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DUBLIN, April 10: Brotherhood, Showtime’s original series about two brothers in an Irish-American neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island, has been acquired by Ireland’s Channel 6 in a deal with CBS Paramount International Television. The show features two brothers—one a gangster, …

TORONTO, April 9: Aiming to expand beyond the success of preschool properties such as Bruno & The Banana Bunch, Cuppa Coffee Studios heads to MIPTV with two new 13×22-minute stop-motion comedies targeted at the teens and older market: Nerdland and …

MEVASSERT ZION, April 9: Israel’s Armoza Formats has picked up the rights to the financial makeover format Overdraft Family, which the company will be launching at MIPTV. The format was developed by Israeli broadcaster Channel 2 Reshet and locally produced …

HOLLYWOOD, April 9: International Broadcast Communications (IBC) will offer Popular Art Entertainment’s Going Wild with Jeff Corwin and Animal Legends for distribution at MIPTV, two series that have previously aired on Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel. IBC will make …

LONDON, April 9: Galleon Entertainment is looking to secure online, mobile and TV broadcast deals for Apollo's Pad, its 52×5-minute multiplatform animated series for 16- to 34-year-olds, at MIPTV. Currently in production, Apollo's Pad is scheduled for launch online, on …

CUPERTINO, April 9: Apple has sold its 100 millionth iPod, it was announced today, five and a half years since the device hit the market. Launched in November 2001, the iPod is now the fastest-selling music player in history, Apple …

TORONTO, April 9: CTVglobemedia has reached a deal to offload several channels from CHUM—which it is in the process of acquiring—including SexTV and the A-Channel local stations, to Rogers Media for C$137.5 million ($119.4 million) in cash. The deal covers …

LOS ANGELES, April 9: Endemol USA has inked a first-look deal to produce original content for Break.com, an online entertainment channel for men that has a user base of about 16 million. This marks the first time that Endemol USA …

NEW YORK, April 9: Video content from Warner Music Group (WMG) artists will be available on Joost, with the new Internet TV platform set to offer a range of WMG channels tagged to a particular artist, genre or record label. …

LOS ANGELES, April 9: The 24-hour French-language channel TV5Monda USA is expanding its kids’ offerings with new afternoon block featuring both animated and live-action fare. Launching this week, the new block will initially feature Potlach la ferme (The Farm Potlach) …