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TORONTO/LONDON, November 28: DECODE Entertainment has announced a range of new deals in Asia, including the sale of the preschool series Franny’s Feet to terrestrial and pay-TV broadcasters in Korea. EBS has secured the terrestrial rights to the show, while …

AMSTERDAM, November 28: Factual producer and distributor Off the Fence, which is exhibiting at the Asia TV Forum this week, has announced a raft of agreements with broadcasters in the region. The NHNZ series Man Made Marvels and Raising Baby …

LONDON, November 28: Cineflix International, the London-based international television distribution arm of Canadian production company Cineflix, announced that it has licensed several of its productions to channels in China and Thailand as it heads to the Asia Television Forum in …

MUMBAI, November 28: Indian children chose Disney Channel as the Best Children’s Channel; their vote was announced at the Hero Honda Indian Television Academy Awards (HHITA). At a gala event in Mumbai, Disney Channel was named the winner of the …

BRUSSELS, November 28: The popular Belgian series Steracteur Sterartiest!, based on Granada International’s Soapstar Superstar format, will go into a second season on Een, VTR’s first channel. The finale of the program’s first season, which aired on November 24, achieved …

LONDON, November 28: Mobile video communications provider Mobix has launched AshesMania, a cricketing entertainment site for customers of the Orange U.K. network. AshesMania takes an irreverent look at some of cricket’s finest moments, greatest sledges, terminology, as well as providing …

LONDON, November 28: FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide (FLW), the licensing division of FremantleMedia, is expanding its U.S. ancillary rights operations with two new appointments. Shannon Sweeny has been named VP of integrated marketing for North America and joins the company from …

LONDON, November 28: Michael Grade has resigned as chairman of the BBC and is taking the post of executive chairman of ITV, the U.K.’s leading commercial broadcaster. Grade’s resignation is effective immediately and he will start at ITV early in …

LONDON/NEW YORK, November 28: Seven of the world's leading advertising and marketing agencies have worked together on a new multi-platform campaign, Turn on TV, about HIV and AIDS prevention in support of the Global Media AIDS Initiative (GMAI). The agencies, …

LOS ANGELES, November 27: CBS is looking for talent for its broadband-video channel innertube and has signed on Michael Cera of Arrested Development to develop a short-form series. Cera, who starred in FOX’s cult series as the son of Justin …