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MONTE CARLO, July 24: The 47th Monte-Carlo Television Festival will take place from June 10 to 14, 2007, the organizers announced today. The five-day event again takes place at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The 2007 Golden Nymphs will be …

NEW YORK/LONDON, July 24: Twenty-five MTV channels reaching 90 countries from Africa, the Asia Pacific, Canada, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East will air the Global MTV VMA'06 Video Diary Competition beginning this week, offering worldwide viewers a chance …

SAN DIEGO, July 24: The animation division at BET Networks is working with Vin Diesel’s One Race Productions to produce an animated series inspired by the life of Hannibal of Carthage. Hannibal the Conqueror will span the life of Hannibal, …

NORWALK/STOCKHOLM, July 24: CABLEready has entered into its first-ever international output deal, inking an agreement with the Swedish documentary channel TV4 Fakta. The package includes Phobia (13×30) and San Quentin Unlocked, a special on one of California’s most crowded and …

TORONTO, July 24: World Wrestling Entertainment’s new series Extreme Championship Wrestling, which launched on SCI FI Channel in the U.S. last month, is set to launch in Canada on Global Television Network on August 11. The series will air at …

TORONTO/LONDON, July 24: Zonemedia’s Zone Reality channel has picked up the rights to the feature documentary Cracked Not Broken from Canadian producer/distributor Open Door. Set to air on Zone Reality in the U.K. today, the film from Paul Perrier and …

PALISADES PARK, July 24: Alfred Haber Distribution (AHDI) has inked a deal with the Country Music Association (CMA) to offer international broadcasters a 90-minute edition of The 40th Annual CMA Awards, which will air on ABC in the U.S. on …

BARCELONA, July 24: The Barcelona-based mobile content division of ohm:tv has inked a content distribution deal with Endemol South Africa as it works to expand further into the African market. The deal involves local distribution rights for some of ohm:tv’s …

ATLANTA, July 24: Cartoon Network is set to air a 90-minute special based on its hit series Codename: Kids Next Door on August 11. Codename: Kids Next Door: OPERATION Z.E.R.O. (Zero Explanation Reveals Origins) will air at 7:30 p.m. on …

NEW YORK, July 24: Big Tent Entertainment has secured a deal for the AOL’s kids’ service KOL Jr to roll out e-cards, games, screensavers, art activities, streaming songs and video segments based on Miffy and Friends, which airs in the …