immediately, spanning …

LOS ANGELES, December 14: ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy and Showtime’s Weeds have each scored four Golden Globe nominations, including best drama and best comedy, respectively, while the most nominated feature film was Babel, with seven nods, including best motion picture, drama. …

MUNICH, December 14: According to wire reports, the Bavarian government has announced that Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Permira have won the battle to acquire a 50.5-percent stake in ProSiebenSat.1 Media from Haim Saban’s German Media Partners. None of …

BANGKOK/SINGAPORE, December 14: Thai commercial broadcaster ITV is facing bankruptcy after losing a battle with the government that will see it having to cough up 97 billion baht ($2.8 billion) in retroactive fees and fines within 45 days. The ten-year-old …

PARIS, December 14: Vivendi has decided to retain its 20 percent stake in NBC Universal, electing not to exercise its exit option that begins in January 2007. Vivendi announced today that it has informed General Electric (GE), which owns 80 …